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What Lighting Did
The African M. E. church was struck by lighting during evening .service tearing a zig-zag hole in the roof ' The lighting nearly hit little Georgie Nichols son of the barber.
Colored Methodist get ready for roof
Colored Methodist church get ready for a roof on their new church. Date December 20, 1877
African ME Church bought Kimber Church
newspaper article; Danville Weekly News dated September 20, 1877 announcing that the African ME Church has brought the Kimber Church and will be open in 90 days. The purchase price ws $2,700.
African ME Church, 1877
newspaper caption in the African ME Church (later Allen Chapel AME Church) shows that Danville was in the AME conference district with Thornton and Lebannon