Mt. Zion Christian Methodist Episcopal Church

Mt. Zion Christian Methodist Episcopal Church is a Tennessee historical marker in McNairy COUNTIES, Obion County.

Obion Co., 410 Greenwood St., Union Methodist Episcopal City Church HISTORICAL MARKERS INVENTORY CHESTER, HARDEMAN, HARDIN, McNairy COUNTIES

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Congregation members, under the guidance of the Rev. W.E. Farmer, built Mt. Zion C.M.E. Church in 1896. The oldest African American church in Union City. it is part of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church denomination, which was founded in 1870, when members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, announced the formation of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. In 1954 the word "Colored” was changed to "Christian.” Mt. Zion C.M.E. Church was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1997, as part of a multiple property submission.

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1844 · Kentucky (H. S. Tanner, 1844) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Kentucky And Tennessee (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Military map showing the marches of the United States Forces 1863-1865. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map XVIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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On the National Register nearby

Mt. Zion Colored Methodist Episcopal Church60 ft

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