On Lapsley Street at County Road 236, on the right when traveling north on Lapsley Street.
By 1865 General Nathan Bedford Forrest had been promoted Cavalry
Chief for the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana
under General Richard Taylor. On learning of Wilson's advance into
Alabama, Forrest had to determine Wilson's . . . — — Map (db m224549) HM
On County Road 37 north of County Road 65, on the right when traveling north.
Established circa 1819 as Childers Meeting House on land given by George Childers. Patent for the land was issued to George Childers March 16, 1819. This Methodist Church was later known as Childers Chapel. Church burned in 1842. Congregation . . . — — Map (db m37646) HM
On Pink Wilson Road south of Coopers Catfish Road, on the right when traveling north.
Lillie Grove Missionary Baptist Church was established in the early 1900s. The church cemetery has been in use for more than 150 years. Records indicate that enslaved people and veterans are buried here. The original church building served as the . . . — — Map (db m297114) HM
Near County Road 16 0.4 miles west of Alabama 22, on the right when traveling west.
Summerfield Summerfield was established in 1819 as Valley Creek and was renamed Summerfield in 1845 to honor the famous Methodist preacher John Summerfield. In 1829, the first academy in Dallas County was chartered in Valley Creek. In 1842, the . . . — — Map (db m217204) HM
On Main Street north of County Road 16, on the right when traveling north.
Congregation was organized as early as 1837, first under the charge of Charles McLeod and next, Asbury H. Shanks. Contract for the present building was let October 23, 1844, and the building was dedicated on October 5, 1845. Greenberry Garrett was . . . — — Map (db m37647) HM
On Alabama Route 22 south of Old Stage Road, on the right when traveling north.
Valley Grande developed around a cotton plantation owned by settller George Phillips, who was granted the land in 1821. His log cabin home, which he called Grande View, served as a stagecoach stop, but was burned to the ground by Wilson's Raiders. . . . — — Map (db m297116) HM
