Union Church, Mississippi
The community of Union Church was formed primarily by a group of Scotch settlers who left North Carolina around 1805 for the promise of fertile land to be farmed on the eastern banks of the Mississippi River.[4] The heavy Scottish influence is evident in the early member roles of the Presbyterian Church established there: McArn, McArthur, McBride, McCall, McCallum, McCure, McClutchie, McCormick, McCorvey, McDonald, McDougald, McDuffie, McEachern, McFatter, McIntyre, McLaurin, McLean, McMillen, McMurchie, McNair, McPherson, McQueen, Galbreath, and McRae.[6] Hickory Block is the oldest African American church in the community, believed to have been founded shortly after the close of the Civil War.In the early 1970s the cafeteria/auditorium was burned by a vagrant who had stayed the night in the auditorium, and started a fire on the heart pine floor in an attempt to warm himself before moving on.They razed the remaining dormitory, using the material to build four houses in the local area, and remodeled the agriculture structure into a Greek Revival/Colonial style home in 1971, where they reared four sons, and currently reside there today.
Unincorporated communityMississippiCountyJeffersonTime zoneCentral (CST)Zip codeArea code(s)601 & 769Jefferson Countysettlement of ScottishScotch SettlementGrierson's RaidUnion Church Presbyterian ChurchMoses "Whispering" SmithharmonicistGeographic Names Information SystemUnited States Geological SurveyUnited States Department of the InteriorKent State University PressAllMusicJefferson County, MississippiCounty seatFayetteUnincorporatedcommunitiesCannonsburgChurch HillHarristonLormanMcBrideRed LickGhost townsAshlandCoon BoxGum RidgeOld GreenvilleRodneyShankstownUniontown