Mount Sinai Baptist Church

In 1868, the formerly enslaved Rev. Israel Cross founded Mount Sinai Baptist Church in a log building here on Benjamin Howell's land. He allegedly never closed a sermon without saying, "Buy some land, build a home, and get some education." ...

7th Day Baptist Churches of Hopkinton and Westerly

Here for more than a century was the religious, business and civil center of Westerly. Near by in private homes, the people met in town meetings. Here crossed paths from what is now Hopkinton, Richmond and Westerly. Here were the ...

First Baptist Church of Kennard

In October 1903, approximately fourteen men and women organized the First Baptist Church of Kenard. The congregation selected four trustees: Dr. T.M. Sherman, George W. Willis, M.B. Matchett and Hugh P. English, who served the church in many capacities throughout ...

Baptist Church

Baptist

Church

Erected 1793

Elijah Herrick 1st Pastor

Marker is on Polin Road (County Route 128) north of Oak Ridge Road (County Highway 129), on the right when traveling west.

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Providence Baptist Church

Organized May 26, 1849

First Pastor: Ruben E. Brown

First Deacons: William P. Bryan, Jonas P. Bell

Charter Members: William Green, David Kelly, Kader Powell, Elizabeth Kelly, Ardilla Green, Winny Lacy, Bill Fowler, nancy Fowler

Bellwood, Cool Springs, County Line, ...

Pollok Baptist Church

Founded as Warren Chapel Baptist Church in 1891, this congregation became known as Pollok Baptist Church in 1896. The first meeting place was shared by the Methodist and Presbyterian churches. Land acquired in 1906 by the Baptists was the site ...

Hog Mountain Baptist Church

Organized January 14, 1854

Eleven charter members first met near what was known as the Hog Mountain House eight miles N.E. of Lawrenceville to organize the church.

The church was organized by Elder David H. Moncrief and Elder Amos Hadaway.

The first ...

First Baptist Church

Congregation organized 1809. Original church, built 1811 on Sumter Street corner, was burned Feb. 17, 1865 by Union troops who mistook it for the present church, built 1859, where the Secession Convention had met Dec. 17, 1860. Because of ...

Elam Primitive Baptist Church

Constituted March 7, 1830 (about two miles NE of this site) with eight charter members including Elijah Wyatt the first pastor. In 1850’s church moved to this location on land given by Deacon James Folmar. Present building erected 1906.

This marker ...

Bethel Baptist Church

In 1799 the local Baptist Society acquired this land and soon built a meetinghouse. The Bethel congregation worshiped in the meetinghouse and was constituted as a church in 1817. About 1820 the members built a brick church here--the first in ...