Nunn and Wheeler Church and Cemetery
Very little is know about this church which is located off Hwy. 112, North Wilkinson County District 5 Lot 208. The original land was granted to John Nunn of Warren County dated June 12 1806. John Nunn, a Revolutionary Soldier from South Carolina was married to Elizabeth Pratt. His son-in-law was John Wheeler who married Rebecca Nunn. Other families connected with the church can be guessed by the cemetery listings. (below)
From the old photo above the church appears to be located on the northwest side of the cemetery. The church is mentioned in the 1880 will of John Eady: "and by the public road, leading from Milledgeville to Crawfords ___ Mill on which is a Nunn and Wheeler Church and burying ground with the reserve of four acres, more or less. "
Bartley Collins, 21 years old, died in the church June 24, 1900, after an accident on the way to church. He is buried inthe cemetery.
Keith Watson, a Bloodworth descendant, says "Mom (Carolyn Bloodworth Watson) said they would have dinners up there in the building when they would go clean off the cemetery, she did not remember any pews in the building, but did remember the organ. I heard uncle Ellis (Bloodworth) talk of toting water from the spring or well up to the church.
I talked to a Whitaker cousin, who cleans up the cemetery who told me that a Pennington man tore the church down, probably was paid to tear down (early 1950's), probably just a family church.
I think it may have been started about 1836 I may have read that somewhere else or maybe that was the year land was donated, not sure why I believe it was started in 1836, I also read that Macedonia was started about 1868 and I believe a lot of Bloodworth's went there so maybe the church was just there a few years.
Dad (Clifford Watson) has said that Grandpa Bloodworth (William F. Bloodworth) commented one time that unmarked graves go down the hill toward Hwy 112."