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

Union Meeting House

1790

— United Methodist Church Registered Historic Site No. 229 —

Photographed by David Seibert, April 11, 2014

1. 1790 Union Meeting House Marker

Inscription. In 1790, John Crawford and Phillip Mathews, Burke Circuit preachers, organized a Methodist Society in the home of Joshua Hodges, Sr. In 1791, Union Meeting House became a frequent entry in Circuit records. In 1794, Union Trustees obtained from Screven Land Court a warrant for 100 acres, granted by State in 1824 to Nathaniel Hodges. In 1880, Union, New Hope and Eureka provided an early rural parsonage. By 1890, Union had helped found eight other churches. In 1990, Union United Methodist Church built a fellowship Hall beside the 1884 frame church beginning the third century of continuous service.

Erected 1990 by South Georgia Conference United Methodist Church. (Marker Number 14.)

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 1790.

Location. 32° 34.61′ N, 81° 46.034′ W. Marker is in Statesboro, Georgia, in Bulloch County. It is at the intersection of Old River Road N, also Clito Road (County Route 474) and Unnamed unpaved farm road,

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on the left when traveling west on Old River Road N, also Clito Road. The marker is three miles west of the intersection of US Highway 301 and Old River Road N, also known as Clito Road. (It is also the Old Savannah Road.) The location is approximately 1.5 miles west of Old River Road N intersection with W. C. Hodges Road, County Road 31. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Statesboro GA 30458, 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 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Union Meeting House (approx. 3.4 miles away); Old Savannah Road (approx. 3.4 miles away); Louisville Road (approx.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 11, 2014

2. 1790 Union Meeting House Marker

3.8 miles away); The March to the Sea (approx. 3.8 miles away); Cooperville (approx. 3.8 miles away); Akins’ Mill Pond / The Families of Akins’ Mill Pond (approx. 5.1 miles away); Rigdon’s Mill / The Rigdon Cemetery (approx. 6 miles away); Sherman's Advance (approx. 6.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Statesboro.

1790 Union Meeting House Marker with the church in the distance. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 11, 2014

3. 1790 Union Meeting House Marker with the church in the distance.

1790 Union Meeting House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 11, 2014

4. 1790 Union Meeting House

This building dates from 1884.

Credits. This page was last revised on August 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 734 times since then and 36 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 15, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.