| Marker Number |
7318 |
| Atlas Number |
5223007318 |
| Marker Title |
Mt. Zion Churches and Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Mt. Zion Churches and Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
Cumby |
| County |
Hopkins |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
235981 |
| UTM Northing |
3676091 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; philanthropy; churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; Episcopal denomination |
| Marker Year |
1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
SH 11, 5 mi. SE of Commerce and 5 mi. north of Cumby |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church organized here before creation of Hopkins County, 1846. Also at Mt. Zion, 1849, Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized with 13 members, by the Rev. Anthony Travelstead. After years of worship in oak groves, brush arbors and homes, church edifice was built jointly 1861. Site given by David Findley, Nicholas Harlow. More land given 1904 by J. A. Rains, Chas. E. Brown. In 1901 Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian Church became Mt. Zion Cumberland Presbyterian Church; continues to function. Methodist moved away in 1914. |
