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Haywood County History (1889)

Haywood County History (1889)

Transcribed by Jane Norton Powell in 2005 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not endorse the use of culturally insensitive language.  On this abstract, please note certain original words are included for context. Haywood County was created by an act of the General Assemble of the State of Tennessee, passed 3 November 1823 from portions of the Chickasaw Indian Cession. It was to be called…

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Rev. Richard Hill Obituaries (1900)

Rev. Richard Hill Obituaries (1900)

This transcription was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Lynda Clarke in 2001.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original item. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the text below, certain antiquated terms may remain for context. Contributor’s Note:  Both of the following obituaries were copied from newspaper clippings Death of Rev. Richard Hill Rev. D. L. Hines* writes that the veteran local preacher, Rev. Richard Hill, some…

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Presbyterian Church of Dancyville

Presbyterian Church of Dancyville

WHITEVILLE, Tenn. – When S. Walter Edwards, vice-president and director of the Whiteville Savings Bank died, in 1937, he bequeathed $7500 for remodeling and maintenance of a small country church which he attended as a child. This was the Presbyterian Church of Dancyville, Tenn., ten miles north of here, and work which began this week, changes a landmark of Haywood County since 1853. Eighty-seven years ago immigrants who had settled this section felt the need for a place of worship…

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The Beginning of Maranatha Baptist Church

The Beginning of Maranatha Baptist Church

This post and photos are submitted by Bettye Seaton Liberty in January, 2026. Scroll the photo album using the arrows below the photos.   Maranatha Baptist Church was founded in the mid-1940’s as an Independent Baptist congregation.  It remains a vibrant worship center serving multiple communities today. The First Pastor Rev. John W. Seaton, Jr., was called to the ministry as a young man and held pastorates in Woodville and Edith before he was called to Maranatha about 1947 to…

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Beech Grove Church of Christ

Beech Grove Church of Christ

Beech Grove, established 1883, was the first Afro-American Church of Christ in Haywood County.  The history of the church as written in History of Haywood County, 1989, states that it was begun very near the present location by a few black Christians who had been taught by whites who lived in the vicinity.  And it was, at first, called “The Church of God.” Land was purchased for $8.00 from W. A. Whitelaw and wife and specified for church property “to…

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Trinity United Methodist Church

Trinity United Methodist Church

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This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Jane Norton Powell in 2000.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original item. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the text below, certain antiquated terms remain for context. Located at Nutbush in Haywood County, the church was organized in 1822 after a camp meeting by Bishop Moses Brock. The church was formerly known as Buckhorn church and located a…

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Temple Adas Israel

Temple Adas Israel

This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Jane Norton Powell in 2005.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original item. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the text below, certain antiquated terms remain for context. The reformed Jewish temple began in 1867 in the home of Jacob and Karoline Felsanthal. A room in their home was set apart to house the Torah brought from Germany by…

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Marvin’s Chapel United Methodist Church

Marvin’s Chapel United Methodist Church

This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Jane Norton Powell in 2005.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original item. Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the text below, certain antiquated terms remain for context. This congregation, as it now stands, had its beginning in 1879 following the re-organization of Old Salem Church. Old Salem, 5 miles SE of Brownsville, was sold to the blacks in…

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