Jones Creek Baptist Church Historical Marker
N 31° 45.467 W 081° 48.670
17R E 423179 N 3513874
Jones Creek Baptist Church Historical Marker on Hwy 301 5 miles northwest of Ludowici Georgia
Waymark Code: WM1N8K
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/07/2007
Views: 24
“Jones Creek Baptist Church was constituted April 22, 1810, at the Jones Creek Meeting House near this site.
Original members of this church, all former members of Beards Creek Baptist Church were: Charles Flowers, James Clark, Levi Morgan, John Hall, John Bohannan, Martha Flowers, Abigail Clark, Sarah Morgan, Fannie Lowery, Mary Howe, Mary Chapman, Lydia Bohannan.
The Rev. Moses Westberry was the first pastor of the church, and served in that capacity for 33 years.
Land for the present site of the church edifice was given by William Walthour in 1817.
Jones Creek Baptist Church was first a member of the Piedmont Baptist Association, but is now with the New Sunbury Baptist Association, of which it was one of the organizing members in 1866.
091-3 Georgia Historical Commission 1957”
Type of Marker: Building
Marker #: 091-3
Date: 1957
Sponsor: Not listed
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