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Churches pt. 2 Contents Listing

Brooklet Missionary Baptist Church

1. 75th Anniversary Brooklet First Baptist Church – Service Pamphlet

Brooklet Primitive Baptist Church

2. History of the Progressive Primitive Baptists: Brooklet Primitive Baptist Church, 1955 –typescript

3. An Introduction to the Primitive Baptist Church – Pamphlet

Brooklet United Methodist Church

4. Photo of the Brooklet United Methodist Church c. 19115. Brooklet United Methodist Church Homecoming, 1975 – Service Booklet6. Brooklet Community Church Survey Report, 19787. Brooklet United Methodist Church Diamond Anniversary Homecoming, 1979 – Service

Booklet8. Steeple Story: Brooklet-Hubert United Methodist Churches, 1987 – News Flier9. History of the Brooklet United Methodist Church – typescript

Calvary Baptist Church

10. Rev. Grooms to Retire March 31 & East Main Street Mission is Started – News Article,1957 & 1954

11. Photo of Women and Children Entering Church Service12. Photo of the Calvary Baptist Church13. History of the Calvary Church pt. 1 – Typescript14. History of the Calvary Church pt. 2 – Typescript

Statesboro Church of God

15. Statesboro Church of God History & Info – Booklet

Clito Baptist Church

16. Some Statements from the History of Clito Baptist Church – Typescript

Corinth Baptist Church (White)

17. Corinth Baptist Church: List of Pastors 1899-196418. Corinth Baptist – A Silent Sentinel – News Article, 1973

Corinth Baptist Church (Black)

19. Brief History of Corinth Baptist Church

Emit Grove M.B.

20. Emit Grove Baptist Church History, circa 1950-1990

21. Fire destroys church – Statesboro Herald Article, 200622. Looking to the future – Statesboro Herald Article, 2006

Ephesus Primitive Baptist

23. Photo of a group of men24. Photo of the Front of the Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church25. Old Photo of the Front of the Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church26. Brief History of the Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church27. Constitution, Articles, and Rules of the Ephesus Primitive Baptist Church

The Church of Christ at Deloach’s Meeting House

28. Deed of Conveyance, 187829. DeLoach Church to Have Anniversary – Bulloch Times News Article May, 194030. History and Genealogy of the DeLoach Families with excerpts from the Deloach Church

minutes, 1981 – Typescript31. Church Minutes for July 10, 198232. Conference Minutes for August 8, 198233. Colored photo of the Deloach’s Church34. Diagonal-Front photo of Deloach's Church35. Diagonal-Front photo of Deloach's Church, second photo36. Panned out photo of Deloach’s Church37. History of Deloach’s Church (copy)38. List of DeLoach’s Charter Members39. History of Deloach’s Church (original)

Excelsior Missionary Baptist

40. Photocopy of membership list, circa late 1800s41. History of Excelsior Missionary Baptist, 193742. Letter with founding information, 198243. Photo of the Excelsior Missionary Baptist Church

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75TH �.l+ ANNIVERSAR

BROOKLET

FIRST BAPTIST

CHURCH

1907-1982

From Pro

he B er Herald's Sp cial di ion essive Prim'tiv Bapti ts - 1955,

d istory of he

B11okle rimitiv ap ist Church

Brooklet, a.

Accordin to p evious ar an emen s, an assembly of brethren and sis ers me on ·ov m er 28, 1914, at the ch ch house in Brooklet, eor ia, for the ur os of organizing a Primitive Baptist Church. After so d rayer service a presbytery was or an'ze , consisti of Eld rs illiam .crous , A • • Patterson, T • • Sykes, o.R.,c lv en, J. alter Hendr'cks and eacon J.S.Lee, with ld r illiam H.crouse as oderator, and lder J. alter Hendricks as clerk.

