Mt. Zion E.U.B. Church - Ritchie County, WV
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The following information is reprinted here courtesy of:
The Ritchie County Historical Society
November/December 1978 Newsletter  Vol. VI  No. VI

MT. ZION U. B. E. CHURCH

At the home of Nimrod Kerkendall on Cheveradefris (sic) a tributary
of Indian Creek, in Ritchie county, in 8154, Rev. Eli McLaughlin organized 
a class composed of Nimrod Kerkendall, his wife, Mr. and Mrs. William
Cokeley, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mitchell, and others.

A log church was built by Wm. Cokeley in 1858 which was called Mt. Zion 
U.B. and this church is now an appointment of the Harrisville Circuit of
the West Virginia Conference of the E.U.B. Church, with Rev. Clyde
Brammer, Jr., as pastor.  The church was rebuilt in 1894 by Salem 
Duckworth, burned in 1932, and rebuilt in the same year by the community
unedr the supervision and leadership of Walter Crane, Edmund Baker, and
Stark Radcliffe.  This structure still stands.

Ground was donated for the first building and burial ground by Mr. and 
Mrs. Cokeley.

Outstanding leaders in older days were the Cokeley and Duckworth families.

Mr. and Mrs. Salem Duckworth are buried in the well-kept cemetery on a 
plot adjoining the church.

Teh present membership is 16 with 11 of the total being non-resident
members thus making it necessary to no longer hold Sunday School regularly.

*****Submitted by Mrs. Winnifred Scott.