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Location

The church is located in what is now known as

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in Claiborne County,

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. It is one mile North of the Antebellum

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and nearly three miles South of the former Windsor Plantation, now known as the

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History

The congregation was established in 1826. Its pastor was

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. The current building was built in the 1840s.

Heritage significance

It has been listed the National Register of Historic Places since 1978.

References

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