Falling Creek Baptist Church-GHM 052-11-Elbert Co
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Sprinterman
N 34° 04.392 W 082° 44.665
17S E 339035 N 3771645
Ga 77 about 3 miles south of Elberton
Waymark Code: WM7J70
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2009
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In 1788, Thomas Maxwell founded the Falling Creek Baptist Church. A Virginian, he was born September 8, 1742, and died December 12, 1837. Imprisoned a number of times for preaching the Baptist faith, he was able, once, to convert the jailer and his family. According to tradition, he rubbed away part of his prominenet nose by preaching through the bars of the jails, and he was defended by Patrick Henry when jailed in Culpepper County, Va.
In 1835 at Falling Creek Church, the Sarepta Baptist Association voted to join the State Baptist Convention, after 15 years consideration.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 052-11
Date: 1957
Sponsor: Georgia Historic Commission
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