Peeler Meadows in Lakeland in Shelby County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Chambers Chapel United Methodist Church
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Chambers Chapel Cemetery
Photographed by Steve Masler, September 15, 2015
1. Chambers Chapel United Methodist Church/ Chambers Chapel Cemetery Marker
Chambers Chapel United Methodist Church
Martha Ann Vaughan Chambers donated an acre of land near Chambers Mineral Springs as a site for a Methodist Episcopal Church South on Nov. 6, 1869. Three wooden frame buildings have stood on this location. The first was built in 1870 and destroyed by a tornado about twenty years later. The second, a large one-room frame church, burned on Dec. 4, 1927. The third was built in 1928 and had a brick facade added in 1959. The original trustees for the church were Madison H. Chambers, Dr. Fred T. Sweet, Lt. Col. James Mortimer Crews (CSA), John James and W.P. Thompson. Witnesses to the 1869 deed were Henry Talbot Bragg and William A. Redd.
Chambers Chapel Cemetery
Many early Shelby County settlers of the Arlington area and generations of their descendants are interred in the adjoining church cemetery. This cemetery is endowed for continuing use of member families with perpetual care ensured. Chambers Chapel Road is named for the church and burial grounds. The church's cornerstone inscription reads:
Erected 1998 by Shelby County Historical Commission and Chambers Chapel
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Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is November 6, 1869.
Location. 35° 12.771′ N, 89° 41.931′ W. Marker is in Lakeland, Tennessee, in Shelby County. It is in Peeler Meadows. It is on Chambers Chapel Road 0.2 miles north of U.S. 64. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3185 Chambers Chapel Road, Arlington TN 38002, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee and in Greater Memphis. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Upper South, in the Mississippi Delta, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Gray's Creek Baptist Church / Gray's Creek Cemetery (approx. one mile away); Old Stagecoach Inn (approx. one mile away); a different marker also named Davies Manor (approx. 3 miles away); Ellen Davies-Rodgers (approx. 3 miles away); Orion Hill (approx. 3.2 miles away); Dr. Greene Fort Pinkston (approx. 3.8 miles away); Memphis's Civil War Sites (approx. 4 miles away); Pleasant Hill Cemetery (approx. 5.1 miles away).
Another marker is no longer nearby. Davies Manor (was approx. 2.9 miles away but has been confirmed missing).
Also see . . .
1. SHELBY COUNTY TN - CEMETERIES - Chambers Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery. List of all burials (Submitted on September 16, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Steve Masler, September 15, 2015
2. Chambers Chapel United Methodist Church/ Chambers Chapel Cemetery Marker
2. Find A Grave Listing For James Mortimer Crews. Birth: Aug. 28, 1835 Death: Apr. 12, 1898 Lt. Col. James M. Crews led the Crews' Battalion from Tennesse in the Civil War, volunteering in Feb. 1862, just before the Battle of Shiloh. His Battalion is listed in the Confederate Order of Battle under Brig. Gen. Breckinridge's Reserve Corps. Lt. Col. James M. Crews was paroled (released after agreeing not to fight again) at the end of 1862. He was born in Georgia to Reuben J. and Elizabeth Crews. (Submitted on September 16, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee.)
Photographed by Steve Masler, September 15, 2015
3. Chambers Chapel United Methodist Church
Photographed by Steve Masler, September 15, 2015
4. Chambers Chapel United Methodist Church Hand Painted Sign
Photographed by Steve Masler, September 15, 2015
5. Chambers Chapel Cemetery Cornerstone
Established 1870
Photographed by Steve Masler, September 15, 2015
6. Chambers Chapel Cemetery Headstone
Photographed by Steve Masler, September 15, 2015
7. Chambers Chapel Cemetery
Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 15, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 1,636 times since then and 100 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 15, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on September 16, 2015, by Steve Masler of Memphis, Tennessee. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
