Zion Church

Zion Church is a South Carolina historical marker in Cordova, Orangeburg County, dedicated 1974.

Orangeburg County · dedicated 1974 · Bamberg Rd. (U.S. Hwy. 301/601), near Zion Church Rd. (S.C. Sec. Rd. 38-751), SW of Orangeburg and NW of Cordova, Cordova

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Evidence indicates that it was one of the earliest Methodist churches in the Orangeburg area. The original building, built before the Civil War, was replaced in the 1880s. Appointed ministers replaced circuit riders about 1843. Zion was abandoned as a full-time church in the early 1930s when its members moved to nearby Cope and Orangeburg.

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Marker data: South Carolina Historical Marker Program, SC Department of Archives and History
Sponsored by Committee for Restoration and Preservation of Zion Church and Cemetery

Zion Church

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