Historic Method Families
The historicity of this community is not in the architecture of the homes but is in the land and especially its people. From out of this "Little Place" were birthed entrepreneurs, authors, educators, military men and women, attorneys, and ministers.
As you read these accounts of life in Method from a day long passed, you may think this historic community was a utopia. It was not. Like any other community, Method had its successes, its failures, its triumphs, and its tragedies. But all in all, it was a "city of refuge" for a people that endured the oppression and degradation unashamedly expressed by American society during the post Civil War, Jim Crow, and Civil Rights eras. In spite of it all, we were many families; we were one family. And Method...it was "home sweet home"!
| Family Name | Family Interviews |
|---|---|
| The Alstons | |
| The Betheas | |
| The Carters | |
| The Clarks | Interview with Mrs. Joanne Norwood Clark  |
| The Clintons | |
| The Cobbs | |
| The Cottons | |
| The Crenshaws (Wilder Street) | |
| The Crenshaws (Woods Place) | Interview with Ms. Bessie Reese Crenshaw |
| The Curtises | |
| The Dunstons | |
| The Goodes | |
| The Harrises | |
| The Holloways | |
| The Hookers | |
| The Kearneys | |
| The Laneys | |
| The Lees | |
| The Loftins | |
| The Lucases | |
| The Manuels | |
| The Marriotts | |
| The McFaddens | |
| The Murrays | |
| The Parrishes | |
| The Sanders | |
| The Sharplesses | |
| The Smalls | |
| The Utleys | |
| The Walls | |
| The Whites | |
| The Williams | |
| The Woods | Interview with Mrs. Myrna Collins Chapman |
