Bethlehem Methodist Church-GHM 052-7-Elbert Co
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N 34° 03.907 W 082° 41.085
17S E 344527 N 3770656
Just off Ga 72 about 12 miles southeast of Elberton
Waymark Code: WM7J75
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2009
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Bethlehem Methodist Church, second oldest Methodist Church in Georgia and formerly known as Thompson´s Meeting House, sponsored the First Methodist Annual Conference in Georgia, on April 9, 1788. Bishop Asbury and his party, delayed by weather and illness, held the meeting, scheduled for the church, in the home of Judge Charles Tait. Richard Ivey, Thomas Humphries, Moses Parks, Hope Hull, James Connor, Bennett Maxey, Isaac Smith, Matthew Harris, Reuben Ellis, John Mason attended the conference. Several Revolutionary soldiers are buried near the church.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 052-7
Date: 1955
Sponsor: Georgia Historic Commission
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