Old Mt. Zion Church

Old Mt. Zion Church is a Georgia historical marker in Fulton County, dedicated 1955.

Howell Mill Rd just N of I-75 interchange in Atlanta.

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In 1864, Mt. Zion Baptist Ch. stood on the site of the North Side Park Baptist Church. July 20. The skirmish line of Walthall's div., Stewart's A.C. (CS) was astride Howell Mill Rd., just N. of the church when Reynolds' & O'Neal's brigades (CS) moved up in columns from their intrenched line (.3 mi. S.), they deployed at the skirmish line ~ Reynolds W. of the rd.; O'Neal E. of it and advanced on the Federal infantry posted at Collier Rd. & N. of the deep ravine. In the churchyard are monuments to H.H. Embry (1805-1877), pioneer resident of this vicinity, & Serg't Wm. R. Moore, 1st Ga. Reg't., Wheeler's Cav., killed N. of Peachtree Creek, July 17, 1864.

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1806 · Carolinas, Georgia, Floridas, Bahamas. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1816 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1874 · Military Operations of the Atlanta Campaign. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Carolinas, Georgia, Floridas, Bahamas, 1806, covering the location of Old Mt. Zion Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Carolinas, Georgia, Floridas, Bahamas, 1806, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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