Thomas Glower, Gideon Johnston, Thomas Melton, William Sharp, and Enoch Wallace purchased two acres from Hobson Morgan in 1826 for the purpose of organizing Salem Methodist Church. Beginning as a mission, the congregation was established on 15 May 1826 as a mission. A log church was built, replaced by a more permanent structure around 1860. The present structure dates to 1909. Though the church is no longer active, descendants of its members hold an annual homecoming and do a wonderful job maintaining this idyllic churchyard, one of the nicest in the region.

A small historic cemetery is located adjacent to the church, with burials predating the organization of the congregation. It’s likely a small agrarian community was present here in the early 1800s.