Contributed by Martha Fant on 19 Feb 2020.

Stephen Herrington-He was a trustee (usually a deacon) of the New Hope Primitive Baptist Church in Marshall County, Mississippi, not Concord PB Church in Marshall County. Some how the information got crossed by the person who attached the Concord Church story. It states that James Lowe's name appears, along with Stephen Herrington on a deed dated December, 1838, as a trustee of the New Hope Meeting House. Herrington was not a member of Concord Church.

New Hope Primitive Baptist Church

On the 31st day of January, 1838, in Marshall County, Mississippi, Stephen Herrington and his wife, Mary Herrington, conveyed two acres and 20 poles of land in the Northwest quarter of Section 20, Township 3, Range 1 West to James Lowe and Stephen Herrington, Trustees of the New Hope Church. Stephen and Mary gave the land for the consideration of the convenience of having a meeting house near and also further consideration of one dollar. This deed is found in Deed Book F, pages 132 and 133 at the Marshall County, Mississippi Courthouse. Herringtons sold this land in May, 1842 and moved to Desoto County, Mississippi (just west of Marshall County).

I am a member of the Chewalla Primitive Baptist Church here in Marshall County, Mississippi and I have done considerable research on Primitive Baptists in this county and surrounding counties.

THANKS.

Martha Fant

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Several trees on ancestry.com state that Mary was married to a Copeland & Kilpatrick as well as being married to Stephen Herrington. Some even say she was a Copeland, but I believe her maiden name is HOLMES, Her father was believed to be Frederick Holmes (1800 census) from Edgefield County, SC. Her son and grandson were named Hardy HOLMES Herrington Sr & JR.

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Suggested edit: Stephen and Mary Holmes Herrington moved from Sampson County, NC abt 1834 when they sold their land. In a deed there (book 22 page 255) they state they are the only heirs of Lewis Holmes. Mary's grandfather Fleet Cooper names her and her mother (Grace Cooper Holmes) in his 1797 will in Sampson County. Stephen and Mary must have died prior to 1850 as neither are on the census. Mary Herrington in the household of Cleva Herrington in 1850 was his mother and was the widow of William Herrington who's will was proven in court in Sampson County July 1845. and names his wife Mary "Polly" and his son Cleva. That William Herrington was the uncle of Stephen Herrington and not William J Herrington, Stephens's son who is buried in this cemetery.

Additionally, there is no record known to me of a birthdate for Mary Holmes Herrington. She was between 16-25 in the 1810 census in Sampson County and 26-44 in 1820.

Contributed by: Renee Newman (48591190) on 02/04/2022.

Suggested edit: Also there is no proof that Mary Holmes Herrington ever married again and moved to Alabama. As I stated in the last e-mail, she was the daughter of Lewis Holmes and the proof is in deeds in Sampson County, which I can send. Andrew Kilpatrick of Cullman County, Alabama was not married to this Mary Holmes Herrington. So many trees are mixed up and I have spent 15 years researching and documenting the Herrington family - they are my direct ancestors. Hardy Holmes Herrington, her son and my ancestor was named after her uncle, Hardy Holmes.

Contributor: Renee Newman (48591190) • on 02/04/2022.