Friendship Methodist Church, Livingston Parish, Louisiana
File prepared by D.N. Pardue



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From the book entitled "The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study
of Livingston Parish" by the members of the Livingston Parish American
Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston 
Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial
Commission, 1976.  Reprinted by permission.  Dedicated to the memory of
Reuben Cooper and Raymond Riggs.

FRIENDSHIP METHODIST CHURCH  Established around 1850 as a circuit-rider

church on a site one-half mile from the Springfield Road and Walker Road

crossing.  Some of the charter members included Sibley, Graham, Vickers,

McDowell, Covington, and Erwin family members.

     Reportedly, during the Civil War, the church members served cornbread

and milk to Confederate soldiers who slept in the church while passing

through the area.

     The church was moved to J.P. Covington's land in 1870, and in 1905

it moved to its present site on La. Hwy. 447 north of Walker, on land

donated by George Hall, Sr. (1) -- Mrs. Willie Higginbotham.

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(1) Information obtained from Mrs. Marie Wise, church clerk, by Mrs.
Willie Higginbotham.

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