Flatwoods Community & Moore Farm

Flatwoods Community & Moore Farm is a Tennessee historical marker in Benton County.

Moore Farmhouse Entrance (next to Century Farm Sign)

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The historic Flatwoods Community in Benton County helps tell the story of how African Americans started their own community after the Civil War and emancipation from enslavement. The freed families-built farms, homes, businesses, and churches. Notable areas of interest include the Friendship CME Church and cemetery, Moore Chapel and cemetery, Moore Chapel School, and the Moore Family farm. The Moore Family Century Farms remains in the ownership of their decedents. African American Family Farms represent 1.3% of total family farms in the United States.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Tennassee Government. (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)
1936 · Sugar Tree, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

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