Jonesborough in Washington County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Cherokee Church

Holston Baptist Association

— 0.1 mile —

Cherokee Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 26, 2009

1. Cherokee Church Marker

Inscription. This Baptist church was organized the first Saturday in September, 1783. Here, the fourth Saturday in October, 1786, Holston Association was organized with Tidence Lane moderator and William Murphy clerk. Seven churches were represented. This was the first Baptist Association in Tennessee.

Erected by Tennessee Historical Commission. (Marker Number 1A 59.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Tennessee Historical Commission series list. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1783.

Location. 36° 14.154′ N, 82° 27.77′ W. Marker is in Jonesborough, Tennessee, in Washington County. It is at the intersection of Mayberrry Road and Highway 81 on Mayberrry Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Jonesborough TN 37659, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in East Tennessee

and in the Tri-Cities Area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Upper South,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

the State of Franklin,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Dutch Meeting House (within shouting distance of this marker); Jacob Brown (approx. 2 miles away); Keystone Pottery (approx. 3 miles away); The Tester Brothers (approx. 3.1 miles away); Alfred Martin Ray Buffalo Soldier

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(approx. 3.9 miles away); Alfred Eugene Jackson (approx. 4 miles away); The Eureka Hotel (approx. 4 miles away); May-Dishner House (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jonesborough.

Cherokee Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 26, 2009

2. Cherokee Baptist Church

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 26, 2009

3. Cherokee Baptist Church

Holston Association image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 26, 2009

4. Holston Association

1786 1926
Holston Association
Organized Oct. 30, 1786

Holston Association Marker and Cherokee Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 26, 2009

5. Holston Association Marker and Cherokee Baptist Church

Cherokee Baptist Church Cemetery image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Stanley and Terrie Howard, September 26, 2009

6. Cherokee Baptist Church Cemetery

Credits. This page was last revised on March 27, 2017. It was originally submitted on September 28, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 1,721 times since then and 51 times this year. Last updated on March 6, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Washington, District of Columbia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on September 28, 2009, by Stanley and Terrie Howard of Greer, South Carolina. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.