Mt Olivet Church

Mt. Olivet Church

Cohutta

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Official records of Murray county show that on August 6, 1845, John B. Maston
deeded to John Pitner, James H. Huff, M. P. Varnell and Seaborn Span, trustees
in trust for the Methodist Episcopal church at Mt. Olivet one acre of land. The
consideration was five dollars.

   Whitfield records of 1858 list the trustees of Mt. Olivet as T. H. Pitner, B.
F. Prater, T. Lawrence, Wm. McCaughy and James H. Huff.

   Mt. Olivet was the strongest rural Methodist church in Whitfield county. The
trustees of this church assisted in establishing three other Methodist church in
nearby sections.

   The circuit rider who served Mt. Olivet also served the following churches:
Red Clay, Varnell, Mt. Zion, Pleasant Grove, Mt. Pleasant and Tunnel Hill.

Source: History of Whitfield County, 1936

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