Alabama Room

Sumter County Historical Society
Administrative Files

Cemeteries, Churches, Corporations, Counties

 

Cemeteries

SF9.D3 Folder 1

Group 2/Cemeteries – “Visit to Winston Cemetery”

Item 1: “Visit to Winston Cemetery” by Ruby Pickens Tartt

Item 2: Three handwritten copies of “Winston Cemetery” by Ruby Pickens Tartt, the last copy missing the fifth page, the first copy with minimal handwritten transcription

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Churches

SF9.D3 Folder 2

Churches – Bethel Presbyterian Church

Item 1: Photocopy of “Records of Bethel Church, [Sumter] County, Alabama,” which bears page numbers from “Book 6” on the left margin; pages are enumerated 314-407

Item 2: Notes from Historical Records in the Probate Office of Sumter County, Alabama

Item 3: Color photo of the church

 

SF9.D3 Folder 3

Churches – Christian Valley Baptist Church

Item 1: Photocopy of a “History of The Christian Valley Baptist Church Located Three Miles North of Coatopa, Alabama 35450” by Sis. Rachel E. J. Campbell (handwritten name) with handwritten date of 1973 in right margin

Item 2: Color photo of the church

 

SF9.D3 Folder 4

Churches – Gainesville Presbyterian Church

Item 1: News article from the Aug. 30, 1977, issue of The Birmingham News entitled “Gainesville Church Boasts a Proud History, and Is Kept Well by Its Membership of Six” by Elma Bell, staff writer

Item 2: Pamphlet entitled “The Presbyterian Church, 1837, Gainesville, Alabama” with the “History of the Gainesville Presbyterian Church” inside

Item 3: Notes from Historical Records in the Probate Office of Sumter County, Alabama

Item 4: Color photo of the church

 

SF9.D3 Folder 5

Churches – Jones Creek Baptist Church

Item 1: Alabama Historic Inventory for Jones Creek Baptist Church and Graveyard

 

SF9.D3 Folder 6

Churches – Miscellaneous

Item 1: Handwritten list of churches and the towns in which they are located

 

SF9.D3 Folder 7

Churches – Shady Grove Methodist, Panola

Item 1: Document entitled “Shady Grove Methodist Church, Panola, Alabama”

Item 2: Notes from Historical Records in the Probate Office of Sumter County, Alabama

Item 3: Color photo of the church

 

SF9.D3 Folder 8

Churches – St. James Episcopal Church

Item 1: Letter dated Jan. 19, 1983, to the Sumter County Historical and Preservation Society from William B. Stuart regarding the pipe organ at St. James (two copies)

Item 2: Handwritten notes on the May 24, 1836, issue of the Voice of Sumter

Item 3: Notes from Historical Records in the Probate Office of Sumter County, Alabama, with two photocopies attached

Item 4: Color photo of the church

 

SF9.D3 Folder 9

Churches – Presbyterian Church, Sumterville

Items 1 & 2:  Black and white pictures of the church, View from SW, 1979

 

SF9.D3 Folder 10

Churches – Church inventory for Sumter County pre-dating 1865.

Item 1:         Letter from State of Alabama, Alabama Historical Commission to Professor Bill Stuart, Livingston Alabama, October 25, 1988.

Item 2:         List, Churches in Sumter County.

Item 2:         Preliminary Listing, Extant Sumter County Churches (1865 – 1915)

 

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Corporations

SF9.D3 Folder 11

Corporations – Chemical Waste Management Inc.

Item 1: Two copies of a Chemical Waste Management economic impact analysis completed by Livingston University business professor Terrill R. Keasler in July 1986 (includes pie chart)

 

 

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Counties

SF9.D3 Folder 12

Counties – Sumter

Item 1: Booklet entitled “Sumter Heritage,” sponsored by the Sumter County Preservation Society (includes photographs of structures and a map)

Item 2: Booklet with “Sumter County Historical-Preservation Society: 150 Years, Sumter County, 1832-1982,” on the cover and “A Bibliography of Writings about Sumter County, Alabama, and its People” by Ralph M. Lyon on the title page (includes map)

Item 3: Brochure entitled “Sumter County, Alabama: Crossroads of the South” [published by the Industrial Board of Sumter County ?]

Item 4: “Significant Facts about Sumter County and Livingston, Alabama,” by Ralph M. Lyon, dated September 1978 (2 typed sheets)

Item 5: Two copies of a map on an 8 ½ x 11 sheet of paper with the following heading “Sumter County, Alabama: Future Transportation Hub of the Central South,” printed while Interstate 20/59 was under construction

Item 6: Map of Sumter County points of interest

Item 7: Monograph entitled Soil Survey: Sumter County Alabama, published by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry, in cooperation with the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries, Series 1935, No. 18, March 1941 (includes charts/tables and maps, one large color map)

Item 8: Pamphlet entitled “Sumter County, Alabama: Preliminary Comprehensive Development Plan” prepared for the Sumter County Commission by the Alabama-Tombigbee Regional Commission

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