Boone's Creek Church
About 1 1/2 miles southwest, this
Christian church was organized
1825 by Rev. Jas. Miler. Here, Aug.
17, 1829, was held the first recorded
conference of Christian churches
in East Tennessee. Other elders
present were Jeriel Dodge, Robt. M.
Shankland, Jno. Wallace, and Wm.
Slaughter. They reported 472
members in East Tennessee and
southwest Virginia.
Marker is at the intersection of Boones Creek Road and N Roan Street (Tennessee Highway 36) on Boones Creek Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
