Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church organized in 1813, and $700 was raised in 1814 to complete the building. Services were held here until 1903, when membership had dwindled from 130 to less than 10. That year, the property was sold to the trustees of Mt. Zion Methodist Church for $200, and Methodists worshipped here until 1958. From 1958 until 1969, the church stood silent and empty except for an occasional wedding or funeral. In 1969, the North Georgia Methodist Conference gave the property to the Hancock County Foundation for Historic Preservation, and the combined efforts of the community and the Foundation have worked to restore the historic old church and preserve the records.