Above photo taken February 2004

 

Above photo taken February 2004

 Rich Fork Church of Christ

The Rich Fork Church of Christ is located on Monroe County Road # 17 not far from the intersection of Monroe County Roads #17 and #26.

The transaction involving the purchase of the land for the construction of Rich Fork Church can be found in the Monroe County Deed Bk #7, p 92.  The land was sold by Sinclair Barber and his wife, Margaret Watters Barbara to the Deacons of Christ Church.  The deed reads, in part:

”I Sinclair Barber and Margaret Barber (Watters) wife of said Sinclair Barber for $1, to Amos Willison, Jacob Shorman )?) and Martin Baker, Senior Deacons of the Church of Christ, a lot of  5/8 acres.

Signed: Sinclair Barber - Margaret Barber (X) 19 December 1846

Witness:  Henry Mason, JP and David Gates”


Sinclair Barber and Margaret Barber were the grandparents of Mary Ann Barber Cronin (1849 – 1921) the wife of Alexander Cronin.

Provided by Betty Goudy Cronin and Dick Harrington

 

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