Church and Family History Research Assistance
for Primitive Baptist Churches in Fayette County, Tennessee
CHURCHES:
BIG MUDDY
BEAVER CREEK
BIG SANDY
HOPEWELL
MT. PISGAH (SOMERVILLE)
Mt. Pisgah Church was organized in 1832, and was one of the original churches which organized the Mississippi River Association that same year. The eleven charter members were Darling Long, Elizabeth Aimson, Sarah Thrasher, Zechariah Winn, Temperance Long, Elizabeth Arnold, Martha Hurley, Charity Russedo, Elizabeth Hill, Elizabeth Thrasher, and James Richey. Elder Aaron Compton was the first pastor. He was followed by Elders Peter Culp, W. S. Daughery, D. G. Chambers, W. A. Bishop, T. E. Bishop, J. T. Davis, Walter G. Johnson, and Harvey Smith. The first location of the church was about four miles north of the present site. A new meeting house was erected in 1965.
PLEASANT HILL
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