Saturday, January 23, 2010

August 5th 1900


~August 5th 1900. Raleigh Co. Weather pleasant fasted as usual went down to Lawson attended Sunday School and at night held a sacrament meeting. Ate dinner at Br. S. Jarrells* also stayed all night.All well.~



~Probably Sam Jarrell.
~Photo is an abandoned church in Raleigh Co. WV,it is not the church Grandpa attended this day,it wasnt built until 1913.Many abandoned churches and old homes in this area of Raleigh Co.This one was built for a Black congregation,they abandoned it for another.

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