Providence Baptist Church-GHM 079-6-Jasper Co
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Sprinterman
N 33° 23.822 W 083° 35.470
17S E 259001 N 3698304
At the church in Shady Dale
Waymark Code: WM6WD1
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 07/27/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Lat34North
Views: 4

This church was constituted December 15, 1810, the second oldest in Jasper County, with David Montgomery (Revolutionary War soldier), William Green, and Green Bailey as presbytery. David Montgomery was pastor from 1810 to 1828. Timothy Landrum (Revolutionary War soldier) gave 10 acres of land, one mile west of here, where Providence Church was first erected. It moved to this site March 12, 1832 to be on the stagecoach route through Shady Dale. This building was erected on four acres of land given by James Beeland.

Charter members were: Jacob Mercer (Revolutionary War soldier) and his wife, Jael; Martin Stanley and his wife, Polly; James Brown and his wife, Martha; Elizabeth Green; Rebecca Walden; John Ferrell; Elkaney Denson; Joshua Newton; James Richards.

First Deacons were Martin Stanley and James Brown. First Clerk was James Richards. Early pastors were James Henderson, James Wilkerson, John Bogan, James Green, James Carter, W.G. Horsley, Asa Marshall (great-grandson of Daniel Marshall, founder of Kiokee Church in Columbia County, the first Baptist Church in Georgia).
Type of Marker: Highway

Marker #: 079-6

Date: 1957

Sponsor: GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION

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