In a message dated 5/28/2005 8:08:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,
CCarnivale(a)aol.com writes:
By these histories it seems clear that the school Levi and the Kitchells
started, in a log cabin, was near what became the Hanover Baptist Ch. and
later a
new church building became the Christian Church. But neither had anything to
do with the Hanover Cem. Is that how you read it?
I believe there was a church right there by the cemetery at one time--I've
read something about it somewhere and now can't remember where. The Christian
Church was a more liberal version of the Baptist Church, so they are closely
related. What I read in that previous passage was that they changed from
Baptist to Christian, then later built a new church in Morristown rather than
Hanover.
There were houses and at least one store in Hanover at one time. I suppose
with Morristown being so close, it was more convenient to relocate there as
the town of Hanover died out since Morristown had stores, churches, bank, etc.
I recall reading that at one time Hanover was quite a bustling little town.
What the hopes were for a town in those days and reality were often quite
different things. There were those who thought Gwynneville was going to be
quite a town too. Of the three, only Morristown has become a solid little
village, while Gwynneville is barely hanging on and Hanover is kaput.
Jill