Built in 1883, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church is in the picturesque town of Bell Buckle, Tennessee. The Gothic Revival church is now abandoned. It is a contributing property to the Bell Buckle Historic District.
Located on a dirt road, the Jones Chapel and cemetery sit across the road from each other. At the moment, I am unable to locate any history on the church. The building was built around 1900. The cemetery is somewhat active with a few fairly recent burials. I will update once I know more.
Two headstones featured these pinpricks as ways to engrave the headstones.
I will always document any Eldren Bailey marker that I find.
The well-cleaned skeleton of a cow greeted me as I walked a path around the lake.
Located outside of Collinsville, Alabama is the Smith Chapel and Cemetery. I have not been able to find any history on the church. According to FindAGrave, the oldest burial is 1857. The cemetery is still active.
I cannot locate the history of the church on Pig Trail Road in Cherokee County, Alabama. There are some newspaper mentions of revivals, but that is it. If you have any info on the church, please let me know.
The Starr Post Office is located in Anderson County, South Carolina. Starr was once a busy rail community. The town now boasts a population of less than 200 people. It was named after Captain Willington William Starr, a treasurer for the railroad company. Now what remains are the hallmarks of a small rural town, the post office, and a few other buildings. The window arches, fanlights, and brickwork highlight the beauty of the building.
While I’ve seen this church identified as an AME church, I believe it to be a Baptist Church. Based on obituaries, it was called this until as late as 2017. I can only locate obituaries that refer to this building as Mill Bethel Church or Mill Bethel Baptist Church. According to an announcement in The Ledger and Enquirer in 1980, the church was celebrating it’s 108th anniversary. While I date the building to the early 1900s, the congregation seems to have been founded in 1872.
