Poolesville in Montgomery County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
The Historic St. Paul Community Church
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, July 4, 2013
1. The Historic St. Paul Community Church Marker
The Historic St. Paul Community Church is the heart of the Sugarland Forest Community established by freed slaves after emancipation. Patriarchs William Taylor, Patrick Hebron, Jr. and John H. Diggs, as trustees purchased this parcel of land from George W. Dawson, a former white slave owner, on October 1871 for the sum of $25.00. The deed specified the land be used for religious worship, a school and burial site for people of African descent.
The original church, The Sugarland Forest Methodist Episcopal, was rebuilt as a community hall in 1930. Other earlier names were Curtisville M.E. (1880) and Taylor's Chapel (1890).
This edifice, built in 1893 by W. Scott Beall, stands as a testimony and tribute to our heritage and founding families of this community, through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
"Blessings and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving and honour, and power, and might, be unto our God for ever and ever, Amen." Rev. 7:12
Placed by the Descendants of Sugarland Forest Community
Erected 1996 by Descendants of Sugarland Forest Community.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: African Americans • Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Churches & Religion. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1871.
Location. 39°
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Planetary Radio Emissions Discovery Site (approx. 1.3 miles away); Seneca Schoolhouse (approx. 2.1 miles away); The Historic Seneca Schoolhouse (approx. 2.1 miles away); This is Algonkian! (approx. 2˝ miles away in Virginia); Seneca Mill (approx. 2.6 miles away); Seneca Store (approx. 2.6 miles away); a different marker also named Seneca Store (approx. 2.6 miles away); Seneca Mills During the Civil War (approx. 2.6 miles away).
Also see . . .
1. St. Paul's Community Church and Cemetery, 1893. Maryland Inventory of Historic Properties, (pdf) (Submitted on July 5, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.)
2. Sugarland Ethno History Project. Project website homepage (Submitted on July 4, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland.)
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, July 4, 2013
2. The Historic St. Paul Community Church Marker
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, July 4, 2013
3. St. Paul Community Church
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, July 4, 2013
4. St. Paul Community Church
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, July 4, 2013
5. St. Paul Community Church Sign
Sugarland Forest community
Established 1871
Historic Landmark - 1996
sugarlandethnohistoryproject.org
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, July 4, 2013
6. Historic Site
Montgomery County Master Plan for Historic Preservation
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, July 4, 2013
7. Historic St. Paul Community Church
Sugarland Ethno History Project Resource Center
Photographed By Allen C. Browne, July 4, 2013
8. Mary G. Mason
Credits. This page was last revised on February 25, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 4, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,296 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on July 4, 2013, by Allen C. Browne of Silver Spring, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
