[James R. Beller, America In Crimson Red: The Baptist History Of America (Prairie Fire Pr, July 31, 2004)]
[Earl E. Cairns, Christianity through the Centuries (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1981), pp. 307, 308.]
[Robert A. Baker, The Blossoming Desert–A Concise History of Texas Baptists (Waco: Word, 1970)]
[James Milton Carroll, A History of Texas Baptists (Dallas: Baptist Standard, 1923).]
[Zane Allen Mason, Frontiersmen of Faith: A History of Baptist Pioneer Work in Texas, 1865-1885 (San Antonio: Naylor, 1970).]
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[D. La Pierre Ballard BalCro, 04-MAR-2006 Copyright (c) 1992-2006]
[DeWitt Clinton Baker, comp., A Texas Scrap-Book (New York: Barnes, 1875; rpt. 1887; facsimile rpt., Austin: Steck, 1935).]
[Samuel B. Hesler, A History of Independence Baptist Church, 1839-1969, and Related Organizations (Dallas: Executive Board of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, 1970).]
[B. D. Augustin, "Independence: The Athens of Early Texas," Texas Highways, March 1984.]
[T. Lindsay Baker, Ghost Towns of Texas (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986).]
[Lois Smith Murray, Baylor at Independence (Waco: Baylor University Press, 1972).]
[Gracey Booker Toland, Austin Knew His Athens (San Antonio: Naylor, 1958).]
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[D. D. Tidwell, "Z. N. Morrell, Early Baptist Historian," Southern Baptist Quarterly Review 28 (January 1968).]
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I am also greatly indebted to the following Internet Authors, Articles and Web sites:
A Welsh Succession of Primitive Baptist Faith and Practice By Elder Michael N. Ivey
[ www.pb.org ]
Samuel B. Hesler
Byron Augustin and William L. Pitts
Travis L. Summerlin
Steve Sadler
The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage, Illinois [ www.carthage.lib.il.us
]
The Primitive Baptist Web Station [ www.pb.org ]
Primitive Baptist Online: Items relating to Primitive Baptist history [ www.primitivebaptist.org
]