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Photo Gallery: Providence Baptist Church
Marker text:
This church was constructed December 15, 1810, the second
oldest in Jasper County, with David Montgomery (Revolutionary War soldier),
William Green, and Green Bailey as presbytery. David Montgomery was pastor
from 1810 to 1828. Timothy Landrum (Revolutionary War soldier) gave 10 acres
of land, one mile west of here where Providence Church was first erected. It
moved to this site March 12, 1832 to be on the stagecoach route through
Shady Dale. This building was erected on four acres of land given by James
Beeland.
Charter members were: Jacob Mercer (Revolutionary War soldier), and his wife
Jael; Martin Stanley and his wife, Polly; James Brown and his wife, Martha;
Elizabeth Green; Rebecca Walden; John Ferrell; Elkaney Denson; Joshua
Newton; James Richards.
First deacons were Martin Stanley and James Brown. First Clerk was James
Richards. Early pastors were James Henderson, James Wilkerson, John Bogan,
James Green, James Carter, W.G. Horsely, Asa Marshall (great-grandson of
Daniel Marshall, founder of Kiokee Church in Columbia County, the first
Baptist Chuch in Georgia).
079-6A Georgia Historical Commission 1957
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