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OF GEORGIA
” ATLANTA ASSOCIATION OF BAPTIST CHURCHES
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The Georgie Historical Records Survey
` Division of Community Service Programs
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Atlanta, Georgie
, The Georgie Iistoricel Records Survey
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Howard O. Hunter, Acting Commissioner i
Robert L. MaoDougall, Regional Director f
H. E. Hannan, Jr., State Administrator §
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_ Florence Kerr, Assistant Commissioner E
Blanche N. Ralston, Chief Regional Supervisor Q
Jane Van De Vrede, State Director T
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Harvey E. Becknell, Director 2
Milton W. Blanton, Regional Supervisor Q
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Frederick S. Hulse, State Supervisor A
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A The Ipyentp£y_pf_ the ggngglpgggnyps of Georgia; Georgia Baptist
I Convention, Atlanta Association of Baptist Churches, is one of a nation-
wide series of inventories of denominational archives being compiled and
Q published by the Historical Records Survey Projects of the`Work Projects
y Administration. This inventory has been undertaken as a service to the
clergy and officers of religious bodies and also for the student of so-
cial and religious history and the laymen interested in the growth and
I development of religious bodies in this country.
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l The Survey is engaged in the preparation of inventories of, and bi-
A bliographical guides to source materials hitherto inaccessible to re-
search workers. The Survey program in Georgia, as throughout the nation
* includes an inventory of State, County, municipal, and church archives,
° of American imprints, and of manuscript depositories.
i The work of the church records unit represents an important phase
¥ of the survey for it is through this inventory that many unknown and un-
{ usual religious records of interest to historians and genealogists will
Q be located. The records of individual churches are being inventoried
} and these inventories will be grouped and published by denomination.
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f The Atlanta Association of Baptist Churches is one of eighty—six
Q district associations holding membership in the Georgia Baptist State
, Convention, an affiliate of the Southern Baptist Convention.
L Preparation of this volume would not have been possible without the
{ cooperation received from the officers and clergy of·Mu2Atlanta Associa-
, tion of Baptist Churches. The Rev. Ellis A. Fuller, pastor, First Bap-
Q tist Church; Rev. Louie D. Newton, pastor, Druid Hills Baptist Church;
l Dr. James W. Merritt, Executive Sccretary—Trcasurer, the Executive Com-
2 mittee, Georgia Baptist Convention; and Dr. O. P. Gilbert, editor, Thi
I Christian Index approved the work and gave valuable advice. The Rev.
§ BimlEe~Cutts, Moderator; B. M. Callaway, Vice—moderator; and H. E. Moody
1 Clerk, graciously undertook a critical examination of the inventory
` prior to publication. Clergymcn, officers, and members of all churches
; in the Association contributed much time and effort toward the prepara-
I tion of this publication.
1 The work of collecting, verifying and editing this material for
publication has been done by a number of project workers under the im-
} mediate supervision of Allen Y. Chancellor, Assistant State Supervisor
? of Church Archives in Georgia, and in accordance with instructions from
the Washington office of Historical Records Survey Projects. It was re-
viewed by Donald A. Thompson, Assistant Archivist in charge of Church
{ Archives Inventories.
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j as Director until his appointment as Director of the Legislative Ref-
V erence Service of the Library of Congress. He was succeeded on March
y l, l9@O by Sargent B. Child, who had served in the capacity of Field
. Supervisor since the inauguration of the Survey. It operates under the
Research and Records Programs, Division of Community Service Programs,
Work Projects Administration, of which Mrs. Florence Kerr, Assistant
. Commissioner, is in charge.
l Frederick S. Hulse
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The Georgia Historical Records Survey
l Atlanta, Georgia
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l. The information appearing in this publication has been obtained
chiefly by Survey workers through personal interviews with pastors
and church clerks. It has been supplemented when possible by re-
, search in available printed and manuscript sources. Computatiens of
memberships, Sunday School enrollment, and property valuation have
been obtained from 1940 Minptes of the Georgia Baptist Convention
and the Atlanta Association of Baptist Churches.
2. Full names of persons mentioned in this inventory have been given
where this information was available.
5. Gaps in the records listed for some churches are due either to the
fact that they were not kept, were destroyed, or were simply not
found after a careful search by workers.
V Q. All addresses are in Atlanta unless otherwise indicated.
i 5. The individual entries for the Atlanta Association churches are in-
? dicated by Arabic numerals, while the entries for the Baptist bodies
j and agencies are lettered.
