2026 Activities Oral History Program with Chipley Historical Center We are working with the Chipley Historical Center and the Pierce Chapel African Cemetery to collect oral histories and photography to record information about the families in our area. We will digitize copies of photographs and historical records to piece together history. The oral history interviews…
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History
Early 1800s Prior to 1827 Home of the Creek, Muskogee Native Americans 1825 Treaty of Indian Springs. The creek Confederacy ceded their land by the treaty was invalidated by The US Government 1827 to 1830 The US Government renovated the treaty and moved the Creeks out of their homeland. The government made land surveys to…
Bethany Historic Cemetery
Bethany Missionary Baptist Church and the Chipley Historical Center, are seeking to preserve the historic Bethany Missionary Baptist Cemetery. The Bethany Historic Cemetery has over 600 graves, of which over 400 are still covered by trees and underbrush. The Cemetery Committee and volunteers have been working for over 2 years to uncover the graves and…
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