Georgia: Hancock County: Early Members, Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store this file permanently for free access. This file was contributed by: Mary Ann Willoughby mawill@mindspring.com ==================================================================== Early Members, Mt Zion Presbyterian Church, Hancock Co., Ga. Taken from The History of Hancock County, Georgia, By Elizabeth Wiley Smith. c1977, vol. 1, page 37-38. Directions: Georgia Highway 15, about five miles north of Sparta on the left The Mt. Zion Prebysterian Church was organized in 1813. $700 was raised in 1814 to complete the building. Services were held here until 1903 when the membership had dwindled from 130 to less than 10. That year the church property was sold to the trustees of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church for $200. The Methodist Church worshiped here until 1958. From 1958 until 1969, the church was silent and empty except for an occasional wedding or funeral. In 1969 the North Georgia Conference gave the property to the Hancock County Foundation for Historic Preservation. The combined efforts of the community and the foundation have been to restore this historic old church and preserve the records. (Source: plaque on the front of the building seen during a visit in 1998) Charter members 1815 Rev’d N. N. S, Beman (minister) Joseph Bryan Benjamin Gildersleeve (minister) Mrs. Ann Bryan Timothy W. Rossiter Mrs. E. Baxter William Wiley Mrs. Mills Edwin Wiley Mrs. Loraine Beman Mrs. William Wiley Mrs. Deborah Rossiter Mrs. Eliza Harrison Isaac M. Wales Mrs. Sara Jones Mrs. Julia Wales Mrs. Catherine Bird Peter Scott Mrs. Peggy L. Acee William M. Price Mrs. Elizabeth Ried John Moore Mrs. Isabella Gregory John S. Law Mrs. Nancy Bailey Horace Smith Miss Polly Wiley Miss Sarah Harris 1815 - 1839 Cincinnatus L. Acee Mrs. Charlotte Elliott Mrs. McCollum Cyprian Wilcox Miss Ann Nelson John Lockwood Gen’l Sam’l Strong Mrs. Ann Rutherford Grigsby E. Thomas Miss Jane Horton Miss Catherine Bird Robert Wolcott Miss Louisa Davis Mrs. Eliza Wiley Miss Juliett Daniel Mrs. Caroline Yancey Henry Sims Jones McLemore William Hay Joel Kelcey Eliza Hay Mrs. Diana Kelcey Charles Jenkins Miss Julia Pierpont Samuel Baldwin Mr. A. A. Scott Miss Eliza Berrien Richard Wain Mrs. Mary Childers James Stratten Mrs. Sarah Gildersleeve Mrs. Catherine Wilcox Mrs. Martha H. Haynes Mrs. Elizabeth Brown Curtiss R. Willet Mrs. Louisa Sayre Mrs. Harriet Norton Mrs. Mary Ann Champion Mrs. Mehitabel Taylor James Iverson Dr. Alfred L. Acee Francis Early Thomas Little William Greenwood William Burnett Benjamin Yancey Mrs. Mary Brown John Cunningham Mrs. Elizabeth Little Carlisle P. B. Martin Mrs. Catherine Belding Ann Appling Miss Eliza Little William Hardy Moses Wiley Miss Caroline Alston Myles H. Carrington Robert Iverson Mrs. Sarah Gregory John Semmes Mrs. Julia Cumming Myles G. Harris Mrs. Maria M. Bryan James Buchannan Henry Orendon Mrs. Riley Letha Orendon Catherine Wales Mrs. Mary McLemore Elizabeth Wiley Mrs. Mary Moss Mary Kelcey Miss Urania Buckner Mrs. Sopnronia V. Harwell Mrs. Mary Skinner Mrs. Jane Smith Mrs. Avis Beman Mrs. Cornelia Smith Miss Margaret Little William Sayre Miss Caroline Sandwich Misses Martha & Mary Harris Julia M. Jones Miss Ann Coleman Miss Maria Carrington Edward Bryan Mrs. Mary Sayre Hannah Ponce Mary Ann Willoughby mawill@mindspring.com