In 1824, a few emigrants found their way to this part of the country, first came (_____?), WELCH, and DUDLEY, later on BOWERS, JIMERSON, UPSHAW and others.  At a still later period came GARNER, BRASSFIELD and JETER, ALLEN, POPE and GROOMS.  These all recognizing the benefit of education and religion on society met in 1827 and built a log house but a few feet from where this one now stands, the house to be used for school and Church purposes.  All religious denominations were "at liberty" to use it, hence the name Liberty.

In 1828, two Baptist preachers HAYS and MOODY organized a Baptist Church, a hard shell Baptist Church, and held regular services for about two years.  But from migration and other causes the Methodists began to gain the ascendancy.  The Baptists then became restive, the situation did not suit them, it being too far from water, hence they went west of here about three miles and built a house on the banks of Spring Creek and moved their church in it, thereby abandoning  the house here.

 In 1831 the Methodist Conference sent to the Dresden, Circuit two pioneer preachers, DAVIS and AVERY, they were invited and held rcgular services in the log house.  Sometime in the year of (_____?) DAVIS organized a Methodist Episcopal Church, not a Methodist Episcopal Church South, but simply a Methodist Episcopal Church, the word south was added fourteen years later.

The little church prospered and numerically grew very rapidly.  So much so that in 1841 it felt strong enough to build what was then considered a fine house.  Camp meetings were held here every year for a dozen or more years.  Little camps dotted this hill all over.  People came for miles around to hear the preachers of Liberty Church.

Gradually the crowds (_____?)  that the members began to feel that this house was too small to accomodate the big crowds.  They must make plans for housing more visitors.  So in 1866 they built a large wooden shed near the church and for almost twenty years this shed served to house the enormous crowds.  In 1886 the leaders of the church, Ruben EDMONSTON its oldest member, who had moved from Sharon, Robert JETER, Caleb BRASFIELD, Lemuel BRASFIELD, Tom GREENE, Matthew LYNN, the GRISSOMS, YOUNGS, WINSTONS, and WHITES inspired by (__ ___ __  ___ ___ ___  ___ ___???) decided to build a new and larger church.  Buck YOUNG and S. E. SPEERS were given the contract and in 1887 built the beautiful white church that stood for many years beneath the shade of these same tall oaks and hickorys.  It was the church built without the inside columns to support the ceilings.  Many of the older men steadfastly believed that it would collapse at any moment.

This beautiful building was dedicated the first Sunday in June 1888 by Rev. R. L. WEST.  It prospered under the leadership of such men as John H. WHITT, C. A. WATERFIELD,  J. W. JOYNER, Witt T. HOLLEY, and Y. E. UNDERWOOD. This was a popular meeting place for Methodists for miles around as well as members of all other denominations.

In the winter of 1924 a terrible wind totally destroyed this church and for a few days the whole community was under a clould of gloom because it seemed an almost impossible task to rebuild at once but the descendants of these same BRASFIELDS, EDMONSTONS, GRISSOMS, YOUNGS, JETERS and WHITES with many others who have also become a part of this community rallied round and with the assisstance of people (far?) and (wide?) who loved (_____?)Liberty Church they built this little brick church we today are dedicating under the leadership of  J. E. JONES.

 Transcribed by Jerry Cavender