Brick (Bethel) Church-GHM 124-20-Screven Co
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N 32° 57.917 W 081° 32.558
17S E 449289 N 3647568
About 2 miles northwest of US 301 on road to Girard
Waymark Code: WM7WEC
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 12/13/2009
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On Dec. 5, 1827 the Rev. Peyton L. Wade conveyed to John Green, John H. Smith, Robert W. Lovett, Richard Herringtom, Sr., Jacob Lewis, Elijah Roberts and John H. Nessmith, Trustees, two and three quarter acres of land on which to build a Methodist Episcopal Church to be known as `Brick Church.` Construction was started immediately. The building now on the site is the original. `Brick Church` was a successor to Lessing`s Meeting House, a log building, on nearby Rocky Creek at Scott`s Spring. Rev. John Crawford, who died in 1822, was the founder of Methodism in this community. His widow, Sarah Maner Crawford, married the Rev. Wade in 1823.
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 124-20
Date: 1956
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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