USGenWeb:
AlGenWeb :
County Index :
Marion County
County Coordinators: J. W. Johnson
and Allison Saxman
Webmaster: Allison Saxman
|
|
|
Nearby County Sites
|
Articles from 1976 Journal-Register Newspaper Oldest county church
The Journal-Record - Bicentennial Edition Thursday, July 1, 1976 Section C, Page 3 OLDEST CHURCH OF MARION Hepsiba is said to be the oldest church in the county. The Rev. Bob DUNCAN preached a sermon there on its 105 anniversary in 1908. The church was torn down several years ago and the members moved to other churches. This church belonged to the Liberty Association of the Oiginal(sic) Order of Baptist. The two other churches in this county belonging to this association were: Lovejoy and Mount Joy. Other churches of this association in Mississippi were: Marietta, New Ramah, and Ebinezar. Those in Franklin County were Zions Rest and Bates Hill. The following are some of those who preached and served as pastors at Hepsiba: Henry CLARK, Bud STILL, James SUMNER, Wesley STIDHAM, John CARTER, Eli FREDERICK, Oscar HESTER, George STIDHAM, John GREEN, and R. C. DUNCAN. SHOTTSVILLE METHODIST CHURCH The first Shottsville church was made fro hewn logs. The roof was of cypress boards and wooden pegs were used for nails. It was located about two miles north of the present location and was called New Bethel. It was about twenty-four feet by twenty-four feet with a door on each side. Church services and school were held in the same building. The building was erected sometime around 1840. In 1836 the REEDS and STONES moved here from South Carolina. John STONE may have been the first member. Early residents were the EMERSONS, ROBINSONS, and SHOTTS. they came from Lawrence County and settled along Bull Mountain. The preacher was a circuit rider who preached at different churches every day. John ARNOLD was a local preacher who marked everyone off the church roll who had folks who went north after the Civil War. John COWDEN was the preacher around 1892 and stayed in Hamilton. Samuel REED was an early Class Leader. The Shottsville Cemetery was started in 1840 with the grave of John Stone's little daughter. His wife was buried there (sic) the church was moved to its present location beside the cemetery. It was a frame house. The people came to church in covered wagons drawn by steers. Some came from a long way for the Saturday night service and would spend the night in their wagons to be there for the Sunday service. Later many traveled by horseback. The ladies had side saddles and riding skirts. There were places at the church to tie the horses and blocks from which to mount. In 1908, a singled, two-story house was built. It also served as a school and an Odd Fellows Lodge. It was destroyed by fire and in 1936 the church was built by Rev. HANCOCK that served until the present building was erected. |
|
All materials contained on these pages are furnished for the free use of those engaged in researching their family origins. Any commercial use, or other electronic posting of any files/pages without the consent of the host/author of these pages is prohibited. All images used on these pages were obtained from sources permitting free distribution, or generated by the author, and are subject to the same restrictions/permissions. All persons contributing material for posting on these pages does so in recognition of their free, non-commercial distribution, and further, is responsible to assure that no copyright is violated by their submission. ALGenWeb is a part of
the USGenWeb Project. USGENWEB and/or ALGENWEB makes no claims as to the validity of the information contained in this site and visitors are advised that each new piece of information should be researched and proved or disproved by weight of documented evidence. It is always best to consult the original material for verification. The information posted to this site is the sole work and property of the submitter and/or the transcriber and has not been altered nor verified by the webmaster of this site. An effort has been made to give credit to all submitters and all documents that have been transcribed by the webmaster, other volunteers, or other individuals that submit information for posting to the site. ©2002- 2009 by Allison M. Saxman & J.W. Johnson |
