- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Perry United Methodist Church 1826 historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Houston County
Church buildings--Georgia--Perry - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Houston County, Perry, 32.45821, -83.73157
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Carroll and Washington Streets, Perry
Text of marker: "PERRY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH 1826. Organized as part of the South Carolina Conference in 1826, this church by 1830 was head of the Perry Circuit in the newly formed Georgia Conference and after 1866 in the South Georgia Conference. By 1922 Perry had become a station church. Its Sunday School, organized 1828, has been continuous. Both the South Georgia Conference and Perry WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETIES were organized December 15, 1879 during the 13th session of the South Georgia Annual Conference meeting in this sanctuary. Perry Ct. and Perry have given to ministry: 33 preachers, 2 deaconesses and 2 foreign missionaries in 154 years. SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE COMMISSION ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY 1980" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_perry-united-methodist-church-1826
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_perry-united-methodist-church-1826
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
