Thanks Betsy, Researching Popes and Bridges in this area. Looks like I need to know this history. Thanks. Jackie Crazy Horse said "A people without a history is like wind on the buffalo grass." "Yigaguu osaniyu adanvto adadoligi nigohilvi nasquv utloyasdi nihi!" ("May the Great Spirit's blessings always be with you") Cherokee Tanimara Great Pyrenees 2242 Co. Rd. 5800 Willow Springs MO 65793 417-469-2021 tanimara@townsqr.com website for dogs and native heritage http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/twyford/461/dogs.html genealogy website http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/w/o/o/Jacqueline-K-Wood/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: <BFB1957@aol.com> To: <TNBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2000 5:56 PM Subject: Re: [TNBENTON] Re: Cowell's Chapel for Jackie > Jackie: this is out of the benton co. book I have: > > The Methodists first sent their missionaries into West Tennessee in 1821. > The first methodist congregation organized in the county was called Chapel > Hill, but about 1860 was renamed Cowell's Chapel. It has maintained the same > location since it was first organized in 1824. The congregation currentlly > meets in a pretty brick church in Camden. About the same time that Cowell's > Chapel was organized, the Methodists on Beaverdam Creek also organized their > church, always known as the Flatwoods Church. > > Hope this helps, Betsy >