Yesterday's Henderson County

Henderson County, Tennessee History Page

Church

• Antioch Cemetery, Lexington Progress
• Baptizing on Sunday, Lexington Reporter
• Bethel Church and Singing School (with photographs)
• A Brief History of the First 100 Years of the Beech River Baptist Association Organized at Union Church 1871, Ruth Carrington
• Christian Chapel Church of Christ, compiled by Brenda Kirk Fiddler
• Church History, First United Methodist Church, Lexington
• First Pentecostal Church History, Dinah Bowman Harris
• Churches, from History of Sardis, Tennessee, Beulah Hanna and Carra Holland
• Churches Play Part, Lillye Younger (Union Hill Baptist Church)
• Fairview Church of Christ
• First Baptist Church of Lexington
  • Early Membership Lists of the Baptist Church in Lexington, Jonathan K. T. Smith (First Baptist Church)
  • First Baptist Church History, from the First Baptist Church web site
  • First Baptist Church of Lexington 1931 Christmas Program
  • Fleetwood Ball, compiled by Brenda Kirk Fiddler (with photo)
  • Historical Notes, First Baptist Church of Lexington, Tennessee, W. C. Crook III
  • An Interesting Place: First Baptist Church, Dorris Jarrett, from the First Baptist Church web site
  • Long-Range Planning Committee Recommendations June 7, 2000
  • Post Card Circa 1960
• Granny Austin Cemetery, Scotts Hill, TN
• Granny Austin Cemetery, another look
• History, Southwestern District Missionary Bapist Association (primarily Benton and Carroll counties but Bible Grove is a member of the association)
• History Highlights, Scotts Hill, Tenn. Church of Christ, by Gordon H. Turner, Sr.
• The History of Darden Missionary Baptist Church, Brenda Mooney, Milford Myracle, Vernelle Myracle
• History of the Corinth Church, G. Tillman Stewart
• A History of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church, Brenda Coffman, Alice King, and Bobbie Pierce (1979)
• History of Mt. Moriah Church, Cherry Wright
• The History of Poplar Corner Pentecostal Church, Lawanda Gale Lewis and Harold Wayne Lewis
• History of Poplar Springs Church, Ramer Anderson White (with photo)
• The History of Rock Hill Baptist Church (with photos)
• History of St. Andrews Catholic Church, Sr. Vernard Niehaus, OSF
• History of Stray Leaf Church of Christ, Unknown
• History of United Pentecostal Church of Darden, unattributed (Jewell Reeves?)
• The History of Wildersville Baptist Church, Helen Burress and Kenny Cavness
• Last Service at the Old Methodist Church (photographs)
• Mt. Ararat Church Circa 1940 (photograph)
• A Notable Birthday Visit, Aunt Betsy Milam, G. H. Buck, Lexington Progress (contains description of Mt. Gilead Church, near Reagan)
• Old Hepzibah Church and Cemetery, Jonathan K. T. Smith
• Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Black History Celebration "Memories" February 25, 1996, compiled by Marilyn Henry
• Prospect Cemetery
• Recollections on New Hope Church 1976, Mary Eugenie Rushing
• Reminiscence of a Baptist Minister, C. E. Azbill (with photos) (Warning: this file may be slow to load for modem users.)
• Revival and Baptizing at Mt. Gilead, August 1948 (protographs)
• Schools and Churches, Auburn Powers
• Scotts Hill Churches, Gordon H. Turner, Sr.
• Singing School at Mt. Ararat Church (1904-1905) (photograph)
• Singing School at Piney Baptist Church (photograph)
• Southwestern District Baptist Association
• Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church, Nell Keen
• The Woods-Nunnery Debate, edited by Joyce Hendrix (with photographs of Cedar Hill Church)

This page is to help make Henderson County history more accessible by sharing over the Internet some of the materials which are available.  Do you have a history of your church, school, community, or business?  How about your grandfather's farm journal or a story told by your grandmother about a memorable event?

Please contact me to share it with others.