Bethany Presbyterian Church-GHM-066-10-Greene Co
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N 33° 33.376 W 083° 00.914
17S E 312920 N 3714776
Six miles SE of Union point, 5 miles east of Siloam
Waymark Code: WM6GNT
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2009
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Organized in 1786, Bethany Presbyterian Church was the first church in Greene County. Dr. Francis Cummins, Dr. Francis Goulding, and other great ministers preached here. In 1886, Dr. James Woodrow was tried for heresy here in the first "monkey trial" of record. Around this church grew the first white settlement, while this was Washington County. Here was Dr. Moses Waddell´s first school, and the homes, of William Greer Daniel, the Baldwins, Loves, Kings, and other pioneer families. It was the inspiration for Thomas E. Watson´s "Bethany," and around it William H. Sparks" "Memories of Fifty Years" begins.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 066-10
Date: 1957
Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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