Whitesville Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Whitesville Methodist Episcopal Church, South (HMF52)

Location: West Point, GA 31833 Harris County
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Country: United States of America
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N 32° 49.183', W 85° 2.132'

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The Methodist church in Whitesville had its origins about 1828 in meetings held at the home of Reuben Mobley. The First Methodist Church was founded in the early 1830s and by 1837 the decision was made to erect a church for the growing congregation on land donated by a trustee. The first church was used until 1854, when the current building was completed. This was the early church of Rev. William Jackson Callahan, a 1891 Emory graduate who was a missionary in Japan. Rev. Charles L. Allen, later pastor of Grace Methodist Church in Atlanta and well-known author, preached his first sermon here. The Whitesville Methodist Church has been actively in use as a Methodist church since its dedication.

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Whitesville Methodist Church Cemetery

The adjacent cemetery predates the church building. It has several types of burial markings from the earliest stacked stone and brick graves to metal mail-order grave markers. There are numerous family plots defined by retaining walls, copings and iron fencing. Many graves are unmarked as uninscribed field stone markers were inadvertently removed. The earliest burial date on a marker is 1844 for Reuben Mobley, on of the church founders
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HM NumberHMF52
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Year Placed2002
Placed ByHistoric Chattahoochee Commission and Whitesville United Methodist Church
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Wednesday, September 10th, 2014 at 5:38am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 683899 N 3633010
Decimal Degrees32.81971667, -85.03553333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 32° 49.183', W 85° 2.132'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds32° 49' 10.98" N, 85° 2' 7.92" W
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Area Code(s)706
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 4626 Pine Lake Rd, West Point GA 31833, US
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