CHURCHES
Arrowrock Church of Christ, est. 1870, Williamsport Pike
Canaan AME Church, est. 1864, Ashwood Road. A former slave donated land to build this church. It was used by Presbyterians and Methodists. The church was firebombed in 1994.
Claiborne Chapel AME Church, est. 1875, Williamsport Pike. Named for its first pastor.
Dry Fork Church of Christ, est. 1850, Goodman Lane, Hampshire Pike
Flint Valley Primitive Baptist Church, est. 1875, Nashville Highway
Friendship Baptist Church, est. 1865. This church was firebombed in 1995.
Jones Chapel AME Church, est. 1870, Mt. Pleasant
Mt. Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church, est. 1843. The first national Baptist church in Tennessee, its original seven members included Rev. Williamson, Dyer Johnson (father of educator John Johnson, and Rev. Edmund Kelley. It is located on East 8th Street and the original church served as an early school.
Mt. Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church
Mt. Tabor Salem Presbyterian Church, organized in 1872 by Blacks of the Zion community.
Mt. Zion Missionary Church, est. before 1871, Spring Hill
New Smyrna Cumberland Presbyterian Church, est. 1874, Beech St., Columbia
Pleasant Union Church, Southport Road, Hampshire. Organized by slaves on property of their owner, Griffin Cathey. Originally called Meeting House Church.
St. Mark’s Primitive Baptist Church, est. 1972, Spring Hill
St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church
Edmond Kelley, Tennessee’s First Black Baptist Minister