Founded by the United Methodist Church, and named for Francis Asbury, it opened in 1822 and closed in 1830, when the Creek were forcibly removed to Oklahoma.
The reverend William Capers was sent there by the United Methodist Church to missionize among the Creek.
Negotiations with the local chiefs led to his opening the Asbury Manual Labor School and Mission in 1822, one mile north of Fort Mitchell near Coweta, an Indian village; Creek children were to learn how to read and write and acquire other skills.
[2] Nothing remains of the school;[1] the location is a United Methodist Landmark, and there is a historical marker "at the entrance to the Fort Mitchell Park", next to Fort Mitchell National Cemetery.
[3] The archives of Columbus State University in Georgia holds a founding document (the agreement between Capers and the Creek chiefs) and a booklet, Asbury Manual Labor School-Asbury Mission School; Lost pages from Methodism's Story by Marynell S.