Excerpt from Piney Grove Baptist Church, Celebrating Our First One Hundred Years From the first business meeting until the present time, Piney Grove has minutes from its business meetings. The first entry in the church minutes follows (exactly transcribed. 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.

Excerpt from History of Piney Grove Church: Founded 1871 Although farms were run down and substantially depleted the chief means of support for the rural people was the soil. The more fortunate families had horses with which to farm and other families had only oxen with which to till the soil. In the farming effort much physical labor was required and all able-bodied members of the family were expectedto contribute their share of work. In mid - morning and mid - afternoon between household chores, it was not uncommon for all members of the family both male and female to be busily engaged in the field Through perseverance and concentrated effort, the families were able to produce most of the items which made up their limited food supply. Some staples such as coffee and sugar which were import ed were rarely available and when available the price was prohibitive. Molasses made from cane grown on the farm was the principal food sweetener. Cornbread was served by some families three times a day and frequently wild game from the forest would garnish the table as a supplement to the meager meat supply. The average housewife found it manda tory to practice thrift and economy each day if she were to maintain her household and feed the family. 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.