Trinity’s Beginning

We Find a deed from Z. B. THOMASON and M. W. FINGER made on MAY 12, 1873 of four acres more or less. The area in which the church was located was not without Methodist People and Methodist Churches before Trinity came into being. In fact, there were two churches which merged to form Trinity Church. The two churches were Sunshine Church and Williams Chapel. The two churches agreed to consolidate and build another church. The new church was to be located halfway between Sunshine and Williams Chapel. Thus, the way was paved for erection of the first house of worship to be known as Trinity. These two churches were both log buildings much smaller than the proposed sanctuary. Williams Chapel was west of the proposed church on the left of Ransom Free Road on William Hovie Chambers’ Farm. The Williams Chapel Graveyard can still be found on Chambers’ Farm. Williams Chapel was sold by Trustees Oscar E. Floyd, D. Turner Quinlan, and P. Lonnie Gailey on April 7, 1913 to R. Homer Haynes for Forty Dollars for the Three Acres more or less. Sunshine Church was east of the proposed church on Skitts Mountain Road. It was also known as Campground Road. The congregation at Sunshine was composed of Methodist and Baptist who joined together because of similar tragedies.