Tho firot wo know of Jackoon County, in connoction with

church hiatory, io told uo by Dr. Goorc;o B. ~ith, ill hiD

"Hiatory of Goorgia othodiam.," pago 113, Tho OCOllOO Dio­

tri ct, ovor whi ch Lovi ck P iorco prooid(!d, had ill it only v thr'3o appointmonto: Apala.ChOC3, Broad ivor, and OCOllOO; but

it otrotchod from tho Savarmo.h ivor to tho Ocmulgoo, a.nd from

tho northorn part of Jg.ckoon County to tho lO\'lar part of Put­

nam. n Th10 wo.o trua in 1812, but in 1818 a. nO w diotrict wo.o

paid out (000 pago 136) to bo known 0.0 tho Athon3 Diotrict. It , ­

conoi3tad of fivo c1rcuito: Broad 'ivor; Grovo; Apalacllco;

Alcovl; and Sparta. Tho Grovo Circtii t includcd all tho. t tori­

tory now includC3d in tho prooant countico of J1a.rt, Ildadioon,

Frnnklin, Jg ckoon, o.nd a part of Clarka. Do.vid Garrioon wa o' ito

pa.otor tha. t yaar. ~i th 0.100 informo uo, tha. t for tho yearo

1823 and 1824, (Dao pac;oo 1 7 and 163) WillJyWarwick waD paotor

of oa.id circuit, with Samuol :K. Hodt;o 0.0 tho ProDidinc; 'ildar

1824, but waD auccoodod by Thoma.o Samford in 1825.

I havQ givo1l.tha abovo data, 0.0 it mUDt ho.ve boan during

thcac yonrD th£l. t Dry Pond Mothodiot Churcll waD in tho pro COOD

of formation, Dinco tha firDt doodo to tho proporty, givon in

1827, wo.:3 for la.ndD alraady baing uDod a 0 a rcgular proll. chinc;

plo.co. a.nd whoro a. cnmpmoC3tirlC; waD baing hold oacll yoa.r. Tho

oarlioDt othodi at Church in Ja ckDon County, of whi cll WO 110. va

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any knowladge, 0. nd carta. inly firot in tha upper part, io Dry

Pond. But, 0.0 tho loc.."'l.l recordo have not bean praoarved 0.0

U1ey ohould we muot depand upon Confarance recorda for our

informa. tion.

Of the oavero.l deedo in the pOBoeooion of the church, the

oldeot wo.o dated June 20, 1827, nnd roo. 0 0.0 follows:

ilJune 20, 1 27 itneooath that Jooeph cCutchino, for, in

conoidero. tion of vo.riouo t;ood ca.uoeo hereinto mOVing hi1 , doth

volun'tarialy, of his own frCJe will mmd good pleaoure, givo,

£ro.nt, bequeQ. th, confirm, and convey unto Jamao Ha.mpton, /lbrar.

N. Clardy, Gidaon Sho ckley, J ooeph Hampton, a nd Hobert B. Ha.mp­

ton, truoteeo, and their !3ucceoooro, all the eota.te, right

ti tIe, interC3ot, property -cla. im. and demand whn tooovar, e i thor

in law or /~ oquity which hel tho Joooph McCutchino, ha.th into

or upon a.ll o.nd oirlt,-ula.r, a. cortain lot or piace of land oitu­

a. ted, lying, o.nd bo ir16 in the county of, a.nd ota. ta o.fora Go. ide

Qmeteo and boundo givan) 00 0.0 to includatha eeting Houoo

ca.l1ad IopaVlal1, o.nd 0.0 it io oOllatimao c..'1.11ed ry Pond, o.nd

to includo 0.1'1 ancampment now laid out for the purpooo of a

ca.mpmeotirl£ at tho above na.mad meoting houoa, or all that part

of oa.id anoompment that may lia on oo.:id cCuthhino land. hie11

l..'1.nd 'lao gro.ntad to Wagnon on tha wa taro of the Oconaa, con­

tainine; thrae (lcrao, mora or laoo, toc;ether with all and oine;­

ulo.r, tha houoeo, woodo, watarwayo, privolee;eo, and appurten­

aneoo, to have o.nd to hold, to the amao Hampton, Abram,Clo.rdy,

Gidaon Shoeklay, Jooeph Hampton, and' obert Hampton and their

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DucceODora forevar in truDt, for the benefit of the ethodiot

Ep i Geopo.l Church o.nd the purpo DC G mentioned in the di Gcipline

of G...'l id church. Signad- JOGeph .I.t. eCutchina.

itneaa Smi th Cro.ndel Chll.rleD cKinney ThoD. Niblnek, J.P.