Church 1 tters were receiv d from the followinr.,tatesboro Primitive Churchs rother and Sister o.L.Alderman, sr ••

Sister Stella A.Parri h, roth r d ister J • • Lanier, Sister Lula oc , (now H h s), ro her con·e • arnock and Brother L.A. arnock.Lan s Primitive Churchs Bro her and Sister George cElveen, Sist rJ i arnock, Sister Lilla a ock (now Pi ue). Upper Black Creek Churbh, rother and ister P.C. aters, rother J • • i ell an ister Katie a ock.

'ddle round rimitive Church, ister ary Jane , illiams, all letter of wh'ch wer acce te as ord rly, upon motion.

Articles of aith and Church covenan calle for, presented, con idered, and a proved. This pre by ery th n, by motion and

cond, declared this or izatio a church of Jesus Chr'st in OS 1 Order.

Conference was then ntered into d w called to serv he church as pa tor. was cho en as e urch Cler . rother Crous

lder illiam H.Crouse Bro her L.A. arnock served the church for

t o years. Rules o Decor wer read in

igned by th seventeen charter m (List of pas ors, .Crouse,

,T. ipper, A • • c on, .H nry (Lis of Deacons, L.A. ock, lveen)

ebruary, 1915, ado ted and mb rs ••••

.H.Kennedy, J. red Hartley, ,aters, John Shelton ikell.) • • Flak , J.O.Ald rman, , .Le

(List of Clerks, L.A. arnock, D,R.Lee, .Lee cElveen, R • • ock, John c.Proctor •..

An Introduction

to the

Primitive Baptist Church

BY

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Homecoming, 1975

:13roohlet Unite�

metbooist <.tburcb BR L R I

0 tobu 19, 1975

Organized 1904 Rebuilt 1951

brating 71 years of service to God and this community.

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(FB- First Baptist, F - First tnoai t, BPB- Brooklet Pri nitive Baptist, BB- Bible Baptist.) LB- Leefield Bapt. Other

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DIAMOND ANNIVERSARY HOMECOMING

CB�oohQet

CU1tlted uUethodtst ChUACh Brook! t, G r(Jia

Sunday, Sept mber 30, 1979

Parker Av nu at Lane, 1952-1979

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STEEPLE STORY

BROOKLET-HUBERT UNITED METHODIST CHURCHES

Rev. Richard E. Turner, Pastor

HUBERT NEWS

Ushers for 1987

February: March: April: May: June: July: August: September: October:

ovember: December: January:

Ted Davis, M. L. Miller, Jr. Harold Hagin, Jimmy Hayes Neil Terrell, Tracy Miller Brent Terrell, Tim Miller Dr. W. M. Cone, Ray Davis Henry Hayes, Buie Miller James Davis, Tony Miller Hubert Terrell, Smitty King Ted Davis, M. L. Miller, Jr. Harold Hagin, Jimmy Hayes

eil Terrell, Tracy Miller Dr: W. M. Cone, Ray Davis

Acolytes for 1987

Jincey Davis Stacy Hayes Tara Hayes Tiffany Miller Emily Robertson Patrick Robertson Christy Terrell William Terrell Shanna Terrell

United Methodist Women

United Methodist Women will meet on Thursday, February 5, at 3:30 p.m.

Gideon Sunday:

Sunday, February 8, is Gideon Sunday. A Gideon Speaker will speak for five minutes. An offering will be taken.

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

February, 1987

BROOKLET EWS

Ushers for February

Johnny Godbee, Head Usher Lee Cromley Ronnie Lee Scott Brookins

Greeters for February

l Mr. & Mrs. Jack Pye8 Mr. & Mrs.

15 & 22: Mr. & Mrs.

