The church, built in 1842, campground and tabernacle, built in 1888, and cemetery, begun in 1850, were listed in the National Register of Historic Places on September 9, 1988. The Methodist organization was founded on this site by Stephen Ellis about 1845 in a community of recent settlers from Eastern Georgia and Pendleton District, S.C. The original meeting house was a log structure that also served as a school. Many descendants of the first members still attend services here, and camp meetings are held for one week each August.