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Inverness Located 1 mile south of
Burkeville. The first record we have of this beautiful old home is in 1790 when Richard
Braddus married Maria Jeter and inherited the place. He sold it to Thomas
Dickenson, who later gave it to his nephew, Robert Dickenson. Colonel P.
Dickenson, Judge Asa Dickenson and Clem Dickenson were born at "Inverness."
Clem Dickenson, who was a member of Congress in the State of Missouri until
recent years (1936), said he could hear the guns firing in the Battle of the
Crater, at Petersburg, which is fifty miles away.
It was in 1867 that Colonel William Carter Knight names the place
"Inverness." It is now owned by Stuart Agnew, who has done much to restore
the colonial beauty. (1936)
Photographed and Contributed by Jim Dillard |
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Olive Branch United Methodist Church In 1814, a log meeting house was
built near the site of the present church. Mr. Olive Branch, a farmer and
blacksmith, was a very prominent member. The congregation named the church after
him. The present building was erected in 1915.
Photographed May 2007 and Contributed by George Seitz. |