Pleasant Ridge Church is
located on Highway 39 approximately six miles from DeKalb. This
serene church has offered many years of Christian fellowship to the
members and the community.
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Masten
Crawford, born in Scotland, married Charlotte Duke from
Scotland before coming to America. He once owned
approximately 1,000 acres of land in the Kipling
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The Pleasant Ridge Methodist Church was
organized in 1837 by Rev. Maston Crawford, who served as its first
pastor.
Pleasant Ridge was in the Kemper Charge
until 1844 and pastors during that time were: 1838- R. M. Crowson;
1839- Richmond H. Camp; 1840- W. J. Wilson; 1841- Humphrey
Williamson; 1842 - Leroy Massengale and Thomas Armstrong; 1843-
Humphrey Williamson and John W. Ellis.
The county charge was evidently reorganized
in 1843 and Pleasant Ridge came into the DeKalb Charge in 1844.
Pastors from were: 1844- Hillard J. Hunter; 1845-46 C. C. Calloway;
1847- Walton J. Reaves; 1848- Robert S. Finley; 1849- Theopolis
Moody; 1850- John W. Phillis, Jr.; 1851- Allen M. Box; 1852-James A.
Clement; 1853- Cornelius W. McLeod and John W. Cook; 1854- George W.
Tucker; 1855-56-John W. Ellis, Jr.; 1857- James R. Thomas; 1858-
William A. Montgomery; 1860- Silas H. Cox and Orlando P. Thomas;
1861-62- Francis Walker and J. J. Grace; 1863- Andrew J. Coleman;
1865- Lilliam Ira Powers, 1866- James M. Gann; 1867-70 no record;
1871-73 Daniel G. W. Ellis; 1874-supplied; 1875-76- Andrew J.
Coleman; 1877- James M. Gann; 1879- A. B. Nicholson; 1880-81- W. P.
Andrews; 1882-85- D. G. Ellis; 1886- R. F. Witt; 1887-90- W. G.
Backus; 1891-94- R. A. Breeland; 1895- H. W. Van Hook; 1896-98- G.
H. Thompson; 1899- Curtis D. Cecil.
From "Kemper County, Mississippi - A Pictorial
History", placed here with permission by the Kemper County
Historical Commission.
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