Pisgah in Tazewell County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Pisgah United Methodist Church
Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 28, 2011
1. Pisgah United Methodist Church Marker
The Reverend John Kobler preached the first sermon by a Methodist in Tazewell County here in 1793 and received eleven members into the church. The church building, constructed on a parcel of land donated by Thomas Peery, was the first church of any denomination in the county. The construction of the Clinch Valley Railroad in 1889 necessitated the relocation of the church to its present site. Pisgah is the mother church of numerous Methodist and later United Methodist congregations and ministers.
Erected 1989 by Department of Historic Resources. (Marker Number X-25.)
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, and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (DHR) series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1793.
Location. This marker has been replaced by another marker nearby. It was located near 37° 7.258′ N, 81° 34.418′ W. Marker was in Pisgah, Virginia, in Tazewell County. It was at the intersection of Trail of the Lonesome Pine (U.S. 460) and Frog Level Road
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Regionally, this marker was in Southwest Virginia. It was also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it was in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it found 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 3 miles of this location, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Pisgah United Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas Whitten (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fincastle Turnpike (about 400 feet away); Big Crab Orchard or Wittens Fort (about 500 feet away); 250th Anniversary of the United States of America (about 600 feet away); Fort Witten
Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 28, 2011
2. Pisgah United Methodist Church Marker
The red building in the distance on the left is the Crab Orchard Museum.
Another marker is no longer nearby. Big Crab Orchard Or Wittens Fort (was about 500 feet away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 28, 2011
3. Pisgah Church – 1793 – United Methodist
Photographed by J. J. Prats, May 28, 2011
4. Pisgah Church – 1793 – United Methodist
Credits. This page was last revised on July 6, 2026. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,420 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 16, 2011, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
