These families were the most prominent ones in social and religious standing during the early years of Burnt Corn;
they mentioned because were of the "wealthy class"
They were all large plantation owners with slaves and brought their supplies from Mobile and Pensacola. The owned expensive carriages
drawn by two horses or mules all with a Negro slave perched on top of the carriages. The price of the carriages ranged from $800 to
$1000 in those days. They normally attended church at either the Puryearville Methodist Church
or the Bethany Baptist Church. Women would bring their
slave servant girls to care for the babies while service was going on. This practice is believed to explain why slaves and slave owners
worshipped together at the same church prior to the Civil War. After the Civil War and when the Slaves were freed they went to separate churches
