- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Union United Methodist Church (Side 1) historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Quitman County
Church buildings--Georgia--Quitman County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Quitman County, 31.86733, -85.01878
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 82 5 miles north of Morris
Text of marker: "UNION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. ORGANIZED AS A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH IN 1837, UNION UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IS THE OLDEST CHURCH IN QUITMAN COUNTY. THIRTY-FOUR CHARTER MEMBERS CONSTITUTED ITS INITIAL MEMBERSHIP. AMONG THEM WERE MRS. GEORGE ELLIS, THE FIRST CHARTER MEMBER, AND MRS. ADELYN LEE CRUMBLEY, WHO DONATED THE LAND FOR THE ORIGINAL CHURCH. THE PRESENT 1867 STRUCTURE REPLACES THE ORIGINAL LOG BUILDING. TRUSTEES IN 1867 WERE: ABRAHAM SHIELDS, JOHN PHILLIPS, THOMAS S. BRYANT, JAMES W. LEWIS, AND JAMES SUGGS. ERECTED BY HISTORIC CHATTAHOOCHEE COMMISSION 1980" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_union-united-methodist-church-side-1
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_union-united-methodist-church-side-1
- 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:
-
