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Old
Scotland Presbyterian Church in Monroe
County, Alabama,
located 2.5 miles west of Tunnel Springs was established in 1823. In 1988, the church was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks
and Heritage Properties. The church is no longer in regular use, however,
descendants of the original members of the church still meet at the church
for an annual service on a Fifth Sunday.
Scotland, Alabama,
in the northern portion of Monroe
County was a thriving
farm community in the 1800’s. Old Scotland Presbyterian Church was the
heart of the community. Old
Scotland Public
School was located next to the church.
According to an article in the centennial edition of the Monroe Journal,
“Classes in Latin, Greek, higher mathematics and music were offered.
Leading features of the school were advertised as strictness and
thoroughness.” The church still stands today but there are few, if any,
traces left of the school, and the homes that were once here.
Most of
the families who settled in the area were Scotch and Scotch-Irish who came by
wagon from North Carolina, and from Georgia.
Some of the early members of the church included members of the following
families: Black, Davison, Dennis, Dunn, English, Falkenberry, Fountain, Jackson, McCorvey,
McMillan, Nettles, Rumbley, Simmons, Smith, Stephens, and Wiggins. In 1870,
30 members of the Old
Scotland Church
formed the Monroeville Presbyterian Church. One of these was a Negro woman
named Jane Dailey. This list of families is by no means a definitive list. If
you have information about the history of the church and the members, please
contact us so we can add your information.
Members of
the Board of Trustees of Old Scotland are Sara Nettles Bradley, Carolyn
Watson McMillan, and Robin
Sanderson. Robert McMillan serves as a liason between the church and the
Presbytery.
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