Nursery for February

John Cromley Claude Robertson

l & 15:8 & 22:

Kitty Pruitt Jenny Mallard

Acolyte for February

Dusty Thompson

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

OTES FROM THE

FI CIAL

SECRETARY

The Financial Secretary will be handing out envelopes showing how much our records show that you have given to the church during the calendar year 1986. The cash that you give will not be included as there is no way to identify. Checks that are not designated "For Building Fund" (or whatever) goes into the General Budget. If you have questions, call or come by the church office either Monday, Tuesday or Thursday mornings.

istory of th ooklet United ethodist Church After the town o rooklet came into existence about 1899 the need was felt for a ethodis c ch in the new community. Some people wanted to move th Harmony church to town, but there was much o position to this su gestion. ( ote: The Harmony church, constituted in 1878, was located one mile from Brooklet on the Brooklet-Leefield road.) Permission was received to rect a new

ethodist church on the est side of church street. The buildin -was erected and occu ied in 1904. A large number of the armony members came to Brooklet, and Harmony later had to be abandoned. The Reverend J.T. ims was the fi t pastor of the new rooklet

ethodist Church ••••

(This article was writt n by Anne Cromley Clifton, who says that afore his death in 1964 her grandfather, .c.cromley, wrote a

shor history of the church taken, as e saia,"from Memory's file."

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t HISTCRY F CALVARY CHURCH

CALVAR BAPTIST C CH AS CRGA IZED UNDER THE SP N SER-

SHIP F THE TIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, THE T"rlER CHURCH B UGHT TH

P OPERTY F R THE AUDITORIU BE ERECTED.

DECEMBER IO,I9SO AT T"rlR O'CL CK I TH AFTER N , THE

LITTLE RC P T ITH TIE PAS RS A D DEAC N S FR THE CHURCHES

F THE G ECHE RIVER AS IATI N TC C NDUCT A RGA IZATION AL

PROGRAM. T"d REP RT THE A VIS R C CIL AS DELIVERED BY

tJ:AR IS LL! F, M DERAT R F THE ASSOCIATI • THE CHARGE T

THE CH C WAS GIV BY TIE REV. GR VER ER AND A PRAY

AS GIV BY THE REV. R. S.

FR PAUL CARR LL, CHAIR

• TH GROUP RECEIV GRE TINGS

THE BARD F DEAC N S,(FI ST

BA TIST CHURCH), FR ' . • LA R CE, B. T. U. DIREC R AD

HARRY RUN SO , SUNDAY SCH L SUPT. T E B EDICTIO WAS DE­

Y C. B. McALLISTER.

THE FIRST PASTOR F THE CHURCH AS REV. CARL A RSON.

THE FIRST B ARD F DEAC S T SERVE THE CHURCH WERE:

FRA K CAMPBELL • A. KEY L. B. TAYL R

CH RCH CLERK: RAY Mc MI CHF.AL TR.EA URER: CHARLES GRIMES

SUNDAY SCRO L SUPT.:L.B. TAYLOR PIA 1ST: MRS. JAN IE ETHRIDGE

THE CHURCH STARTED CUT WITH A UT TWE TY MEMBERS. 'IBE

CHART M ERS THAT ARE STILL I THE CH RCH ARE:

S. ED A

RS. FRA

MR • • A. K CHARLES AD VI�GI IA ORI ES

• G. W. RWE FA I ATHCCCK E R BETr DAVIS

REV. A ERSO M CHURCH I Y F 19,I

AD DIF�Eq T R C ERS IN TRE A SOCIATI FILLED THE PUL­

PIT UN TIL REV. C. G. ORO VER ASSUMED THE DUTIES AS PAS R.

IN T"rlE EARLY ART CF 1952 T"dE FIR.:-3' CHURCH DEEDED TnE PR PERTY

CALVARY CHURCH. THE C RCH KEPT GR I G AND IN 1953 'IBEY

PURCHASED T"rlE F UR ADDI TI NAL L TS ADJ I ING THE CHURCH, AT A

COST F 2,300 FR M THE LATE MR. PLEASA T B • ORK WAS

STARTED IMMEDIATELY O THE EDUCATI AL BUILD! G A D AS C M-

LETED AT AC ST F I),000.

REV. GR VER RESIG ED FR THE CH RCH IN MARCH OF I954.

I MA GERAL SERV AS SUPPLY AST R UNT L THE PULPIT

C LD E FILLED. J H AYERS AS THEN CALLED A SERV TIL

STATESBORO

CHURCH OF GOD

P tor

EL ER GOLDE JR.

