Historic Churches
Historic Churches
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IMG_9806.HEICZion Baptist Church
Zion Baptist Church is the oldest historically Black church in the Stumptown community. It was established in 1877 by Rev. Silas Smith, Elias Keith, Richmond Fields, William & Francis Keith Brown, Richmond Fields, Silvery Fields, Mary Gresham, Abraham Lewis, Armour Scott, Harriet Scott, Jack Scott, Mary Scott, and Wrihght Stevenson. Zion served as one of three places of worship and community gathering for African Americans in the Canton and Waleska areas.
St. Paul AME Church
IMG_9828.HEICSt. Paul AME Church was established in 1897; it was later rebuilt in 1975. It was founded by Henry Ware, Sherman Jefferson, Ed Atkins, Saffire Garrison, Eliza Scott, Lena Green, and Liza Palmer. The land on which both St. Paul AME Church and Zion Baptist Church are located was donated by the Jones family. Located in the Stumptown community, St. Paul AME is the second of three historically Black churches which have served families of Cherokee County's African American communities.
Hickory Log Baptist Church
The Hickory Log Baptist Church was established in 1872 by Philip Keith and his uncle Dave Keith. Both were formerly enslaved laborers, on the Keith plantation. Once freed, Philip Keith donated two acres of land which housed the church and a cemetery. Initial worship services took place in a log cabin and later a building located on Elmwood Street by the Hickory Log cemetery. The building was reconstructed in 1957, under the leadership of Rev. Robert Ralph Freeman Sr. who remained the pastor of the church until his transition in 2021.
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