Bethel Primitive Baptist Church-GHM 014-8-Brooks Co
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N 30° 58.507 W 083° 37.893
17R E 248669 N 3429816
1.5 miles south of Ga 122 at Sand Hill (west of Barney)
Waymark Code: WMBWAQ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/26/2011
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Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, the second Baptist Church to be organized in the area of old Lowndes County, was constituted September 2, 1826. The organizing Presbytery were: Elders Benjamin Manning. Matthew Albritton and Henry Melton, with Deacon William A. Knight. Charter members of Bethel Church were: Elder Melus Thigpen and his wife, Sarah; Archibald Strickland and his wife, Luander; Henry C. Tucker and his wife, Sarah.
Elder Thigpen served as supply pastor until 1828, when the Rev. Matthew Albritton was called to the charge of Bethel Church.
GHM 014-8 Georgia Historical Commission 1958
Type of Marker: Highway
Marker #: 014-8
Date: 1958
Sponsor: Georgia Historical Commission
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