Category: Holly Grove Baptist Church
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Holly Grove Baptist Church: A Castellaw Legacy
The 2026 reunion of the descendants of John Dawson Castellaw (1780–1859) and Zilpha Spruill Castellaw (1778–1842) is set for Saturday, Oct. 10, 2026. Few places are more closely connected to the Castellaw family than Holly Grove Baptist Church. For nearly 150 years, generations of Castellaws have worshipped there, taught school there, served as deacons and…
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Bernie W. Cobb’s History of Zion Baptist Church and Other Research
When ancestry research has me tied in knots, I often return to a few documents that include some of the basics for my Haywood County ancestry. Three of those are Bernie W. Bobb’s “History of Zion Baptist Church,” “Tribute to the Veterans of Zion Baptist Church” and “The History of Holly Grove Baptist Church.” I…
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Holly Grove Stew
This weekend, Michelle and I attended a “stew” at Holly Grove Baptist Church in Haywood County, Tennessee. When I was a kid, both sets of my grandparents seemed to keep an endless supply of stew in jars. They brought it out anytime the family gathered to eat. This particular kind of stew tastes unlike anything…