Williamson Chapel Complex

Williamson Chapel Complex is a Tennessee historical marker in Wilson County.

1576 Needmore Road, Old Hickory Complex 3A247 Cumberland University 1 Cumberland Square, Lebanon Founded in 1842 HISTORICAL MARKER INVENTORY DAVIDSON, JACKSON, MACON, SMITH, SUMNER, TROUSDALE COUNTIES (SEE DISTRICT 3A ALSO)

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This Methodist church was built in 1850 for use of slaves by Richard Williamson, an African American, on land donated by slave owner Dick Mastaman. It served as both a church and a school. The original floor joists remain today. In 1896 the building burned and was rebuilt. A two-room school for blacks was built in the Rosenwald style in 1936 by members of the community and some Lebanon businessmen.

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1838 · Kentucky (T.G. Bradford, 1838) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1851 · Tennessee, Alabama en Florida. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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