Excerpt from Blackman's Grove Missionary Baptist Church: One Hundred Years of Worship; An Informal History This history might be a little different than many, because I have been so fascinated with things that most of the church members take absolutely for granted. The nature of the farming community with its rock base of family continuity and the solid connection to the earth has never ceased to be a surprise and a wonder to me, a person who spent all of her years in cities and suburbs. This is why family history of church members took up so much of the time I've spent on this project. There is still more to do. I'm afraid that what was such a joy for me to write might be a little tedious to read for you who already know all this, and more besides. From that point of view, I'm apocr choice to write a history, but from my own point of view, doing this has been one of the most interesting and pleasurable things I have ever done. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Blount County was carved out of the territory ceded to the State by the Creek Indians following their defeat at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. The earliest settlers began streaming into the former wilderness as early as 1817. Blount was originally a large county, but over the decades pieces were taken to make up other adjoining counties such as Jefferson, Marshall, Etowah, and Cullman. Every cemetery within the contemporary boundaries of Blount was visited by the author and each readable tombstone was copied to develop the contents of this three volume series. Most of the cemeteries were read in 2002. Volume 3 covers alphabetically P through Z, beginning with the Pine Bluff Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery and concluding with the Zion Hill Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Several cemeteries from adjoining counties are also included. This book is vital to any serious student of Blount County genealogy and history.