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The Holmes Creek Community
Inside Pack School on Holmes Creek about 1945, teacher Ms. Lucille Ferrell
The Holmes Creek community has always been referred to by that name as far as research shows. Early settlers of the area included Hezekiah Allen along with sons Alfred and Elijah; Jacob Page and Barnabas Page had married two of Hezekiah’s daughters by 1820.
Benjamin Atnip, John Williams and Joel Cheatham lived there as early as 1820, as did Isaac Hayes and his sons-in-law Benjamin Clark and Richard McGinnis. Two of the McGinnis daughters married brothers, John and Job Trapp.
The Holmes Creek area had a wealth of activity, with a Post Office, two schools at one point in time, and a couple of churches.
A two-seed Baptist church stood at the lower end of the creek and was established by 1818 and closed in 1946. The Beech Grove Missionary Baptist Church was near the mouth of the creek from 1858 until about 1905.
Elizabeth Chapel Missionary Baptist Church was established on Holmes Creek around 1901. It would later move to its present-day location on Allen Ferry Road. David Taylor donated the land for the church and it was named after his wife, Elizabeth.
Holmes Creek had a Post Office at the mouth of the creek from 1876 to 1897.
A very early school in the area was called Coffee’s Schoolhouse, which in 1818 stood in the gap of the ridge between Holmes Creek and Indian Creek.
In 1904, there was a school at Citadel, along with Pack School at the upper end of the creek. Later, the Hayes School was established at the lower end of the creek. However, it was destroyed by a deadly tornado on January 24, 1928. Four children died and the teacher, Grady Carter, was severely injured.
Following the tornado, the school was replaced with the Conger School, which stood until 1946.
Benjamin Atnip, John Williams and Joel Cheatham lived there as early as 1820, as did Isaac Hayes and his sons-in-law Benjamin Clark and Richard McGinnis. Two of the McGinnis daughters married brothers, John and Job Trapp.
The Holmes Creek area had a wealth of activity, with a Post Office, two schools at one point in time, and a couple of churches.
A two-seed Baptist church stood at the lower end of the creek and was established by 1818 and closed in 1946. The Beech Grove Missionary Baptist Church was near the mouth of the creek from 1858 until about 1905.
Elizabeth Chapel Missionary Baptist Church was established on Holmes Creek around 1901. It would later move to its present-day location on Allen Ferry Road. David Taylor donated the land for the church and it was named after his wife, Elizabeth.
Holmes Creek had a Post Office at the mouth of the creek from 1876 to 1897.
A very early school in the area was called Coffee’s Schoolhouse, which in 1818 stood in the gap of the ridge between Holmes Creek and Indian Creek.
In 1904, there was a school at Citadel, along with Pack School at the upper end of the creek. Later, the Hayes School was established at the lower end of the creek. However, it was destroyed by a deadly tornado on January 24, 1928. Four children died and the teacher, Grady Carter, was severely injured.
Following the tornado, the school was replaced with the Conger School, which stood until 1946.