Last week I was riding south on the Chitty Chatty Trail on my way to Adamsville via Meggison and Warm Springs Road when it occurred to me to wonder how we rode to Adamsville before Morse Boulevard went through to 44. To find out, click on my Strava activity below from September 6, 2014.
The original Methodist, now Baptist Church at Adamsville was built in 1852
and is the oldest church in Sumter County which is hardly surprising as the
county wasn’t created until 1853! John Adams was the first pioneer to settle on
the old Andrew Jackson Highway which was also called the Fort King Road and
served as a stage coach route. In 1860 there were 1,549 settlers around
Adamsville who grew oranges and vegetables, and raised cattle, hogs and
chickens. Adams donated an acre of land for the church and the cemetery which is
his last resting place.
From the historical marker by the roadside one learns “Sumter County was
created by an act of the Florida Legislature on January 8 1853. The new county
was created from the southern part of Marion County and a contained a large
segment of what is now Lake County. The community of Adamsville was selected as
the first county seat. Near this site was erected a log building to serve as the
county courthouse until the county seat was moved to Sumterville in 1858.”
Well I got my pictures then dodged between the stage coaches on the the
Andrew Jackson Highway to cross to Marsh Bend Trail via the gap in the fence by
the utility boxes opposite the church – a great shortcut but one that that was
not available way back in 2014.
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