I ,1 SOME STATEMENTS FROM THE BISTORY OF CLITO BAPI'IST CHURCH. 10/1$/19t7

Seleoted by Rev.Charle• D.Stewart,Interim Pastor.

The Churoh known now aa CLITO BAPTIST CHURCH va■ tir at in the Mind

ot God, and in due time,tbe idea wa plaoed in1he minda ot aeTeral peopl•

• do not attempt to oredit any one person with starting the moTe­

ment which reaulted in the beginning oflbe organization of thia looal

Church,for surely there were aeTeral men and women who were moTed by

THE Y SPIRIT 1n the founding of THE. CLITO BAPTIST CHURCH.

et ua underatand at the very beginning or thi • wri tin&, that thia

writi ia HIGHLIGHTS, and not DETAILS IN FULL. The intormation written

here came from the Church Minute• oompiled b1 th• Tarioua Churob Clerka,

and from the Annual Aaaociational Minute■, and from some ot our Senior

Citizen■ who ha•• been members of thia Cburoh for man1 1eara.

The Rail Road Station at Cli to, Georgia, served aa the tradin&

center or thia OOIIITlUllity. It waa tbe natural thing to do tor the looal

people to build a Sohool HouN in thia Community tor th• benefit ot

the tamiliea and their children• a eduoational adTanta1•••Th• Sobool

Houae, oalled by the name of HOGAN 1 S SCHOOL HOUSE, aerTed the oommunity

a■ a oonTenient aaaembly room tor T&rioua aooial aotiTit1••• The many

tamiliea liTing in thia oommunity felt the need of haTina a plaoe ot

Wor■hip near their own born•••

On September 8,189$, a group or Cbri■tiana or the Baptiat Paith

assembled in the Bogan'• Sohool Hou•• tor tbe purpose ot plannina to

organize a Baptist Church in or near Clito, Georgia. Brother o.o.Brown

and ReT.J.J.Miller aeem to haTe taken the leading neoeaaary atepa to

begin the moTement.

Atter the Morning Sermon, preaohed by ReT.J.J.Hiller, on September

8,1895, the group was oalled into a BUSINESS �TINO.ReT.Miller aened

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E�IT GROVE BA TIST CHURCH HISTORY

Land for Emit Grove Church was given by Steve H. Kennedy August,

The Church was named for Emit Anderson.

The first preacher was Rev. illiam Hursey. Ruth Kennedy Rowan.

The first organist was "'ft The church had services until 1910 when it was disbanded because they could not secure a preacher.

In 1913 the church was reorganized by Carl Anderson, . H. Anderson, L. L. Clifton, J. M. M. Iler, Lester and others.

. Forbes, J. P. Glisson, Dan Groover, Solomon Futch, Isler, Ben Smi�h, C . . Southwell, J. P. Zetterower

They secured a pastor by writing to the Southern Baptist Board. The Board sent Rev. T. J. Cobb, who served from Jan. 13, 1913 until ov. 31, 1914. Rev. Dan Cobb served until March, 1921 when Rev. T. J. Cobb returned as pastor.

Other pastors who served (perhaps not in this order):

October 13, 1923 February 13, 1927

June 16, 1946 ovember 13, 1949 ovember 13, 1951

December 28, 1952 July 24, 1954 1956

February, 1964 November 16, 1966

Rev. Rev. Rev. . ev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Bro. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev.

John Joyner C. Boyd Elkins

illiam KitchensR. L. MooreC. M. HartCarswell Milli nM. D. ShortC. M. PeacockBob ShottB. . DavisAlvin LynnYoemansClarence McCordHubert P. Tankersley, Jr.

puring Rev. John Joyner's term his brother helped him with a 2-week revival in which they baptized 66 new members and 18 transferred their letters to Emit Grove, for a total of 84 new members coming into the church.

