PIONEER HICKSTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH - FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MADISON - Madison, FL
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Thorny1
N 30° 28.155 W 083° 24.972
17R E 268033 N 3373264
Located in front of The First Baptist Church on Base St (US 90).
Waymark Code: WM4MB4
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2008
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PIONEER HICKSTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH - FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MADISON
Begun here for God's glory in 1835, the church was named Madison Baptist Church in 1854 and received its present name in 1922. Founders were Abraham Moseley and R.J. Mays. Early pastors were B. Fiddler, W.B. Cooper, H.Z. Ardis, and first deacon Elisha Smith. The Florida Baptist Convention formed the State Board of Missions here December, 1880. Members were S.B.Thomas, Sr., J.M. Beggs, B.F. Wardlaw, C.W. Stephens, J.F.B. Mays, W.W. Hall, C.V. Waugh, T.E. Langley and W.N. Chaudoin.
Marker Number: F-175
Date: 1970
County: Madison
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Sponsored by The First Baptist Church of Madison In Cooperation With Department of State, Bureau of Historic Preservation
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