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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