- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- 1804 New Hope Methodist Church historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1998
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bulloch County
Church buildings--Georgia--Statesboro - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bulloch County, 32.39681, -81.74318
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: 9623 Ga. Hwy 24, northeast of Statesboro
Text of marker: "1804 NEW HOPE METHODIST CHURCH. Organized from Union by Rev. Lewis Mayers, New Hope was Bulloch's second Methodist church. 1804 Trustees were David Kennedy, Josiah Everette, Jarvis Jackson, Burrell Whittington and William M. Kennedy; other leaders were Joseph Hodges, Eli Kennedy and Lydia Anciaux. Burke and Ohoopee Circuit records, oldest in South Georgia, were kept by these leaders. In 1806 William McGee Kennedy entered the itineracy; later William McCall Kennedy, F.M. Kennedy and H.A. Hodges. Leadership at home and in the connectional church distinguishes New Hope, preparing for her third century. No. 19 South Georgia Conference United Methodist Church 1998" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_1804-new-hope-methodist-church
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_1804-new-hope-methodist-church
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
