Tracing to a Methodist society gathered around 1775 by Irish immigrant Samuel Collins, this is reckoned among Georgia's oldest Methodist congregations. Bishop Francis Asbury preached here in 1790.
Liberty Methodist Church (1971)
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Liberty Methodist Church is a historical marker in Hephzibah, Richmond County, erected in 1971. It is one of 148 historical markers documented in Richmond County, among 249 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.3210, -82.0379 near Hephzibah. The nearest cataloged historic site is Liberty Methodist Church (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Burton Cemetery, Tinley Cemetery, and Malone Cemetery.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
“Liberty Methodist Church” names 2 distinct records in Richmond County. This page is the historical marker erected in 1971 in Hephzibah. The others:
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