Court Records for Obion County, Tennessee 1832-1852, Miscellaneous Minute Book Records 1834-1835, Court of Pleas & Quarter Sessions 1834, January Term 1834, April Term 1834, July Term 1834, October Term 1835, January Term 1835, April Term 1835, July Term 1845-1846, … Continue reading →
St. John A.M.E., the First Negro church in Woodland Mills, was founded and organized 6 January 1873 by a group of Negro men who bought 1 1/2 acres from J. W. Marton for $75.00. The lumber for the building and … Continue reading →
Rives Methodist Episcopal Church was organized on 12 October 1890 in the Associate Reformed Presbyterian building by W. C. Waters, pastor and 29 members, 14 of whom transferred from the Pleasant Hill congregation, 3 from Obion Chapel, 9 by letter … Continue reading →
Central Union Church is located in District 7 on the Rives-Mt. Pelia Road about five miles southeast of Rives. Part of the membership are Cumberland Presbyterian and part are Methodist. Both have pastors who take turns conducting worship services. The … Continue reading →
Cumberland Presbyterian Churches Goodspeed’s History of Tennessee, Obion County, Marshall’s Obion County History, and both Obion County Histories, 1981, 1986: The Cumberland Presbyterians were also pioneers in the organization of churches as well as in missionary work in Obion County. … Continue reading →
Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church, in 1981, was located on a five acre lot at the corner of Pleasant Valley Road and Stone Road: Rev. Harold C. Craig was the pastor. April 15, 1981, Pleasant Valley United Methodist Church had … Continue reading →
Obion Chapel United Methodist history from Obion County History, Vol 1, p. 472 with great input from Bill Cunningham. Obion Chapel is located 1/4 mile off Highway 21 between Troy and Hornbeak. According to p. 472, Obion County History, Vol. … Continue reading →
Mt. Zion United Methodist Church has been the house of worship for Methodists, Baptists and Cumberland Presbyterians together in Solitude Church, erected circa 1830, four and one-half miles north of Union City until it burned. After this W. B. McConnell, … Continue reading →
Hornbeak M. E. Church, at Hornbeak, Obion Co. TN first met at Center, a few miles from Hornbeak. John F. Williams, speaker and singer, was instrumental in the building of a church house and the services. In 1885 the church … Continue reading →
First Methodist Church Union City, Tennessee Union City M. E. Church South, 1888 The Methodist Episcopal Church South was organized in 1856 in the home of Isaac C. Foster and they first met in a small frame building on the … Continue reading →