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Sardis Methodist Church State Historical Marker
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Photo: David Seibert
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- Sardis Methodist Church State
Historical Marker
- Located on Powers Ferry Rd. just northwest of Roswell
Rd. in Atlanta
33.85715, -84.38418
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SARDIS METHODIST CHURCH
Sardis Methodist Church is built
on land taken from the Indians by Sy Donaldson and given to the
church before this section of the State had been surveyed --
when land was platted by beeswax string, and there were no deeds.
Believed to date from 1812, this church antedates the three counties
(Henry, DeKalb and Fulton) that have contained this tract of
land. In early days Sardis Methodist Church was on a circuit
with preaching every two weeks -- on Tuesdays or Wednesdays.
Earliest known pastors were Lane and Owens. Marked graves in
the cemetery date from the 1830's.
Four church buildings have stood
on this site: a little log cabin; a two-story wooden structure
built by the members and destroyed by a cyclone; a third church
building erected with the help of Sardis Lodge No. 107 F. &
A. M., who used the second floor as a meeting place; and the
present edifice, built in the 1920's, in the style of 1812.
Come of the church roll today are
descendants of charter members. Four families have belonged for
four generations and seven have been members for three generations.
- 060-119 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1957
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