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Researching the Restoration Movement in Mississippi and West Tennessee
Enon Church of Christ
All that is left of the Enon church of Christ is the cemetey which was near the church building. About 1840, the Enon church was started with converts from the Primitive Baptist Church. New Salem Primitive Baptist building is located about three miles north of Enon cemetery. The church building burned during the 1860s and was never rebuilt on this location. Several of the people buried in this cemetery attended A. G. Freed's new school in Essary Springs, TN. Many of the members of the Enon church later formed the Tiplersville church of Christ which still meets on Highway 15 north of Ripley, MS.
David and Nancy Turrentine Rowland are credited with being the prime movers in forming a New Testament Church. J. W. Rutledge, a bachelor, donated 4 acres of land for the Enon Church of Christ and Cemetery.
The Enon Cemetery is located 3 miles West of Walnut, MS, ½ mile South of Hwy. 72 on New Salem Road, with the church (building) about ½ mile South of the Enon Cemetery.
J. W. Rutledge sold this land to Joseph Ingalls in 1858 as recorded in Deed Book Q, page 215 of Tippah County Records "reserving four acres for Christian Church yard and Cemetery." The Enon Church of Christ building burned, either accidentally of maliciously, during the Civil War.
The Church appears to have grown rapidly from the time of beginning until the building burned. The congregation consisted of David and Nancy Rowland, the parents, the sons William T., George, Andrew, John, Jim, Bob and Tom (Rowland), and two daughters, Frances Ann Craig Rutledge, and Bell Holly (Mary Isabell) McCall Martindale.
In addition to the Rowland families there were two McCoy families, Holleys, Northcrosses, Marshes, Headdons, Coopers, Shappleys and others.
After the Church burned, another site was selected near the cemetery; but for some reason, probably economics due to the Civil War, the Church building was not rebuilt. They worshiped at the Workaway School building, which was near the cemetery. (This school is believed to have been located almost directly across the New Salem Road from the Enon cemetery).
Later they worshiped at Hopkins Town, near Walnut, MS (about one mile South) and around 1905 or 1906 a Sunday School was formed at Tiplersville, MS. The congregation grew as descendants and a few early members of Enon Church of Christ and others met to serve the Lord. Some of the early deacons and elders were from Enon Church of Christ and to this day descendants still attend the church of Christ at Tiplersville, MS.
The family of James H. Rutledge bought back the land of Enon Church of Christ and Cemetery in 1977 to protect and preserve the cemetery. They have done a lot of hard work, cleaning and clearing and also replacing damaged markers with new ones.
Tippah County Heritage, Vol. 1, p.
All that is left of the Enon church of Christ is the cemetey which was near the church building. About 1840, the Enon church was started with converts from the Primitive Baptist Church. New Salem Primitive Baptist building is located about three miles north of Enon cemetery. The church building burned during the 1860s and was never rebuilt on this location. Several of the people buried in this cemetery attended A. G. Freed's new school in Essary Springs, TN. Many of the members of the Enon church later formed the Tiplersville church of Christ which still meets on Highway 15 north of Ripley, MS.
David and Nancy Turrentine Rowland are credited with being the prime movers in forming a New Testament Church. J. W. Rutledge, a bachelor, donated 4 acres of land for the Enon Church of Christ and Cemetery.
The Enon Cemetery is located 3 miles West of Walnut, MS, ½ mile South of Hwy. 72 on New Salem Road, with the church (building) about ½ mile South of the Enon Cemetery.
J. W. Rutledge sold this land to Joseph Ingalls in 1858 as recorded in Deed Book Q, page 215 of Tippah County Records "reserving four acres for Christian Church yard and Cemetery." The Enon Church of Christ building burned, either accidentally of maliciously, during the Civil War.
The Church appears to have grown rapidly from the time of beginning until the building burned. The congregation consisted of David and Nancy Rowland, the parents, the sons William T., George, Andrew, John, Jim, Bob and Tom (Rowland), and two daughters, Frances Ann Craig Rutledge, and Bell Holly (Mary Isabell) McCall Martindale.
In addition to the Rowland families there were two McCoy families, Holleys, Northcrosses, Marshes, Headdons, Coopers, Shappleys and others.
After the Church burned, another site was selected near the cemetery; but for some reason, probably economics due to the Civil War, the Church building was not rebuilt. They worshiped at the Workaway School building, which was near the cemetery. (This school is believed to have been located almost directly across the New Salem Road from the Enon cemetery).
Later they worshiped at Hopkins Town, near Walnut, MS (about one mile South) and around 1905 or 1906 a Sunday School was formed at Tiplersville, MS. The congregation grew as descendants and a few early members of Enon Church of Christ and others met to serve the Lord. Some of the early deacons and elders were from Enon Church of Christ and to this day descendants still attend the church of Christ at Tiplersville, MS.
The family of James H. Rutledge bought back the land of Enon Church of Christ and Cemetery in 1977 to protect and preserve the cemetery. They have done a lot of hard work, cleaning and clearing and also replacing damaged markers with new ones.
Tippah County Heritage, Vol. 1, p.