OLDEST - public building in Bryan County
N 31° 50.520 W 081° 15.674
17R E 475282 N 3522952
This church, the oldest congregation in lower Bryan County, was certified by the Presbytery of Georgia in 1830. The current sanctuary, the oldest public building in Bryan County, was built in 1885.
Waymark Code: WM26F1
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 09/12/2007
Views: 10
The historical marker reads:
"This church, the oldest congregation in lower Bryan County, was certified by the Presbytery of Georgia in 1830. Its founders included rice planters on Bryan Neck, among them Thomas Savage Clay, Richard James Arnold and George Washington McAllister. The first meeting house was constructed in 1839 three miles north of this site on the Bryan Neck Road. The current sanctuary, the oldest public building in Bryan County, was built in 1885 after the first building burned. The cemetery, known as Burnt Church Cemetery, remains at the original site and includes the graves of the church's prominent early members."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1885
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