Cismont Timeline 1724-2020
Page, W.C.M, M.D. Genealogy of the Page Families (1855), 2nd edition, 1972 courtesy of Hugh Gildea
Cismont Timeline 1724-2020
The following timeline is a summary of key events in the chronological history of Grace Church relative to the Keswick-Cismont black community. This is a rough chronology designed to provide a guide to key dates and events over the last several centuries with references to state and world events for perspective.
Please click on the title to go to the timeline for each century.
18th Century: Frontier, Pre-Revolutionary War, and Post War Independence
19th Century: Civil War Era, Church, Education and Agricultural Economy
20th Century: Surviving Change: The Depression, World Wars and Civil Rights
21st Century: Renewal and Building for the Future
Sources for this information are published books and oral history, as noted in the Bibliography of Significant References. Research was provided by the African American History Project Committee with help from Grace Church staff and community as noted:
Ashley M. Williams, Beth Sutton, Rev. G. Miles Smith, Cathy Bodkin, Kathie Woods
Source Designation Key
Rives-references(no*) and noted by page number from “A History of Grace Church, Walkers Parish”
Bates* references
Sutton added notes**including other sources
Please click on the title to go to the timeline for each century.
18th Century: Frontier, Pre-Revolutionary War, and Post War Independence
19th Century: Civil War Era, Church, Education and Agricultural Economy
20th Century: Surviving Change: The Depression, World Wars and Civil Rights
21st Century: Renewal and Building for the Future
Sources for this information are published books and oral history, as noted in the Bibliography of Significant References. Research was provided by the African American History Project Committee with help from Grace Church staff and community as noted:
Ashley M. Williams, Beth Sutton, Rev. G. Miles Smith, Cathy Bodkin, Kathie Woods
Source Designation Key
Rives-references(no*) and noted by page number from “A History of Grace Church, Walkers Parish”
Bates* references
Sutton added notes**including other sources
