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Farming For A Better Future, page 369
illegible memorials, Jacoby Pully (1888-1914) is the earliest marked grave in this cemetery. Besides the Turners, there are members of the Binford, Crutcher, and Tibb families.
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Turner Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
This church began as Beulah Church in the early 20th century. At that time, the 24-acre parcel was owned by John Turner and completely surrounded by other landowning people of color. The church was built at the south end of the parcel along Toney School Road. The church appears as Beulah Church on the 1936 topographic map. By 1958, the church was known as Turner Chapel, perhaps as tribute to John and the other Turners of Toney. Today, the church is known more formally as Turner Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
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Union Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church and School*
(Above) 1958 USGS Topographic Map Ardmore, Alabama Quadrangle (Far Right) Archaeological
Site Map for the Union Hill Church and School
Known as Site 1MA937 (Redstone Arsenal)
This church and school were located on what is now Redstone Arsenal. The building also stood next to a fraternal lodge and store that served the local community between 1909 and 1941. Reverend
McKinley Jones gave an interview in 1996 and again in 2005 to the archaeologists of Redstone Arsenal in which he spoke extensively on the Union Hill Church and School.
Reverend Jones and his family had attended the church and school prior to leaving the area in 1941.
School was held in the church during the late fall and winter, after farm work was complete.
There were no desks and little other supplies. Outhouses were located behind the church/school and the
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