Powelton Baptist Church-GBC-Hancock Co
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Sprinterman
N 33° 25.727 W 082° 52.238
17S E 326091 N 3700387
Near Powelton Baptist Church in Powelton on Ga 22.
Waymark Code: WM6GP6
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/01/2009
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In this church on this site the General Baptist Association of Georgia was organized June 27, 1822, by messengers from the Georgia and Ocmulgee Associations, and certain other Baptists, including Adiel Sherwood, whose motion in the Sarepta Association called for organization of the General Association. Jesse Mercer was elected president and Jabez P. Marshall was elected secretary. Adiel Sherwood preached the sermon, Luke 3:4. Name changed to The Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia in 1827.
Type of Marker: Monument
Date: 1950
Sponsor: GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION
Marker #: Not listed
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