ALABAMA TRAILS
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Lauderdale County AL
WESLEY CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH
Photo by Sharon Rhoades at Find-A-Grave
Wesley Chapel Cemetery
One of the earliest Methodist congregations in the area. This church was organized by local preacher,
Rev. Alexander Faires in a log school built in 1816. Land donated in 1818 for Church and Cemetery by Henry Kirkpatrick. Lands donated 1841 by Hiram and Eva Rhodes and 1911 and 1914 by John and Amanda Wesson and L.D. Simmons.
First two structures destroyed byfire. Frame building erected 1885.
Brick structure completed 1966. Cemetery listed on Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
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