An evangelist, Rev. arren alker, held a revival while Rev. Carswell Milligan was pastor.

r. Dan Groover served 37 years as Church Clerk and Treasurer untilOctober 22, 1950. Other members who served as Church Clerk were,

O. B. Clifton, Mrs. Cloyce T. Martin, Mrs. Billy o. Turner, Mrs. G . . Branson, Virgil incey, Mrs. Jimmy Deal.

embers who served as Church Tr asurer,

Dan R. Groover, J. R. Bell, Wilson Meeks, Ruel Clifton, Billy Turner, Emily Biser, H. L. Dotson, Grace Branson, Irene Deal.

Fire

KATH ERi E KEN EC7t' /staff

Emit Grove Baptist Church members Ken Morris, left, and Sonny Biser discuss the damage to the 114-year-old church which was gut­ted early Tuesday morning by a fire the state fire marshal's office said was an ac of rson. A local teen was arrested in connection wi h the incident. Church pastor Tim Huffingham said the church intends to rebuild.

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Police: Suspect in custody for arson : By HOW DEAL BRAGG hbrogg atesb«oherakl.net

Bull h unty heriff' arrested a tat boro

t n Tu ay aft r finding evi­d n he t an 114-year-old hurch on fire.

Emit ro e Bapti hurch \ v rely dama ed, with only "th offi area and new 'al hall" ved from the blaze, said

tate b ro Fire pt. Larry lbert. Travi Jay Holcomb, 17, a

, 67, w charged with burglary and ar n after inv tigator

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Bay, 'evils and Br kl t fire department , Colbert id.

While fire­fight rs battled the blaze, a --.....cL.:

deputy discov- Holcombered "ome property" in a nearby field. Then deputie noticed a b tander pthercd to watch the fire who' taking a great deal f inter-

in what they were doing," Ande nsaid

On of the d puti recog-nized the bystander

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r Holcomb, whom he knew, and 0began talking to him, h ·d "Deputi became uspi ·ous ... (and) e ntually ended up at (Holcomb' ) home where they

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recovered eral items of prop-erty apparently oleo from the church. Oothing with the meU of either kero ne or diesel fuel w also recovered from the r home."

The inVI tigati n turned r O\>I r to the tate fire marshal, N and evidenc.e led t Holcomb' !6'

N arrest and the ruling that the fire §

See FIRE, Page 3A

f ter lo of 114-year-old Emit Gro e Baptist Church, congregation finds hope for future

By KATHERINE KENNEDY • kkennedy@statesboroherald.net

In th arly h ur f Tu day, mb r 28, 200 , Emit B pti t hur h a d alt a hard bl - th ir

d 114-y r- ld building a ev r ly damag d by fir . mpl t l . All that r main d r burnt timb r that had nc

th hurch. harr d Bibl and dark­r und. Th ar a dir ctly b hind th

n tuary th t a u d fi r la r m and ffic r m in d upright but uffi r d ri u fir and m k dam-a . Th uildin mpl t l

Above: One corner of Emit Grove Baptist Church remains after an intense fire, ovember 29, 2006. The 11 S•year•

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Members of Emit Grove share thoughts on future

Go lo statesboroh raid.com and click on the video link.

Construction of b. Emit Grove Baptist urway

Go lo sto sboroherald.com and click on the video link.

See EMIT GROVE, Page 3C

Preparing a place

On Monday, April 30, 2007, when members of Emit Grove met to break ground on their new church, a 15-minute ceremony was held. As part of that ceremo­ny, the approximate location of the new pulpit was deter­mined and a hole was dug there.

Four items, each with spe­cial significance, were placed in this spot. The items were:

1. Mustard seedsPastor nm Huffingham

brought the mustard seeds from Israel in 2004. Huffingham said that the seeds represented their faith. Matthew 17:20 was read at that time.

2. A burned brick

The blackened brick was removed from the site of the destroyed church. It repre­sented all those that had attended Emit Grove in the past.

3. A pass�ge from aburned Bible recovered from the church

Charred pages that held 2 nmothy 4:24 which begins "Preach the word ... ".

