Boligee

The Beth Salem Church stands in front of an old ancestral graveyard on land donated by Colonel George Hays. When this church was organized it had twenty-one white and nineteen colored members. Some of the first members brought their letters directly from Scotland and Ireland.

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Photograph of Interior of Church

Listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage - Bethsalem Presbyterian Church

Boligee Hill was built by Dr. John David Means of Newberry South Carolina. In 1869 Cornelia Hays bought the plantation, planted sweet myrtle and renamed it Myrtle Hall.

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Teresa and Chip Beeker, owners of the Braune house in Eutaw, purchased Myrtle Hall and have restored it to its former splendor. The home, featured on the 2007 Eutaw Pilgrimage, is absolutely gorgeous with a million dollar view.

The Boligee Presbyterian Church was established October 21, 1900 with Rev. James D. McClean as the first pastor.

This beautiful water color by Alabama artist Bob Moody is in possession of the Grant and Kathy Hunt family who occupy the "Hunt Hill" landmark below.

The Friendship Baptist Church was first organized at Burton's Hill in Forkland. The church moved to its present site in Boligee, and was rebuilt on land given by Mr. A. B. Demoville. Photo taken March 2007.

Hill of Howth (1816)

Colonel John McKee (1771-1833) Indian Agent, frontier Statesman and local Congressman built Hill of Howth, the first house in Boligee.

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Photograph of Rear of House

Photograph of Smokehouse

Hunt Hill is owned by Grant and Kathy Hunt of Boligee.

Photographed March 2007.

Two miles west of Highway 11 in Boligee

Some of the early members of St. Mark's Episcopal Church include John G. Friend, A. Little, P. L. Lightfoot, William P. Gould, and J. J. Thornton. St. Marks was originally located about four miles from Boligee. The building was moved to its present site in Boligee in 1880.

Listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage - St. Mark's Episcopal Church and Cemetery

U.S. Route 11 & County Road 19 about a mile south of Boligee. The house was built by a family named "Friend" . Mordecai Barbour, Revolutionary War Soldier and grandfather of Mrs. John Friend died at Weston and is buried at Bethsalem.

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Photograph of the School House

Photograph of Rear of House

Photograph of Interior of House