Love's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery - Glennville, GA
N 31° 58.906 W 081° 57.078
17R E 410125 N 3538809
This church was constituted and its first sanctuary built in 1888 on "Love's Old Field," land donated by G.M. Love. It is several miles from the nearest town - Glenville, GA.
Waymark Code: WM3FCP
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 03/28/2008
Views: 10
The historical marker reads:
"This church was constituted and its first sanctuary built in 1888 on "Love's Old Field," land donated by G.M. Love. Charter members were the J.J. Kicklighters, the Dennis Lynns, Allen Lynn, and D.B. Smith, the church's first clerk. Elders on the constituting presbytery were H.B. Wilkerson, Brazil Jones, and M.F. Stubbs, the first pastor. In 1896 the church was one of seven organizing members of the Bethel Primitive Baptist Association. J. Walter Hendricks, pastor from 1932-43, became the first president of Birdwood College, now Thomas College, in Thomasville. This c.1930 sanctuary was remodeled in the 1960s."
Church Name: Love's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church
Church In Use (even only just occassionally): yes
Date Church Built: c.1930
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