Thare io nnothar deed from Benjamin 1Jcoggina, Jr. to

Gidoon ..Jhockley, . obert Hampton, A. N. Cl.a.rdy, Ja.me G Ha.mpton,

and JODcph Hampton, truateeo, ry Pond 1. E. Church, for and,

in conoidera. tior! of one ~olletr, 0. certain tro. ct of land nao.r

a moetinghouGa ca.llad Dry Pond, to all tho encampment tho. t rrny

be la id aut, wi th tho priviloge and fraa uoo of 0.11 tho opringo

and wo.Taro noar 00. id enoa.mpmant. (motao and boundo givan in

tho deed) dignod, Ber 'amin dcoggino

WitnauD, Smi th cra.ndol, J • cCutell i no, J. P.

Tharc io oti11 another, undar do. to of Fob. 28, 1 37, from

Geo. F. Adamo, 8horiff, of J"a ckoon County, to JameD Hampton,

JartleD lIurgrovo, Jamoo l. cClookyJ a.nd Aaron .JoVlel, tru13tao D

of Dry Pond encampment and the Methodiot EpiocopU l,;hurch, for

tho own of one hund.rod o.nd forty dollarD, doth Dell and convey

94 0. cro 0 of land. {mateD a.nd boundo givenO

Signed- G. F. Adamo, (L.S)

Witnooo: D. M. Burna, John G. Pittman, J.p.e.

Noto.tion on back of doed gives-the nartla of Gidaon Shocklay,

.ramao } ode;a, and Barriman :3. Co.mp aD ddi tior 1 truotaao to

maka tha oavan truotaao. oie;nad- carpal l~iford.

Nov. 12th. 1

Tha firot church bui1'dine; no of logo, built at a. houoa

r, ioing. Tha logo wara notchad to fit. Both aidao of the loe;a

wara ~ hawn 'f1o. t after tha 10e; had boon plri cad in po oi tiona

Tha building facad oouth towa.rd tlla og ountain road. Tharc

wao ona door in tha and facine; tho rond o.nd He n the oida.

A fo'l banchao wara pla. cad in tha ro r on both sidao Clna

railad off for nec:;roao to occupy. And thora wao no mixad au i ­

anca n110wad O,mone; tha whi tao. ha men oi t on ona i a of tho

church and tha wo an on tha othar.

A raachar vioi tad the church avary t mnty-eie;ht d...'1.yo

and moot of tha tima thio appointmant fallon a waek y. he

preLl. cher roda horsaba ek Vii tIl Go. d1abac;o to carry hio booko.

w iell conoiota of 0. Bib1a, II Jymn boo, and 0. lituo.1.

e have ota tad tho. t "tlla land for 0. cmllpc;round 1m 0.1­

raady been c:;ro.nted. Thio oita 1ieo acrooo tha road to the

front of t 1a pr oant church buildinc:;. he tand VinO built i"l

the form of an opan court, under oof.

Lo.rc;a hewn loe;o wara otood up on and to f r [1 columns or

oupporto and plo. tao pla cad aero 00 tha tope which 'i arc orti ee

a.n paC:;6a to the e lwnno t h d tllam oacura1y. Than joioto

and traooeo wara placod on thorn to oupport tha roof.

i11ia.m Fa trick (kno n a 0 ' ill') rivad the boardo for ....

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thio a.rbor roof. Ha i13 probably tha anoaotor of the Patriok fam­

ily of our county. Thio arbor wao ourroundad on threa Bideo by

tanto to ba oooupiad by the paoplo durine; tho oaooiona of tho

campmoetini;, which woro held beforo and followint the fourth oun­

day in Sopt<mlbor.

Tha prcmchGra had thair oloGping qua.rtGro in tho ohurch

builaint. Tho trounda wora lit;htea by pine knota which wero burn­

ad in 0.11 Go.rth-fillGd box oupportod by four pooto, and caudleo

WGrG pla ood in candlootando undor tho arbor.

TI10 OGrviooo waro announood by tho Bound of a bugla. Thoro

WQ.O a firot oi -ual to SGt r()Q.dy, followad by a oGoond te,n min­

utoo latar. At Ulio call avery ona camG up promptly. David Gill­

Gland livad 011 tha ohuroh· farm prior to and durlr1£ thG Civil War.

All tha rant axa oted of him wo. 0 to fGod tha praa. charo t horoao

during oompmGotir16. JiG oonotruotod a otoc_pan bolow tha oprint;

a.ncl furniahod it with lorlf; trou6ha whGra tho horo()G oat.

