Mount Olive Baptist Church
Posted by: Markerman62
N 32° 22.390 W 085° 02.226
16S E 684667 N 3583493
On GA 165 at Nuckols Rd north of Fort Mitchell.
Waymark Code: WMNJP2
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 03/24/2015
Views: 7
This church was organized in 1877 by Brothers Robert Anderson, Sr., Manuel Edmond and Robert Fluellen. The first services were conducted by Rev. D.L. Griffin under a brush arbor on the Flournoy Plantation. During Griffin's pastorate Anderson, Edmond and Fluellen were named deacons and the church moved to Mt. Olive School. A new wood frame building was dedicated on May 2, 1897 under the leadership of Rev. L. F. O'Bryan. Members worshipped here until the Flournoy Plantation was sold to the Bickerstaff's who donated five acres of land on the condition that the church relocate to its present site. This was accomplished in 1947 by the Rev. Henry Harris. In 1964 and 1993 the church building was renovated.
Erected by the Mount Olive Baptist Church and the Historic Chattahoochee Commission
Marker Name: Mount Olive Baptist Church
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Addtional Information:: http://www.mtolivepc.org
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1998
Marker Number: Not listed
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