6. Citations to sources for the history of a church or institution are
given before the listing of the records. All printed sources and
records are underlined; those not underlined are manuscript.
j Abbreviations;
Q B. S. U. ....,........ 4 ...., - ,....,... U44 .... M4- ,... Hi ..,... .U ..., . .........,... A- ..... H .........,. . .........,......... Baptist Students Union
{ B. T. U,- .........,...... 4- .......,....,.. . .._,. -.- ..,.. 4 ......,..... 4 ,.,,......,..... -4 ....,... r ..........,..........,,..........,... -Baptist Training Union
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Explanatory Notes .4.,4.,4,......4. N ...,.... N .,....4.,._..V.,...,,..o....,......4.,4.,,.....,A...V,. N .A,.4..,... N ..N..4.o.4.. N ..,.4,.............,....4.,4..._AA,....4...,_....4...........,4..,,...,..4.4..4 v
The Early Georgia BaptistsN ......o4.4.4V...V.....,.A...,.N N ,.,,4 NN ......A44,.. NN .,..,..... N .....A..A.....N,. NN ....,. N ....A..........o..4,4 N ..,....,....A.o..._4.44,4.o 1
Baptist Bodies and Agencies NN ..,..,.,4........ NN .,.,.. N N...,,A4.........A...A..,at, N ...,.... NNN ..... N ......a... N ..V....,a4 N .............4a4,.t...,.e.....t.A.4 16
Principles Dear to Baptists r.A.,.r.,r N ..4..,....,, N .......,,rr...4......,......4...........4..44.....cr...4r.4,...t..r......,r.4,4...,...,....... N NNNNNNNN.NNNNNNNNNNNNN.N.NN.NNNNN 22
Atlanta Association of Baptist ChurchesNNN NNNNN NN NNNNNN,N N NNNNNNN NNN NNNNN N NNNN NNN NNNNNNN NN NNNNN NN 25
Statistical ChartsN NN NNNN N NNNNN NNN NN,N NN NNNNNNNNNNN NNN 4NNNNNN N NNNNNNN NN NNNNNNNNN NN NNNN NNNNNNNNNNN NN NNNNNNNNNNN N NNNNNNNNNNNNN N NNNNNNNNNNNNNN N 68
Constitution and By-laws of the Georgia ConventionNNN NNNNNNNNNN NNN NNNNNNNN N NNNN NN NNNNNNNNNN NN 71
Constitution and By-laws of the
Atlanta Association of Baptist Churches NNNNN NN NNNNNNNNNNN N NNNNNNNNNN N NNNNNN NN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN N NNNNNNNNNNN N NNNNNN N 75
A BibliographyNN NNNNNNN NNN NNNN NUNNN NNNNN NN NNNNN N NNNN NN N NNNN N NNNNNUN NNNNNNNNN NN NNNNN N NNNNNNN NN NNNNNN NN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 81
Church Name Index NNNNNNNNN N NNNNNNN N NNNNNNNNNNNN NNN NNNNNNNNNNNNNNN NNNNNN NNNNNNNNNNNNN N NNNNNNNNNN N NNNNNNNNNNNNN N NNNNNNNNNNN N NNNNNNNNNNNNN N NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN 86
S Chronological Index NNNNN NNNN NNNN N NNNNNN NNN. NNNN NN NNNNNNNUNNNNN NNNNNNWNMU NNNNNN H NNNNNN NNN 89
Publications of the Georgia Historical Records Survey Projectin sU.. 92
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e 1772 bv the Reverend Daniel Marshall. The original house of worship was re~
placed by the building shown above which has been standing since the earli-
est years of the nineteenth century. Regular services were discontinued in this
church about 1880 but services of commemoration are still held here annually.
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Q Georgia is principally an agricultural State, and a great many of
{ the churches in the State are located in rural areas. The largest de-
fy nomination in membership and in the number of individual churches is
Q. that part of the Baptist faith com only known as "Baptist" or "Nission—
` ary Baptist.“l The white membership of the Baptist denomination in
l Georgia exceeds 500,000 and is said to be larger than the membership of
Q that denomination in any country in the world other than the United
w States.?
* It is not definitely known whether there were Baptists among the
L first white settlers who arrived with General James Oglethorpe in 1755.
4 however, Baptists are known to have been in the colony of Georgia within
1 a few years after that date. In 1757 a grand jury of dd hen brought
i charges against the Reverend John Wesley, then stationed at Savannah.