Dlirins tho moatirl£ tho proaohirJ4; oarviceG wora undor tho

guidanoo and diraotion of tha PrGoidiIlg Eldor. Amorl£ the local

prell, ohero of thio pioneer ohurch woro Honry Kork, Sr•• Bucky

Rutharford, Jaokoon OlivGr, and Tom and Sam Pa.rrio, Who wore bro­

thoro. HOllry ark, or. t wa.o aD a.noaotor of A. Bentley ark who

for a numbor of YGaro WQa a. local preaohar in Dry Pond church

boforo j oinin6 thG Conforcnoo, and aloo, of Ho.rria ork Who waa

a. otawa.rd of tho ohurch in 1927. f

AnothGr pionoer proo oher who oorved thio ohurch wa D Do. vid

---Ga.rriGon. lia waG conrlactad with thiG work in tha l.o. ter yaara of

hiD miniotry. Ha cHed and we. 0 buriad at )Lt. Bathal ohuroh ao. at

of Homar, Ga. •• HiD daoandanta ara atill a.ctiva in churoh work

hara. At ona tima Willia.m M. Parko wa.o Praoiding Elder in Chll.rga.

Ha wa.o ona of tha atalwo.rto of Gaort;ia. athodil3lll.

Tha ota.nd and t.auta wara torn down a.nd oold aftar tha Civil

War, tha l.o.ot ca.mpmaoting baing hald in li63. Somo of tha lum­

bar waa uoad in mnkil'l£ furnitura by F. P. Hanry, D. W. GarriGon,

and William Eo. chalor, ca.binat makaro, Soma of thia furni turu i&

otill in uoa today and in parfoct condition.

ThG paraono.ga (tha old W. W. Ha.noock lloma) waD occupied at­

tar thio, by av. Nooby. who incurrad a dabt, part of whi.,h wo.o

for ramodaling tha paroor~ta. It waa dacidGd by ~la truotaao,

.lijah Durham, rion DunDon, and Anoal Wilaon, to oall tha farm

to pay offthio indabtadllaDo. It wa.D bought by H. C. Ba.rnatt who

livad on thG farm Davera.l yaara.

A ochool waG otartad in tha church buildint;. but aftar two

yaaro r. Ba.rnatt dona tad a lot for tha araction of a achoolbuild­

ing, Which lot ia includad in tha praoGnt Dchoolgroundo. a might

furthar ota. ta that hia grnndaon oy Allan Ba.rnatt wao principa.l

of thia ochool for tho oohoolyaa.r 1928-2'(. Eiva yaara a.ftar tha

Confararata Doldiara raturnad homa from war, it WaD dacidad to

arGot a naw church building. Thora baing aQvaral 1000.1 ca.rpontara

in thQ community tha building ~p by tha 6iving of tima and A

la.bor. John R. Parkar, praachar in chargo, j oinad haa.rtily in tho

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work. He made and painted the pulpit at hiD homo in Jeffaroon.

Parker oarved the Jofferoon ohnrga, of whioh Dry Pond waO a

part, for tho yea.ro 1872-1873-1874, ."i th Geo. W. Ynrbrough ~ G

Bi'ODi:di~lg:..> lder, for at lenat a part of tl1Q. t time. He wno fol­

lowed immedia. tely by utherford, Curtia, a,rid La.mpkin, who were

probably local proaohero, no thoir nameo do not appear in tho

minu teo a 0 memboro of tho oonferonoo.

By 1884 0. new 011Q. rge lind bee 11 f 0 rmad known a G lIa nno ny

Grove (now Commeroe) whioh included ry Pond. Tl1Q. t year John

R. Parker 'Wt1.0 ito paotor. and hio oocond time ao pa.otor of Dry

Pond ohuroh. The ol1Q.rge wtlO in the Atheno Diotriot. E. G. ur­

rah wao paotor in 188 • I am not oertain who waG paotor in

1886. J. B. Allen wtl 0 po. ator in 1887: and J. S. Embry in 1888.

~n 1889 Geo. W. Duvall wo.o pa.Gtor, with II. II. Parko a.o Preoid­

ing lder. Tllo ··ollO.rgo waG thon plaood in tho Elberton Diotriot

with J. F. ixon no Brooidirl£ ldor, o.nd Gao. • Duvnll po.Dtor.

Tl1Q. t fall tho Ma.yovillo Circuit WaG formed "i th Dry Pond LiD et f

pdtrt, -:O.nd wa.o 0.100 in tho Elberton Diotriot. In 1891 W,D•• Bond

waG pa.otor with J. F. ixon otill on tho DiGtrict.

