Beaufort County · Marker 07-12
Zion Chapel of Ease and Cemetery
William Hilton Parkway (U.S. Hwy. 278) at Matthews Dr.
Front inscription
A chapel of St. Luke's Parish, established May 23, 1767, built of wood shortly after 1786 under the direction of Captain John Stoney and Isaac Fripp, was consecrated in 1833. Members of the Barksdale, Baynard, Chaplin, Davant, Fripp, Kirk, Mathews, Pope, Stoney and Webb families worshipped here. By 1868 the chapel was destroyed.