Tabernacle

Tabernacle is a Tennessee historical marker in Haywood County.

Tabernacle Road at Hwy 79 in Haywood County

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In 1826, about two miles from here, the Reverend Howell Taylor and John Williams with their families established the Tabernacle Community. With Barcrofts, Curries, and others, they built Tabernacle Methodist Church and Haywood County's first schoolhouse. As of 2025 this community still gathers here annually for the tabernacle Kinfolks Camp Meeting, which attracts hundreds of people. The Taylors began camp meeting about 1780 in Virginia and are still determined to continue this tradition to the remotest generation. "... the Taylors still worship in the house of their fathers."

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1778 · The Western Parts of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland and North Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1796 · Map of The Tennassee (sic) Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Tennassee Government. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1814 · Kentucky (Mathew Carey, 1814) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1822 · Kentucky (Carey, 1822) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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Tabernacle

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