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- MIDDLE GROUND BAPTIST
CHURCH
Middle Ground Baptist Church was
constituted July 24, 1827, by the following members; Rev. Moses
N. McCall, John R. Thompson, Samuel Newton, George W. Best, Ann
Newton, Rhoda Thompson and Alley Anderson. John R. Thompson was
the first Deacon and Samuel Newton was the first Clerk.
The Baptist Middle Association
was formed here May 28, 1841, with the following delegates present;
John R. Thompson from Middle Ground; John Edwards, and Joseph
C. Edwards from Cowpen Branch; John L. Southwell, Hardy Everitt,
Isaac Conner, John M. Lucas, Thomas Brewer and George Brewer
from Little Ogeechee; William Spiers, James Wilson, and Archibald
Guyton from New Providence; and George L. Jackson and David Stewart
from Newington. John L. Southwell was elected Moderator, and
Barnett Newton, Clerk.
124-22 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1958
© Carl Vinson Institute of Government,
University of Georgia
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