From tho. t time on tho ollO.rge remained pretty muoll the GQIDe

with po.otoro o.nd ProDiding lderD 0.0 liDted below:

Po.Dtoro. ----yea.r--- Prooidin Eldora.

w. • Bro.rul£I.m, Jr. ----1892---­ J. F. ixon C. A. Co no.?lO.y , ';--1893~-- ­ J. F. ixon Ford cReo ----1894---- J. 1. Lowry Ford 0 eo ----1895---- J. . Lowry

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Pa.Gtoro - - - -Jea r - - - - Praoidir1£ lder.

W. T. Hornby ----1896---- J. H. Kil1£ ~. T. Hamby ----li9?---- J. ~. KinE,

J. Spack ----1898---- .I. :to ine; F. • )/[cCleokey ----1899---- .I. Cofer•J. R. Troutman ----1900---- J. Cofer•

~ ·H. F. Branham ....' , 1901---- L. Underwood .I. D, Turner ----1902---- .I. W. Q,uillinn A. Echola "l';'~--1903---- J. W• uillian•

ThiG yea.r it wao dacided to build Q. now church, 00 at 0.

uarterly Conferonca hold Jan. 22, 190:3, tha following Building

Committea wa.G appointod: • W. Garl'ioon, L. B. Prickatt, W.

Hancock, Henry Mark" and • R. Wiloon. Tho oolici ta. tiol.! of oub-

Dcriptiono wa.o bogun at onco, llnd in 1904 a contro.ct wa.a lot

to Hov. T. A. Jonao, of GainaGvilla, Ga.., contractor. Tho build­

ing Wa.D aoon complatad and tha firot ocrvica in tho new church,

waa hold Sapt. 21, 19~4, With nov. A. D. Echola, in cll.£l.rge. Scrip­

turo rea.ding; John :3 ; 1-21, a.nd tha toxt uoad, John :3 : 16.

'Ihia DarVico wa.o hold on WodnoDda.y, the day followir.l£ tho complot­

ion of tho building, at tho requoDt of tho conatructor. It waa

dodica. ted in 1910. on tha fourth i.:)unda.y in Juno.

Fol10winc; tho oroctian of tho now bui1din6, tho fallowinc

paatorD a.nd Pro aiding Eldora ha.vo Dorvod, a.a fol10WD.

Paatora. --- YOQ~---- Prooidine; ldol'

J. T. Lowa ----1905---- J. w. Q,uillia.n W. W. Brinafiold ----1906---- J. II. -, oYlbu'td W. W. Brinofio1d ----190?---- J. H. -ohba~H

rJ. D. Turnor ----1908---- J. H. Q.ohbul'n J. D. Tul'nol' ~ - - -19 09 - - - - J. H. aohbul'n J. D. Turnor ----1910---- Flotcllor Wa.lton

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Paotora ----yoar---- Prooiding Eld<3r

H. d. Smith ----1911---- Flotchor Walton c'H. o. smith ----1912---- T. J. Chriotian o. SmithH. c' ----1913---- T. J. Chriatian

H. S. Smith ----1914---- T. J. Chriotian A. B. Sa.nd<3ro ----1915·--- T. J. Chriotian J. S. L. Sappington ----1916---- Guo. F. Vonnbl0 J. S. L. Sapp ington t---1917---- Guo. F. Vonabl<3 G<3o. L. ICing ----1918---- Guo. F. Vonnbl0 Goo. L. King ----1919---- Guo. F. Vorlll.b10 G<3o. L. :Kine:; ----1920---- w. L. Piorco G<3o. L. King ----1921---- w. IJ. P i<3rco L. P. Huckaby ----1922---- w. L. Pillrco A. A. Tilly ----1923----W. L. PioJ:co':' :H..cG. Smith

c~A. o. Hutchiaon ----~924---- H. s. Smith W. A. Woodruff ----1925---- H. ~. Smith

c'W. A. Woodruff ----1926---- H. o. Smith C. B. Dmk<3 ----1927---- H. L. Edmundoon C. B. Dra.kll ----1928---- II. L. "idmundoon o. J. Withrow ----1928---- H. L. Edmundoon o. J. Withrow -- --19 29 - --- II. JJ. Edmundoon J. o. Burn<3tt --.--~930---- J. w. VOQ. tch

At th<3 Annual Conforonc<3 of 1931 tho chargo waD tak<3rl from tho l.Iilborton Diotrict and pla.cod in tho Ga.inoovill<3 Dio­trict

JOGOO Warwick ----1931---- H. c. Rmory J<3oaG Wct.rwi ck ----1932---- B. H. Smith w. L. Bra. clano.n ----19~3---- B. H. Smith w. L. Bra clano.n ----1934---- J. F. Yarbrough Goo. P. Gary ----1930---- J. F. Yarbrough John L. Hall ----1936---- J. F. Y'arbrouc..i1 John L. Hall ----1937---- J. F. Yarbrough

Thio 10 th<3 la. ot timo tho tom Pro01dir16 "ildor 10 uood Heranftor it 10 Diotrict Suporintondant.