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DEED OF CONVEYANCE

Deed of Conveyance from

William and John Deloach To

the Church of Christ at Deloachs Meeting house

Recorded July 5 day By William M Williams 1878 July 5 day 1878

Georgia Bulloch County } This indenture made this twenty Second of May Eighteen

Pag I f I

hundred and forty between William Deloatch and John Deloatch of the one part and the Church of Christ at Deloaches Meeting house of the other part -witnessth that the Said William and John Deloatch for the goodwill and affection which they do have towards Said Church do give and grant unto the Said Church four acres of Land. Round where the Said meeting house now Stands the same being a part a Six hundred acre Survey Originally granted to Robert W Colt to have and to hold the Said bequeathed premises unto the Said Church for there own peoples use benefit and behoof forever in fee simple and we the Said William and John Deloach will forever warant and defend the Right and title Of the above mentioned four acres of land unto the Said church against themselves there heirs executors and administers and against the lawful Claim or demand of all other persons whatever in witness whereof we the Said William and John Deloatch hath Hereunto set Our hands and Seals the day and year first written Signed Sealed in the presents of

} William Rowe LS.

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} John M. Martin J.P.}

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William Deloach } LS.

John Deloach } LS.

Transcribed & submitted by Jean Deloach Myrick Gober

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BULLOCH TI lES ay 2, 1940

DeLoach Church to Have Anniversary

on Thursday, ay 9, DeLoach's Church will celebrate its hundredth anniversary. 11 persons who are interested are invited, and are expected to bring baskets for dinner at the church, The exercises will be presided over by the pastor, Elder .R. ilkerson, and others will be expected to participate in the program, which will b brief.

DeLoach's church is located near the line of Bulloch and Evans counties, about •••••• miles from Claxton.

.arr R. Loach - Histori and G nealogy of the D Loach F Printed by the T ttn 11 Journal, rteldsviile,--a. J045J.---. ....... ...-

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This boo has excerpt o the Lo ch Churc inut

ove ber eetin , 1895 "After preachi , conference op ned, for r ception o b r .

Some of the mbers th t com osed e Loach's Church, stated they had desolved an wanted o e bac ith u . n otion they

ere r ceived in full fellowship. izs �rethre Sisters, David �e ley, .c.Jon • Juli A.Jones, i ey L.Hall, Zaraih Hall, Johnnie B nnett, Anni A. ennett."

ote, 'h bove m mbers, vid ntly were part of sev ral th t or ed a Loach Church, on the w st side of Lott' �r ek,

perh p est of th church established in y 1840. 'b inute ar v ue as to just when the e embers pulled out of

the church and establish d a new church. Howev r, it must ave been several ye rs, b cause a ce etery a used at the new church.

illiam oeLoac , bo 1792, died 1 62, and his wife Abigail ( utch) Lo c , bo n 1861 (sic), di d 1857, are buried ther . They w re among t e first to be buried at Loach's hurch. h re are t lea t thirty-nine rave in the ce tery, so the n w

church ppar ntly was in xis ence from l 57 to th y ar 1895. 11 h th church s lit th inut s re not cl ar. How v r, n s on th tombstones indic e that y er descendant of illi and Abigail ( utch) Lo ch. Grant and oth r infor ation indicat that illiam o ed 2000 er s o land on th we t ide of Lott'

r e . Hi b ot er, John oeLo ch, own d 8500 acres on the e t side of ott' re k. both n si ed t e deed for four (4) er s of land to DeLo ch's Church, a b i don ay 22, 1841, follo i

he organiz tion of the church on ay 9, 1840, d both bee or· in 1 e ber o the church. ( ote written by r. eLoach, ut or of the boo .)

Deloaches Church

July Meeting 1982 Saturday, July 10, 1982

After preaching, the conference was opened by the moderator.

1. Offering an opportunity for members to join thechurch.

2. Invitation to the visiting members of our samefaith to sit with us.

3. Minutes of the last conference read and adopted.

4. Call for excuses. None given.

5. Call for acknowledgement. None given.

6. The letter from Hope Church was read and aftersome discussion, the letter was rejected by a voteof 14-10. The present committee was released.Another committee was appointed to talk to BrotherHugh Oliver. New committee members: Brother LeonAnderson, Brother Gorden Anderson, Brother LelandHaygood.

