The church and the adjoining cemetery are located at Nelson Village (formerly Hannahsville) now part of the City of Burlington. Moses McCay received the patent to Lot 16 (200 acres) on 12 April 1809 and on January 26, 1830 sold one acre to the Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church. David Springer bought 100 acres on Feb. 2, 1854 and sold 1/2 an acre to the Trustees of the Wesleyan Methodist Church on Mar. 25, 1861. The large stone "Springer House" still stands just west of the Church and is now a bed and breakfast.

  In 1830 a frame church with a gallery was built which served until the present stone church was built in 1859. In 1959, the Sunday School addition was built to accommodate the expanding congregation