First Methodist Episcopal Church in Tennessee
Posted by: vhasler
N 36° 32.073 W 082° 21.635
17S E 378203 N 4044101
Acuff Chapel was the FIRST Methodist Episcopal Church to be erected on Tennessee soil.
Waymark Code: WM535F
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 11/03/2008
Views: 11
Tennessee Historical sign text: "Established in 1786, this was the first Methodist Episcopal Church to be erected on Tennessee soil. Bishop Francis Asbury preached here often. A ten-day revival held here by Rev. John A. Granade began the Great Revival of 1780-81. The chapel was named for Timothy Acuff, who gave the land on which it was erected, and whose son, Rev. Francis Acuff, was a convert at the Granade meeting." Waymark Code: WM4Z9J
"Historic United Methodist Sites" Waymark Code: WM4ZR3 for "Acuff's Chapel, Blountville, TN" also contains more information as does the UMC web link given below.
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