Etowah-Cherokee-Calhoun County AlArchives Church Records.....Young's Chapel Congregational Methodist Church Copyright Date 1877
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The Young's Chapel Congregational Methodist Church of the UMC Reavisville 
District was established about 1877 when people began meeting in an old 
schoolhouse that was no longer in useage. Sometime during the 1880's, a Church 
was erected nearby the site of the now present Church. In 1897 the old Church 
burned and in the same year another was constructed at the site of today's 
Young's Chapel Church. 

The land was given by James Young, Rebecca Young and G.M. Young. Additional 
land was given later by Mr. Jack Spraggins, J R Sims and J O Bennett. This land 
was used as a cemetery. Land for a parsonage was donated by Kaller and Sue 
Bomar. The first Church leaders were William Spraggins and William Vaughn. The 
first Stewards were Simon Henry Boozer and M M Morris while the first Church 
Secretary was W N Landers. Some of the early families that belonged to Young's 
Chapel include Boozer, Landers, Morris, Ford, Garmany, Sewell, Harcrow, 
Herring, Holmes, Griffith, Morgan, Spraggins, Ables, Patterson, Stallings, 
Johnson, Cannon, Baker, Diggs, Giles, Tillison, Gidley, Tynas, Shaw, Marbut, 
Shields plus many others.

In 1965 a new brick Church was built and a fellowship hall with kitchen was 
constructed in the early 1970's. A parsonage was built in the late 1970's and a 
new annex addition to the Church building was completeed in 1997. Allen Payne 
(deceased) was Pastor during the construction of the brick Church in 1965. The 
Trustees were R Spraggins, E Estes and J M Bullock. D Heath was Church Leader 
and G M Gidley was Sunday School Superintendent.

Some of the Pastors of the Young's Chapel Church have been Rev'ds Marbut (four 
with the same surname) Knight, Morris, Davis, Butler, Dillard, Upton, Payne, 
Guyton, Parker, Hooper, Ross, Smith and Gillmore.

Additional Comments:
Youngs Chapel Congregational Methodist Church is located on the Gadsden and 
Piedmont HWY near the conjunction of three counties, namely Etowah, Cherokee 
and Calhoun. 

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