y Of this grand jury, according to Wesley, "one was a Frencnnan who did
1 not understand English, one a Papist, one a professed infidel,three Bap-
tists, sixteen or seventeen other dissenters....“5 One of the charges
{ brought against Wesley was his "refusal to read the Burial service over
_ the body of Nathaniel Polhill,“ probably because of Polhillls Baptist
{ beliefs.% Conspicuous among the early Baptists in Georgia were the de-
; scendants of Nathaniel Polhill and of John and William Dunham.5
$ The first minister of the Baptist faith definitely known to have
E served in the colony of Georgia was Nicholas Bedgewood, who came to
j Savannah in 1751 as the agent of the Reverend George Whitefield at the
; Bethesda Orphan House. In 1757 Bcdgewood united with the Baptist church
, at Charleston, South Carolina, and 2 years later was ordained to the
* ministry. He baptized a nu ber of the officers and inmates of the or-
j phanage, prominent among whom was Benjamin Stirh.6
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l In 1767 Stirk removed to Newington, north of Savannah, where he be-
f gan to preach and establish places of worship not only in his own home
but in the surrounding country. At a small settlement called Tuckascek~
ing, about d0 miles above Savannah, Stirk found a few Baptists. It was
probably here that the first regular services of the Baptist church were
l l U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Religious Bodies, 1956.
  2 Baptist warm Aiilmce, sm?E?f‘6r·‘§eE*EE%iE?j `T"lTh]—`Gre'el{-Folder" ,
J   "eT"tTi?“€e e?'g`i2-T`§¥}¤€?s€”C'¤$EHé?Zt“f¤;¤,i 1959 .
5   The c¤1E?E'i?il"a?T6¤}?1E"Or -u»?TTs`EEP¤75'T>'1*K%’r$‘§@,E?f§"7“nr, is.
  4. iiE‘a`Ij"Ti'"` “""""' "'" ""` “`“°"“" “" “""`“`
E 5 Bistbry of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia..., pp. 11, 12.
  6 TlTi`E1`C{`s5'6r§'5nnTi`~5>'fs“tZr`t`i`s??f5'iE., p. Q.
  a gpm., pp._—·2—4 -4-4.
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Q “might be called the first regularly appointed Baptist Convention ever
S held in Georgia." Two of the four associations sent delegates and min-
v isters from all associations were present. A circular address was de-
1 livered by the committee to the Baptist associations and the ministers
of all Christian denominations. At the second meeting, in 1804, at
Kiokee, two Episcopal and two Methodist ministers were present and were
1 invited to take seats. However, the committee noted “that no official
attention had been paid to their circular address on.Christian Union."l
The General Committee made an effort to establish an English school
among the Creek Indians and to found a literary institution to be called
The Baptist College of Georgia. 0n account of some objections, the name
A was changed to Mt. Enon College. However, the legislature refused to
incorporate a Baptist college, but in 1807 it did incorporate Mt. Enon
A Academy. Theschool opened in the same year and lasted for several years
thereafter, finally closing for want of funds. This was the first real
effort of the Baptists of Georgia to establish a college, although sev-
eral schools were operated by prmninent Baptists, notably Salem Academy
opened in 1795 by Silas Mercer at his residence 9 miles South of Wash-
ington. The General Com ittee of Georgia Baptists, the forerunner of
. the Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia, became little more than
a board of trustees for Mt. Bnon.Academy and ceased to exist in 1810.2
As more land was ceded to Georgia by the Indians, settlers moved
west and new Baptist congregations were constituted. ln 1810 the Geor-
gia Association dismissed 20 of its churches to form the Ocmulgee Asso-
ciation, the fifth association in the State. In November of that year
the Ocmulgee Association was organized at Rooty Creek meetinghouse, 8
miles from Eatonton, by the union of 24 churches.3
The Savannah Association, originally formed in, April 1802, changed
. its name in 1806 to the Savannah River, because most of its churches
S were in South Carolina. In 1817 this association decided to divide.
The South Carolina churches retained the name and records of the Savan-
i nah River Association, while the Georgia churches formed the Sunbury
Association at Sunbury, Georgia, holding its first session at that place
in November 1818.*
The churches along the Georgia coast led in the beginning of mis-
sionary activity among the Georgia Baptists. The Reverend Henry Hol-
combe advocated missions in his bi-monthly Georgia Analytical Repository
2 l History of the Baptist Denomination in Georgia, pp. 44, 55-55.
I 2 `f§i?1'§“`p§T §€$2`e`iT' ““ `“`
j BIBIT1'., pp. ee, 82.
Q *_lphd., pp. 66, 67, 77.
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Q
{ published at Savannah in 1802 and 1805, the first periodical published
y in Georgia and one of the earliest Baptist journals in the United
i States.l At the meeting of the Savannah River Association in 1815 the
subject of domestic and foreign.missionaries was stimulated by the pres-
ence of Luther Rice, one of the first Baptist missionaries in foreign
lands, who had just returned from Calcutta. A committee, called the
G "General Committee of the Savannah River Association for the encourage-
ment of itinerant and missionary efforts," was formed with headquarters
at Savannah. This was the first associational organization in Georgia
for missionary purposes. In the same year (1813) the Baptist Fo