James McCrary (McCreary) and Isabella Giffen

James McCreary was an elder in the Bethany Church near Statesville, NC.He was in attendance when this branch was formed around 1775.This church is still in existance today http://www.bethanypresbyterianusa.org/Contact.htmlhttp://www.bethanypresbyterianusa.org/Contact.html.

I have talked to the pastor and he said the original records of the church are stored in his church building and he will allow the public to view them.

This church was attended by the Wasson, McCrary, and Griffen (Giffen) family.It has an old cemetary next to it.

I live too far away to visti this church.If anyone lives near this church I believe it may hold some answers as to who James father William McCreary was married to.It is also possible that William McCreary attended this church also, because William Sharpes map shows a William living near James.