MARION COUNTY, GA - Churches  Samuel Chapel AME Church (Union Hill AME)

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History of Samuel Chapel AME Church, Marion County, Georgia

The original name of this church was Union Hill AME
Church.

It was later renamed Samuel Chapel after Samuel Shipp father of the Shipp brothers.

The church membership consisted of the families of
Roscoe Shipp, Howard W. Shipp, Menzer Shipp, Rev. Will
Shipp and Rev Geo Hartage, plus a few others over the
years.

The planned publication will contain  anecdotes such
as the hazards of coming to church on a wagon trail
that ran next to the railroad at Putnam/Doyle and the
two tornado disasters of the 1940s. One tornado
destroyed Samuel Chapel; a couple of years later
another tornado destroyed the original two-story
structure of the nearby White Pearl Lodge #30. Both
building were reduced to heaps.

Samuel Chapel became inactive in the mid-1990s and is
now in ruins.

For a history of the church, I would appreciate
receiving any of the following items: memories and
recollections, photographs, letters, programs,
obituaries of members, funeral programs of members,
minutes, ledgers, membership rolls, names of pastors
and presiding elders with dates of service, family
histories and biographical information of the Shipps
and Hartages, historical information on the old Sales
Chapel AME Church and on Mahala Chapel AME Church.
Written anecdotes or memories of specific incidents or
events would be especially welcome, as would audio
tapes or video tapes of such recollections. I will
acknowledge each source in the book.

I also seek similar items on the old White Pearl Lodge
#30 of the Mutual Benefit Society, which will be
covered in a chapter of the book.

Xeroxed copies of old material will be adequate. I
will copy any original material shared and return it
promptly to the owner.

I plan to self-publish a soft cover history of 150 to
175 pages in 2005 or 2006 titled Gathered in His Name;
A History of Samuel Chapel African Methodist Episcopal
Church of Marion County, Georgia.



Clarence D. White
50 Belmonte Circle, SW
Atlanta, GA 30311-2771
Tel. 404.753.8144
FAX 404.753.8144
E-mail: http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007419