Methodist Church Was Yankee Stable
Sandy Valley Enquirer
Thursday, December 10, 1942
In the year 1861, the Yankee troops were stationed in Grayson, occupying
most of the town. At the time of the war between the states the Methodists
were unable to use their church as the Yankees seized possession of it
and used it as a stable for their horses. During the last years of the war,
that spirited Southern gentleman, Rev. John Martin, drove the horses out and
cleaned the building and defied the Yankees to return. Thus, services were
definitely resumed in the Methodist Church of Grayson.
Parties were plentiful during this era. The boys in their best and the
girls in their Calico looked forward to the nights that a party was to be
held at a neighbor's house, some walking ten miles just to dance to the tune
of the Virginia Reel.
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