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Friendship CME: Moore's Chapel Cemetery marker transcriptions

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Title	Friendship CME: Moore's Chapel Cemetery marker transcriptions
Date	1998
Coverage	1990-1999
Property name	Friendship Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Property type	Church
Additional property type	Cemetery
Community Name	McIllwain, Benton County, TN
Description	Transcription of grave markers at Moore's Chapel-Flatwoods Cemetery.
Historical Notes	Established around 1879 as Moore Chapel Colored Methodist Episcopal Church, later renamed Friendship Christian Methodist Episcopal, the church is believed to be one of Benton County’s oldest churches. A small cemetery affiliated with the church, known as Moore Chapel-Flatwoods Cemetery, was established ca. 1881. The original church building stood on the same site occupied by the current building. After the original building started to deteriorate, the congregation used a school building owned by Moore’s Chapel Methodist Church. Friendship CME later acquired one acre of land to construct a new church building and cemetery on the original site, completing the building in 1989. Reverends Geneva Cherry and J.E. Robinson served as pastors at the time the property was investigated.
Collection Name	African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	African American cemeteries
Type	Text
Genre	Transcription
Medium	Paper
Extent	5 p.; 8.5 x 11 in.
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Access restricted
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction not permitted
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University

Title	SP_FriendshipCME_MooreChapelCemetery 1
Date	1998
Coverage	1990-1999
Property name	Friendship Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
Property type	Church
Community Name	McIllwain, Benton County, TN
Description	Transcription of grave markers at Moore's Chapel-Flatwoods Cemetery.
Historical Notes	Established around 1879, Friendship CME Church is believed to be one of Benton County’s oldest churches. The original church building stood on the same land occupied by the current building. After the original building started to deteriorate, the congregation used a school building owned by Moore’s Chapel Methodist Church. Friendship CME Church, in 1970, acquired one acre of land from James Jennings to construct a new church building and cemetery on the original site. A small cemetery on Manley Chapel RD affiliated with the church was created in 1981. Masonary Highland Lodge No. 269 built the current church in 1989. Reverend Donald Cantrell currently serves as pastor.
Collection Name	African American Churches
Subject-LCSH	African American Churches -- Tennessee African American cemeteries
Type	Text
Medium	Paper
Extent	5 p.; 8.5 x 11 in.
Copyright status	Copyright of the creator. Access restricted
Contributing Institution	Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University
Conditions for use	Credit Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University Reproduction not permitted
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University

Friendship CME: Moore's Chapel Cemetery marker transcriptions

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