City: Vernon   County: Washington   Year: 1963
Location: On C.R. 279, 3.6 miles southeast of C.R. 79, South

Early settlers, attracted by the fertile Coosada (later Holmes) Old Fields, established a log schoolhouse Methodist mission near here soon after Spain ceded Florida to the United Stated in 1820. The first Methodist ministerial assignment between the Apalachicola River and Pensacola was made to the Holmes Valley Mission. During the early history of Washington County, court terms were held here or in the home of a nearby settler. A church was erected here in 1857.

1983 Photo of Church Interior

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