These are churches located in an around Edwin, Alabama. Antioch Baptist Church North of Haleburg on HWY 95 about 1 mile. The first building was destroyed by fire. A new building was built about ½ mile further up the road. In 1895, Antioch and Walnut Grove united to found The Haleburg Baptist Church. The building at Antioch was given…
These are churches located in an around Edwin, Alabama. Mount Edwin Primitive Baptist Church of Christ Edwin, AL. The church was constituted as a member of the Choctawhatchee Association District on the Eufaula-Ozark Wagon Train Road April 23, 1860. Edwin United Methodist Church About1890, records were destroyed by fire. The first structure stood in the present location until the…
Churches located in and around Abbeville, Alabama Abbeville Church of Christ 154 Briarhill Rd. Abbeville Memorial Church of God In Christ* Pine St. 585-9444 Abbeville Outreach for Souls Holiness Church N. Trawick St. Abbeville United Methodist Church South Doswell. The church was established about 1825, as a mission of the Lawrenceville Circuit. The present church was erected in 1850….
by Steve Parrish “The dead and wounded lay in heaps, literally piled upon each other…” Many of the soldiers from our area fought with the 60th Alabama Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. Through the toils of war, they suffered greatly, and perhaps one of their most daunting task was in north Georgia near the Chickamauga Creek in November…
by Steve Parrish Immediately before the Civil War began many of the general officers who were to ride into history were on active duty in the United States military service. I have discovered that there are some interesting stories related to how some of these generals fulfilled their destiny in the annals of American history. Let me tell you…
by Doug Preston Jacob Beverett served during the Revolutionary War from 17 October 1781, to July 1783. “Revolutionary Records Book V-4501, State Archives, Raleigh, N. C., Payments by Wilmington District Militia, No. 303 Militia, 6.12.” When Jacob came home he brought the bayonet he had used in the war as a memento. Jacob’s oldest son Joseph served during the…
by Steve Parrish Most of us at one time or another has heard the song, “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.” It is a folk song written in 1969, by Robbie Robertson of the group, The Band. We have heard the song many times and from artists ranging from Bob Dylan to Buck Owens, Johnny Cash and John…
bySteve Parrish My visit to the battlefield at Murphreesboro, Tennessee several years ago means more to me now than I ever thought it would. A man that I never even knew existed was killed on the very ground I walked upon. His name was Thomas Q. Stanford. I would once again walk where he walked…this time, it was where…
First Formal School for Colored Youth in NewvilleByJohnnie Mae Anderson After the Civil War, and the end of slavery, it seems that some funds were appropriated for the education of black children. Churches in the area organized the first colored schools in the vicinity of Newville and the schools were housed in these churches. Two such churches were Sweet…
Surveyed on the 2nd & 16th of December 06 by:Doug Preston, Sheila McClendon Preston, Roberta Whiddon Childs Located at the intersection of Henry Co. road 89 & 109. Directions to the cemetery from Newville: NAME BORN DIED COMMENTS Mixon, J. H. 27 Mar 1904 11 Jan 1925 Woodman of the World Marker Sessions, Mina T. 22 Oct 1901 6…