7. No other business. Conference was closed in theusual manner.

Leland E. Haygood Church Clerk

P.S. The Church did not have Communion.

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IICILSIOR BAPTIST CHORD■

1 .hceleior Bapti•t Cbureb ,,.. orcutsed in 1864.

:J.I f'rlefS/Jl,J_ Ke �edy _, • 2 t • Th• oririMl. 1t.notm-. vaa a tvo-atery bl&lld1a1, aad tbe

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The earlieat Vl"ittu NOorda vhioh v• hf•• todq ue tbl church ainutea ff.$.

h begin vith J8.DQA1"7 7, 1893. a... R. J. v1111-,._

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• Jonee vaa th• church clerk. Rn. _Villi- • ..., .. t.m-oa,h aapat ot

R c rde ehov other early miniater. to be1

a. •• J. v. a.1th (Oct. 1895 - Jun• u,··1897)

Re•. O.Orge A. Blunt (Oot. 10, 1897 - Sept. 10, 1898)

Rn. T. J. Cobb (lien. 1898 - Oct. 12, �907)

Rn. J. V. VbNlw (PM. 8, 1908 - Oct. 1908)

Rn. J.B. Dbon (lcn. 1908 - Sept. 1911)

Rn. S. A. McDaniel floy. 12, 1911 - Oct. 1914)

Re'f. J. B. Blackwell (Dec. 12, 1914 - Oot. 9, 1915)

Re"f. J. G. Ounter (Bo•. lJ, 191S - J.an. 6, 1917)

Re"f. i. L. Villiauoa (March 7, 1917 - Mo•• 15,

Re'f. J. i. Taylor (Jan. 1920 - Oot. 9, 1921)

Re'f. H. ,. Jelka (No'f. 12, l 21 - Sept. 1923)

Rev. L.B. Jt17rter (Feb. 9, 1.24 - Mq -:n, 1927)

(Record• skip troa Mq 1927 to Jlo"f. 1929)

1919)

Rev. v. M. Kitohena, Sr. (lfo"f. 23, 1929 - Oct. 1937)

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�torgta Jlapti�t J,istorical &ocittp MERCER UNIVERSITY() MACON, GEORGIA ?

"GATHERING, PRESERVING, l!TILIZING, AND MAKING GEOllGIA BAPTIST HISTORY" 31207 I .._

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April 7, 1982

!'URA II.Ill Mra. Mary Onrby Mrrc•r Unaver■lty .. ac .. ,, GL

Mrs. Carol Peterson, Church Secretary First Baptist Church Statesboro Post Offic Box 1039 Statesboro, Ga. 30458

Dear Mrs. Peterson:

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�E�RF.TARY-TREASUII.ER Waldo P. Harrla Ill P.O. Box n6 Waahiftatcm, Ga.

We have checked our files here at the depository and the date of Excelsior Church still is not clear.

The church was first found in Baptist Union Association in 1878. Messengers : Geiger, W.L. and Brewton were present

at the meeting and asked for permission to join.

At this time the church had 44 members.

We found the church later in Miller ·Association and also in Bulloch County Association. Dates in all of the associations of which the church was a member give different constitution dates.

If you wish you may borrow the minutes of Baptist Union, Miller, Bulloch, and Ogeechee Associations to trace the history of Excelsior Church. These are in microfilm form and would have to be obtain through your regional or local library and used there.

Reverend Geiger organized the Excelsior High· School and it is my belief that they may have organized the church at the school and met there until the church building could be built. I suggest that you try the court house for more information related to tnis.

It would appear that the dates given 1874-1875,1884, among others would indicate that the church was probable organized about

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1875. The year 1884 was the year they joined the Miller Association and this may be the reason it was used.

You might also borrow the Christian Index for 1874,75,76 for some clue as to the date of the organization.

Sincerely yours,J"Pr �,,I-, � �t/l-Ma ry f;j'(Terby, Curjt=or.