Statesboro in Bulloch County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

New Hope Methodist Church

1804

— United Methodist Church Registered Historic Site No. 354 —

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

1. 1804 New Hope Methodist Church Marker

Inscription. Organized from Union by Rev. Lewis Mayers, New Hope was Bulloch’s second Methodist Church. 1804 trustees were David Kennedy, Josiah Everette, Jarvis Jackson, Burrell Whittington and William M. Kennedy: other leaders were Joseph Hodges, Eli Kennedy and Lydia Anciaux. Burke and Ohoopee Circuit records, oldest in South Georgia, were kept by these leaders. In 1806 William McGee Kennedy entered the itineracy; later William McCall Kennedy, F.M. Kennedy and H.A. Hodges. Leadership at home and in the connectional church distinguishes New Hope, preparing for her third century.

Erected 1998 by South Georgia Conference, The United Methodist Church. (Marker Number 19.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the United Methodist Church Historic Sites series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1804.

Location. 32° 29.082′ N, 81° 37.152′ W. Marker is in Statesboro, Georgia, in Bulloch County. It is on Old River Road (Georgia Route 24) 0.1 miles east of Burkhalter Road, on the left when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker

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is at or near this postal address: 9623 Georgia Highway 24 Statesboro GA 30461, Statesboro GA 30461, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Little Ogeechee Church (approx. 5.6 miles away); The Confederate Line (approx. 5.6 miles away); Sherman's Advance (approx. 6 miles away); Burkhalter Road & Old Indian Trail (approx. 7.2 miles away); Old Savannah Road (approx. 7.4 miles away); Union Meeting House (approx. 7.4 miles away); Brooklet, Georgia (approx. 7.7 miles away); Statesboro High School (approx. 8.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Statesboro.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

2. 1804 New Hope Methodist Church Marker

Looking east on Georgia Highway 24 (Old River Road)

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

3. 1804 New Hope Methodist Church Marker

Looking west on Georgia Highway 24 (Old River Road),the church cemetery is visible across the road.

1804 New Hope Methodist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

4. 1804 New Hope Methodist Church

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

5. 1804 New Hope Methodist Church

Credits. This page was last revised on August 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 14, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 646 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 14, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.