Clinton Methodist Church

This is the first Methodist church and the second church established in Jones Country. Land was appropriated in 1810 and July 14, 1821 a deep to the Clinton Methodist was made effective. The church was "a frame house of good dimensions with substantial stone steps of native granite.´´ A gallery for slaves was removed in 1897, The chandelier and brass wall brackets originally held kerosene lamps. This church was among the first to organize a foreign missionary society. Among the early pastors were Dr. Lovick Pierce and Rev. James Payne, 1836.

084-1 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1954

Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.

Original page, with additional info, here.

Photo credit: Ken Moser.