Mt. Zion Methodist Church
On September 29, 1957, Mount Zion Methodist Church, one of the first churches in this area, celebrated its 141st anniversary. Services were held first in a log structure, built for a schoolhouse. Tombstones in the cemetery bear dates from 1796; unmarked graves are believed to be older. A weatherboard meeting house, erected about 1830, witnessed the advance and retreat of troops, fighting from Atlanta to Jonesboro. Mt. Zion has been a member of three great denominations - The Methodist Episcopal Church, The Methodist Episcopal Church. South and The Methodist Church . The present building was erected in 1939
Marker is at the intersection of Metropolitan Parkway SW (U.S. 41) and Old Jonesboro Road, on the left when traveling south on Metropolitan Parkway SW.
Courtesy hmdb.org
