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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN GEORGIA
Kiokee Church, the first Baptist Church to be constituted
in Georgia, was organized in the Spring of 1772, by the
Rev. Daniel Marshall, one of the founders of the Baptist
denomination in Georgia. A meeting house was built, and the
Rev. Daniel Marshall became the first pastor, ministering
from his headquarters at Kiokee to an ever increasing
number of Baptists in the area.
In October, 1784, the preliminary meeting for the organization
of a Georgia Baptist Association was held at Kiokee
Church. The Rev. Daniel Marshall died November 2, 1784,
and some time later the church was moved to Appling
and a new brick edifice erected.
Kiokee Baptist Church was incorporated December 23,
1789, as "The Anabaptist Church on Kiokee", with
Abram Marshall, William Willingham, Edmund Cartledge,
John Landers, James Simms, Joseph Ray and Lewis
Gardner as Trustees.
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