Near Morven in Brooks County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Mount Zion Camp Ground

Photographed by David Seibert, January 10, 2005

1. Mount Zion Camp Ground Marker

Inscription. The first Camp Meeting was held on this site in 1828 by a "few scattered Methodists" before any Methodist Church in the area was organized. William Hendry, William Blair and Hamilton W. Sharpe, as a committee, selected the site. Rev. Adam Wyrick was the first visiting preacher. In 1831 Sion and Enoch Hall deeded the land on which the Camp Ground stood to the Methodist Episcopal Church. Housed first in a brush-arbor, the weeklong meetings were held without interruption until 1881. Then the camp meetings ceased and the nearby church was built. Meetings were practically continuous each day from sunrise until after "candle-lighting."

Erected 1956 by Georgia Historical Commission. (Marker Number 014-3.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Georgia Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1828.

Location. 30° 57.621′ N, 83° 29.957′ W. Marker is near Morven, Georgia, in Brooks County. It is on Campground Road 0 miles east of Adel Highway (Georgia Route 76), on the left when traveling south.

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Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Morven GA 31638, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Wiregrass.

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: Old Coffee Road (approx. ¼ mile away); The Old Morven School (approx. 1.2 miles away); Barney Colored Elementary School (approx. 3.2 miles away); a different marker also named Old Coffee Road (approx. 5.6 miles away); Mary Turner and the Lynching Rampage of 1918 (approx. 7.3 miles away); Hahira Veterans Memorial (approx. 7.7 miles away); Bethel Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 7.9 miles away); Hahira High School (approx. 8.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map

Photographed by David Seibert, January 18, 2011

2. Mount Zion Camp Ground Marker

of all markers in Morven.

Photographed by David Seibert, January 18, 2011

3. Mount Zion Camp Ground Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 27, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 2,583 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 27, 2008, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. 2, 3. submitted on January 11, 2012, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. • Kevin W. was the editor who published this page.