Downtown in Nashville in Davidson County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

The First Methodist Church

Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, August 17, 2022

1. The First Methodist Church Marker

Inscription. The First Methodist Church erected in the Cumberland Settlement was located on the Public Square in present day Nashville, Tennessee in the year 1787.

This monument was located here with the approval of County Judge C. Beverly Briley and the Davidson County Court by the Tennessee Annual Conference Historical Society, Methodist Church, in 1957 in memory of the First Methodist Church in the Cumberland Settlement and the following pioneer Methodist preachers who helped to lay deep the foundation of Protestant Christianity in the then Western Country which centered in Middle Tennessee around the Cumberland Settlement and the city of Nashville.

Bishops
Francis Asbury - 1784 - 1816• Richard Whatcoat - 1800 - 1806• William McKendree - 1808 - 1835

Circuit Riders 1787 - 1812
James Haw• Benjamin Ogden• Francis Poythress• David Combs• Barnabas McHenry• Thomas Wilkerson• Joshua Hartley• Wilson Lee• Peter Massie• James O'Cull• John Ball• Jonathan Stevenson• William Spencer• Henry Crank• Henry Burchett• Bennett Maxey• William Burke• Peter Guthrie• John Buxton• William Duzen• John Kobler• Jesse Walker• Obidah Strange• Valentine Cook• John Page• William Lambeth• Benjamin Young• William McKendree• Levin Edney• Lewis Garrett• Ralph Losteith• William Crutchfield• Fletcher

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Sullivan• Miles Harper• James Axley• Z.B. Traces ton• Thomas Hellums• Jacob Young• Hezekiah Shaw• Kodak Thompson• James Ward• Joseph Oglesby• David Young• Thomas Lasley• John McClure• Elisha Bowman• W. Virmillion• Frederick Stier• Learner Blackman• Isaac McKowen• Josiah Crawford• William Elgin• John Manley• John Cragg• James Gwinn• Lewis Anderson• Thomas King• Samuel King• Samuel Bellamy• John Crane• Thomas Stilwell• David Goodness• Joseph Faulks• Isaac Lindsley• John Lewis• Peter Cartwright

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 36° 10.025′ N, 86° 46.754′ W. Marker is in Nashville, Tennessee, in Davidson County. It is in Downtown. Marker is on James Robertson Parkway, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 James Robertson Pkwy, Nashville TN 37201, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Witness Walls (a few steps from this marker); To the Hero’s of 1776-Not Dead! -But living in deeds such lives inspire (within shouting distance of this marker); "Western Harmony" (within shouting distance of this marker); April 19, 1960 (within shouting distance of this marker); Transfer Station Site

Photographed By Darren Jefferson Clay, August 17, 2022

2. The First Methodist Church Marker

(within shouting distance of this marker); On This Site Stood the Nashville Inn (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nashvillians and the Great Depression (about 400 feet away); Thomas G. Bradford and the Nashville Citizen (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Nashville.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 16, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 137 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 16, 2022, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.