Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery
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Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery

Also known as Berwyn African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery , Centreville African Methodist Episcopal Cemetery , New Centerville Methodist Episcopal Cemetery

Devon, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Updated: February 25, 2013.
Information researched and contributed by Dan Oh (46803017)
Source: Chester County Historical Society.

First known as New Centerville Methodist Episcopal Church Cemeteryand then became Mount Zion A.M.E. Church Cemetery, shortly after the turn of the 20 century. The cemetery is now defunct.
The church is located on Berwyn Baptist Road and Fairfield Road in Tredyffrin Twp, Chester County.

The church and cemetery are located on Berwyn Baptist Road and Fairfield Road in Tredyffrin Twp, Chester County.
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Daily Local News, West Chester, Chester County, Pa
December 8, 1894

New Centerville A.M.E. Church, G.R. Miller, Pastor, Sunday December 9. Preaching and communion at 11 a.m. Malvern A.M.E Mission Sabbath School at 2:30 p.m. Praise Service and Communion at 7:45 p.m.
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Daily Local News, West Chester, Chester County, Pa
July 24, 1880

The new Centerville A.M.E. Church will hold a woods meeting n the grove near the Church, commencing on August 14.

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On the Main Line, Mt. Zion AME has been the only African American church of any denomination with a cemetery. The last person buried here was Molly Hopkins in 1952. Among those at rest: church founders, members and family of members of the church. There are 18 named & two unknown Civil War Veterans interred in one of the largest groups of Colored Troops buried in a church cemetery in the area. In 1894, it was reported in a local newspaper that at the annual memorial service at our cemetery, "Fully 1,000 persons were present to witness this memorial service."

Submitted by
Bertha L. Jackmon, Church Historian

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Updated: February 25, 2013.
Information researched and contributed by Dan Oh (46803017)
Source: Chester County Historical Society.

First known as New Centerville Methodist Episcopal Church Cemeteryand then became Mount Zion A.M.E. Church Cemetery, shortly after the turn of the 20 century. The cemetery is now defunct.
The church is located on Berwyn Baptist Road and Fairfield Road in Tredyffrin Twp, Chester County.

The church and cemetery are located on Berwyn Baptist Road and Fairfield Road in Tredyffrin Twp, Chester County.
___________________________________________

Daily Local News, West Chester, Chester County, Pa
December 8, 1894

New Centerville A.M.E. Church, G.R. Miller, Pastor, Sunday December 9. Preaching and communion at 11 a.m. Malvern A.M.E Mission Sabbath School at 2:30 p.m. Praise Service and Communion at 7:45 p.m.
_______________________

Daily Local News, West Chester, Chester County, Pa
July 24, 1880

The new Centerville A.M.E. Church will hold a woods meeting n the grove near the Church, commencing on August 14.

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On the Main Line, Mt. Zion AME has been the only African American church of any denomination with a cemetery. The last person buried here was Molly Hopkins in 1952. Among those at rest: church founders, members and family of members of the church. There are 18 named & two unknown Civil War Veterans interred in one of the largest groups of Colored Troops buried in a church cemetery in the area. In 1894, it was reported in a local newspaper that at the annual memorial service at our cemetery, "Fully 1,000 persons were present to witness this memorial service."

Submitted by
Bertha L. Jackmon, Church Historian

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