Mount Zion Presbyterian Church. Historic mountzion meetinghouse built 1804 at crossroads of wagon trails. A plain hewed log house 24x42 with shingle roof, plain pulpit & common seats. In 1810 Muhl Co Court named it in surveys of 3 precincts. Circuit riding missionaries from Philadelphia served the group until Rev. Isaac Bard came in 1822. Over (Reverse) Deeded in 1822 by Thomas Irvin to congregation of Mountzion Society. Organized Dec.1, 1823 by Rev. Bard with Andrew Glenn, William Young and John Culbertson as its elders. Revolutionary & Civil War soldiers rest beside slaves in the cemetery. An original axe-hewn floor beam with wooden peg is exposed to view in the basement. Over
by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Highways Department #2245 of the Kentucky Historical Marker series
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