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Submitted by Local Durham on Mon, 2/15/2021 - 9:29pm
This church was organized primarily by the Crabtree and Hall families in Northern Durham County. My grandmother, Annie Hall Jones was a long time member and contributer to the church. She is buried in its small cemetery. My parents, uncle and aunt, and both sisters were proudly married in this tiny building. A very interesting story here is that the grand daughter of John McMannen, "The Fiddling Preacher", played piano here for as long as I can remember. Her name was Jo Hall. McMannen, as so well documented here and in books about early Durham, started many Methodist churches in the surrounding counties. He was an entrepreneur who started a business and community down South Lowell Rd and later in downtown Durham on what was then McMannen street. Now South Mangum St.
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