HAYWOOD COUNTY TN - CHURCH - Marvin's Chapel United Methodist Church ********************************************************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Jane N. Powell ********************************************************************************************************** Marvin's Chapel United Methodist Church This congregation, as it now stands, had its beginning in 1879 following the re- organization of Old Salem Church. Old Salem, 5 miles SE of Brownsville, was sold to the blacks in 1871 and some of the members joined Chestnut Grove and others formed a new church at Moore's School the present site of Marvin's Chapel. In February 1880 William Naylor Sr. deeded land for the Church. His children were: Harry, Bill, Virgie, Maude, Nora and Nell. Charter Families: Cobb, Cozart, Dupree, Gordon, Harralson, Hart, Hunter, Mathews, Moore, Morton, Naylor, Owen, Richardson, Russell. They cut timber and had the building framed and the roof and weatherboarding on by spring. After the crops were laid by they completed the building in July. In August 1880, Rev. Duckworth held the first service in the new building named for Bishop Marvin. In 1887 a cemetery was established. The building burned in November on 1979 and was rebuilt by Easter of 1980. * SS Superintendents: Howell Moore, W. W. Dupree, Robert Haralson, Billy Escue, J. M. Hart, John Escue, Pittman Marbury, Harold Stoots, Billy Joyner, James Byrum Jr., Howell A. Naylor * Other Teachers: Arilla Moore, Laura Grand, Minnie Mann, Frank Owen, Mamie Mathews, Sarah Mann, Elizabeth Williams, Anne Baird, Wilna Marbury, Virginia Byrum, Gene Carter, Linda Carter, Sandra Pratt, Junior Byrum.