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Mt. Zion Churches and Cemetery

Cumby, Hopkins County

Marker Text

Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church organized here before creation of Hopkins County, 1846. Also at Mt. Zion, 1849, Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized with 13 members, by the Rev. Anthony Travelstead. After years of worship in oak groves, brush arbors and homes, church edifice was built jointly 1861. Site given by David Findley, Nicholas Harlow. More land given 1904 by J. A. Rains, Chas. E. Brown. In 1901 Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church became Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church; continues to function. Methodist moved away in 1914.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description SH 11, 5 mi. SE of Commerce and 5 mi. north of Cumby
Marker # 7318
Dedicated 1967
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery; philanthropy; churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; Episcopal denomination
Latitude, Longitude 33.191503, -95.831946

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