Zion Episcopal Churchyard

Notable Occupants

The present church, the fourth on this site, was completed in 1851. Federal troops occupied it during the Civil War and severely damaged it.

The churchyard contains the graves of many Washington family descents. They are buried near the eastern ...

Zion Lutheran Church / Dreher's Fort

Zion Lutheran Church

This congregation, the oldest continuing church in Lexington County, originated with pioneers who settled in this area in the 1740s. Organized at Zion in 1787 was the "Corpus Evangelicum," consisting of fifteen congregations to supervise the German churches ...

Mt. Zion Church - Field Hospital

THE SANCTUARY BECAME A SURGERY

On the day of the battle, August 30, 1862, the temperature hovered near 100 degrees. As the battle raged, ambulances drawn by sweating horses raced into the churchyard, bringing more and more casualties to Mt. Zion ...

Metropolitan Wesley A.M.E. Zion Church

The Gate Way to Freedom

Organized 1832.

2nd Church Built 1833.

Admitted to Philadelphia-Baltimore Conference, 1837.

3rd Church Built 1888.

Relocated present site, 1956.

Bishop Raymond Luthe Jones, Presiding Bishop, 4th Episcopal District.

Dr. William B. Baker, Presiding Elder.

Rev. ...

Scott AME Zion Church

Zion Church in New York City, organized in 1796, was the catalyst by which the African Methodist Episcopal Zion denomination was established in 1821. By the 1870’s a number of Wilmington residents had affiliated themselves with this growing denomination. Formally ...

Zion Evangelical and Reform Church

December, 1770 - A congregation of German-Swiss refugees organized The First German Reformed Church in Elizabeth Town, Canageschik, Fredrich County, Province of Mereland. The first pastor was Jacob Weimer. Land was acquired from Jonathan Hager, Jr. subject to ground rent ...

Mt. Zion Church

Mt. Zion Old School Baptist Church was founded in 1851. Just west of the church is a graveyard containing many 19th century grave markers. On July 6, 1864 nearby, Mosby's Rangers attacked and routed 150 Union cavalrymen. Over 100 Union ...

Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church

The Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church was established in 1878 beneath a weeping willow tree in Triana, Alabama under the leadership of Elder Eli Patton. On June 20, 1905 the present site was purchased in the New Haven community and ...