John L. Hall ----1938---- ClaudG Hondrick John L. Hall ----1939---- Claudo Hondrick John L. lInll ----1940---- Clauda Hendrick CharloG T; Gra.y ----1941---- Claudo Hondr1ck ~1Arloo T. Gray ----1942---- ~. Footar Your~

Tho proa chor a.ppo intod pa.otor for 1944 wn 0 una. ccopta. bl0 to tho poopl0 and did not OQrvo. Proa chorD fillod tho pulpit by invi ta. tion. Tho ono iIlVi ted mo ot oftcUl and who firlll.l1y bo­ga.n to bo 100kod upor~ ao paotor wa.o Truman ThoIllO.a, al 10001 proct. char of Jofforoon G(J..,/t

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----Yaa.r--- .. Diatrict Supt.

H. • Landrum ----1945---- J. Footar Young 111inm MI. Holt ----1946---- J. Foatar Young

It WQ.a votod to hold tha Annua.1 Confaranca in tha aumlnal' arid all appointmonto mada 0. t tho Confaranco of 1946 wao to run froIn Nov. 1946 to July 1947. William • lIo1t wna raapponitad to tho charc;a for what i D known aa tha ahort yaar anding j-u1y 1947. McLowary Elrod: waa DiDtrict Supt.

Ban Blackburn ----1947-1948---- McLowray Elrod Gao. T. Shall ----1948-1949---- cLowray Jarod Gao. T. Shall ----1949-1950---- A. B. llizar Vi ctor Hugh cKaa ----1950-1951---- A. B. E1iiar

Nota: John • Parkar waD tho only praacher to aarva tha

church in two diffarant paatora taD, though he did not aerva tho

DOllla clmrc;e tWice. Hora.ca S. l.:lDl.i th Dervar tha cllurch and charco

four yaarD and 10. tar cama ba ck a. D PraD1dinc 1der for four yaarD.

ov. John L. Hall aorvatAtho 10nso at paatora ta on tha charsa: fi VO

yea.ra.

oomo of tho fa i thfu1 aambaro who 1m a aarvad a. a Church • c'School Supt. aro J. ett th, Brant1ay ark. R. ii.. Wilaon, • u • •

ca.rtar, A. lIe Prickatt, G. • Griffath J D. L. Harman, J4ro. Dora.

Munn, Laotar Lags, Mra. B. B. Lan£ford, and Horaca Haa.d.

For many yaara rae L. B. Prickatt waa orcaniat for tha

cllurch, a.nd ra. Clauda Haad, Mr&::a Ea.rnaat B10. ckwa11, and 1 Da

Adela Haad have aarvad 0.13 pia.n1ata.

01noe tha orca.n1za. tion of tha oma.n' 0 i Doionary So ciaty,

now tho Woma.n'a 60ciaty of Chriatia.n Servica, rD. Wi1lio Munn,

14ro. d£O,r HaWking. Mra. J. C. Head, and rae Laatar Legs ha.va

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all oorvad aa prooidenta.

Two mamporo of tho North Goor[ia. Confarence"H. F. Elrod

a.nd Alvin Lo.r16ford, wont out from thi a church.

No ono ca.n aotima. ta tho powar for good tIm t hlla radio. tad

from thia church. Tho la ta W. A. Ga.rtor, ono of our boat mam­

bora. WZla conotantly aaying tha.t tho location of tha church in

thio communi ty llnd 0 conoo, romovod into our midot in 1852, dl'vve

bo.rrooma, with their a. ttondant avila, from our midot.

Thi!3 community ia notad for ito noighborlinooo and 00 cia. 1

t.~oodwill. llnd ha.o boan chara.ctarizod by o.n oduca. tional workor

in Jakaon County, 0.0 OflCJ big fo.mily ma.nifootod by tho opirit of

co -opora tion in 0.11 thoy Ul,\dertllka.

Com ilad by roo Hora,oo H. Hao.d and Hav. G. T. Shall

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