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Goodspeed’s History of Haywood County Churches (1887)

Goodspeed’s History of Haywood County Churches (1887)

This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Jane Norton Powell in 2005.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the text below, certain antiquated terms remain for context. Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee (1887), pages 828-829 The early settlers of Haywood County brought with them the principles of Christianity. And the Methodists. Baptists and Presbyterians were the pioneer religious societies. The first Methodist ministers who labored…

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Harmony Baptist Church

Harmony Baptist Church

This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Jane Norton Powell in 2005.  No copyright infringement is intended.   Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the text below, certain antiquated terms remain for context. Harmony Baptist Church was organized 14 October 1837 east of the Haywood-Hardeman County line and about a mile and half west of Cedar Chapel. In 1840, the church moved to the present location on the Brownsville and Whiteville…

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Christ Episcopal Church

Christ Episcopal Church

This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Jane Norton Powell in 2005.  No copyright infringement is intended.   Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the text below, certain antiquated terms remain for context. The Episcopal Church was organized August 25, 1832 and the name chosen was Zion Church. Charter members were Mary T. and Egbert H. Sheppard, Mrs. Jane D. Johnson, Eliza H. Perkins and Sarah Grove. The Rev. John Chilton,…

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Beech Grove Church of Christ

Beech Grove Church of Christ

This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Jane Norton Powell in 2005.  No copyright infringement is intended.   Note:  The TNGenWeb Project does not condone use of culturally insensitive language.  In the text below, certain antiquated terms remain for context. 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…

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Dancyville United Methodist Church

Dancyville 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. The deed to the church is dated April 1, 1835 and was registered on June 8, 1835. The property was sold by Byrd Link to the trustees of the Methodist Episcopal…

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The Curlin Family and Brown’s Creek Baptist Church, 1836-1879

The Curlin Family and Brown’s Creek Baptist Church, 1836-1879

This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Jim Curlin in 1998.  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. Samuel Brown, a pioneer landowner from North Carolina, settled in Haywood County, Tennessee, in 1826. Soon after his arrival he gave land and provided logs to build the first Browns Creek Primitive…

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Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church History

Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church History

This history was submitted to the archived USGenWeb Project by Lynda Clarke in 2005.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original item. Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church (also known as Do-Me-Good) is located in the Hillville Community, Haywood County, Tennessee. It is not known the exact date when it was established; however, it is known that the first building, a log structure, was used for school and church as early as 1840. Furniture for this building was…

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Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (September 9, 1904)

Abstracts from the Brownsville States-Graphic Newspaper (September 9, 1904)

Transcribed by Sarah Midyett Hutcherson in 2000-2002 for the USGenWeb Archives.  No copyright infringement is intended.  Click here to view the original page at the Internet Archive. 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. Source:  Tennessee State Library & Archives Microfilm Roll #101, Misc. — States Graphic — Brownsville, Tennessee — Volume 37 No. 39 — Friday, September 9, 1904 CAROLINA —…

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