Near Logan in Cullman County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Shady Grove Methodist Church And Cemetery

Photographed by Tim Carr, August 8, 2010

1. Shady Grove Methodist Church And Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Early settlers to Cullman County established Shady Grove Methodist Episcopal Church as a brush arbor in the 1870s on land homesteaded and donated by Richard McCain. Trustees, J. J. McKissack, W. H. Martin, J. C. Vickery, J. W. Kilgo, together with volunteers replaced the brush arbor with a log church that also served as the community school three months of the year. Around 1888, Reverend D. C. Beltz of Cincinnati, Ohio, arrived and drew up the blueprints for a new church. G. W. Kilgo selected a spot for the church and suggested the name Shady Grove. Sammy Leak and other members donated labor toward the construction of the present church building in 1892. Regular services began at Shady Grove in 1893 and continued to about 1920. The cemetery, located across the road from the church, contains hundreds of both marked and unmarked burials. One of the oldest graves with a burial date of 1876 belongs to Susana McCain, mother of the original property owner. An annual memorial service is held the first Sunday in May to honor those early settlers.

The Church and Cemetery were listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage

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on Feb. 25, 1999 and The National Register of Historic Places on Oct. 3, 2002.

Erected 2004 by Alabama Historical Commission.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Commission series list. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1755.

Location. 34° 8.5′ N, 87° 2.117′ W. Marker is near Logan, Alabama, in Cullman County. It is on County Road 846 north of County Road 844, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Logan AL 35098, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum

Photographed by Tim Carr, August 8, 2010

2. Shady Grove Methodist Church And Cemetery Marker

South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Clarkson Covered Bridge (approx. 5.2 miles away); Alabama's Physical Diversity (approx. 5.2 miles away); Alabama's Aquatic Biodiversity (approx. 5.2 miles away); What happens to my wastewater? (approx. 5.2 miles away); Birds of Alabama (approx. 5.2 miles away); Where does your drinking water come from? (approx. 5.2 miles away); Land-Use and Water Quality (approx. 5.2 miles away); Battle of Hog Mountain (approx. 5.9 miles away).

Photographed by Tim Carr, August 8, 2010

3. Shady Grove Methodist Church And Cemetery Marker

Shady Grove Methodist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr, August 8, 2010

4. Shady Grove Methodist Church

Shady Grove Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr, August 8, 2010

5. Shady Grove Cemetery

Susana McCain Gravesite image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr, August 8, 2010

6. Susana McCain Gravesite

Closer view of the Shady Grove Methodist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr, August 8, 2010

7. Closer view of the Shady Grove Methodist Church

Interior view of Shady Grove Methodist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr, August 8, 2010

8. Interior view of Shady Grove Methodist Church

Two seater outhouse behind the church. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr, August 8, 2010

9. Two seater outhouse behind the church.

Time remaines-no additions, electricity,and plumbing. Nestled in the arbor.

Shady Grove Methodist Church And Cemetery Certificate image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Carr, August 8, 2010

10. Shady Grove Methodist Church And Cemetery Certificate

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 4,001 times since then and 136 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on August 9, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.