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County: Jones
City: Near Gray
Location: Burial site of James M. Gray in Clinton Cemetery
Date: Grave marker dedicated in 1953 (Viewpoints: Georgia Baptist History 6 [1978]: 84)
Subject: James M. Gray, who established Gray Fund at Mercer University
Text:
Source: Committee on Baptist History, Georgia Baptist Convention
County: Richmond
City: Augusta
Location: Metal plaque attached to second (1902) building of First Baptist Church, located at the corner of Greene and Eighth (also called Jackson) streets; moved in 1984 to new monument
Date: Dedicated May 6, 1945
Subject: Organization of Southern Baptist Convention
Text:
[view of]
1845 [church building] 1945
ON THIS SITE MAY 8, 1845
THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
WAS ORGANIZED
BY 327 DELEGATES FROM THE STATES OF
MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, NORTH CAROLINA, SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA,
ALABAMA, LOUISIANA, KENTUCKY AND DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
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THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS WERE ELECTED:
REV. WM. B. JOHNSON - EDGEFIELD, S.C. PRESIDENT
WILSON LUMPKIN, GA. J. B. TAYLOR, VA.
VICE PRESIDENTS
JESSE HARTWELL, ALA. JAMES C. CRANE, VA.
SECRETARIES
THE REV. W. T. BRANTLEY, JR. WAS PASTOR OF THIS CHURCH.
Source: Southern Baptist Convention
Additional Information: Viewpoints: Georgia Baptist History 15 (1996): 5-27
County: Richmond
City: Augusta
Location: At the corner of Greene and Eighth (also called Jackson) streets, marking the first site of the First Baptist Church, Augusta
Date: Two-sided marble monument dedicated November 14, 1984; dedicatory address by Lynn E. May, Jr. (text of address in Viewpoints: Georgia Baptist History 10 [1986]: 5-6
Subjects: Organization of Southern Baptist Convention; First Baptist Church, Augusta
Texts:
[Front of marker]
]
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION
ORGANIZED AT THIS SITE, MAY 8-12, 1845, THE
SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION BEGAN WITH 4,126
AFFILIATED CHURCHES WHICH REPORTED 351,951
MEMBERS. BY 1963 THE CONVENTION HAD EXPANDED
INTO ALL 50 STATES, THE LARGEST NON-CATHOLIC
DENOMINATION IN THE UNITED STATES. THE
CONVENTION’S 36,531 AFFILIATED CHURCHES IN 1983
REPORTED 14,185,454 MEMBERS, 394,606 BAPTISMS,
7,815,443 ENROLLED IN SUNDAY SCHOOL,
$3,165,237,965 TOTAL GIFTS, INCLUDING
$529,283,289 TO MISSIONS. BEGINNING WITH TWO
MISSION BOARDS (HOME AND FOREIGN), THE
CONVENTION NOW CONDUCTS ITS WORLDWIDE
MINISTRY OF MISSONS [sic], EDUCATION, EVANGELISM,
AND SERVICE THROUGH 20 NATIONAL AGENCIES.
ERECTED IN 1984 BY
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SBC
HISTORICAL COMMISSION, SBC
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, AUGUSTA
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[Back of marker]
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
BEGUN MARCH 25, 1817, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF
JESSE GREEN AS “THE BAPTIST PRAYING SOCIETY OF
AUGUSTA,” CONSTITUTED MAY 1817 AT RICHMOND COUNTY
COURTHOUSE. WM. T. BRANTLY, SR., WAS FIRST PASTOR
HOLDING FIRST SERVICES IN CHAPEL OF RICHMOND
ACADEMY WHICH HE HEADED. LOT PURCHASED
CORNER OF GREEN [sic] AND JACKSON STREETS; FIRST
BUILDING DEDICATED MAY 6, 1821; REMODELED 1847,
AND RAZED IN 1899 FOR NEW BUILDING ON SAME
SITE, 1902. CONGREGATION MOVED TO WALTON WAY
AT JACKSON RD.; NEW BUILDING DEDICATED 1983.
THE TABLET ABOVE WAS ATTACHED TO THE 1902
BUILDING. [Refers to metal plaque dedicated in 1945.]
Sources: Executive Committee, Southern Baptist Convention; Historical Commission, Southern Baptist Convention; First Baptist Church, Augusta
Additional Information: Viewpoints: Georgia Baptist History 15 (1996): 5-27
County: Thomas
City: Ochlochnee
Location: In front of Ochlochnee Baptist Church
Date: Metal plaque dedicated August 10, 1986
Subject: Ministry of Searcy S. Garrison
Text:
SEARCY SLATON GARRISON
BORN NOVEMBER 28, 1912, COLLIDGE, THOMAS COUNTY, GEORGIA, SON OF J. GORHAM AND VESSIE SMITH GARRISON. MARRIED ANTOINETTE JACKSON, 1937, TO WHOSE UNION THREE SONS WERE BORN, SEARCY, JR., WARREN BAKER, AND ROBERT GORHAM. PROFESSED FAITH IN CHRIST AND BAPTIZED INTO THE FELLOWSHIP OF OCHLOCHNEE BAPTIST CHURCH, 1921; ORDAINED TO THE MINISTRY IN THIS CHURCH, SEPTEMBER 15, 1933; EDUCATED IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THOMAS COUNTY; GRADUATED OCHLOCHNEE HIGH SCHOOL, 1929; MERCER UNIVERSITY (A.B., 1934, D.D., 1947), ATLANTA LAW SCHOOL (L.L.D.). FURTHER STUDY AT SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AND CANDLER SCHOOL OF RELIGION, EMORY UNIVERSITY.
SERVED FOR TWENTY-ONE YEARS AS PASTOR OF BAPTIST CHURCHES IN GEORGIA, INCLUDING BARNETT’S CREEK AND METCALFE IN THOMAS COUNTY ASSOCIATION; NEW HOPE, COLOMOKIE, AND ARLINGTON FIRST IN BETHEL ASSOCIATION; NORMAN PARK, COLQUITT COUNTY ASSOCIATION; BARNESVILLE FIRST, CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION; AND BULL STREET CHURCH, SAVANNAH, 1943-1954; PROFESSOR OF BIBLE AT NORMAN COLLEGE, 1937-1941; EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-TREASURER OF THE GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION, 1955-1980, IN WHICH POSITION HE PROMOTED ALL BAPTIST CAUSES AND THEIR SUPPORT THROUGH THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM; DIRECTED THE STATE MISSIONS PROGRAM; PROVIDED LEADERSHIP IN THE ESTABLISHMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND ENDOWMENT PROGRAM OF THE GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION, BAPTIST VILLAGE, WAYCROSS, GEORGIA BAPTIST HOMES, ATLANTA, GEORGIA BAPTIST ASSEMBLY, TOCCOA, NORMAN BAPTIST ASSEMBLY, NORMAN PARK, BAPTIST STUDENT CENTERS ON NINE STATE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES OF GEORGIA, CONSTRUCTION OF THE GEORGIA BAPTIST CENTER IN ATLANTA; ADMINISTRATOR OF GEORGIA BAPTIST HOMES, INC., 1981- .
DENOMINATIONAL SERVICE AS PRESIDENT, GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION, 1952-1953; TRUSTEE, MERCER UNIVERSITY; MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, CHRISTIAN INDEX; SECRETARY, GEORGIA BAPTIST HOSPITAL COMMISSION, 1955-1980; FOUNDING TRUSTEE, TRUETT-McCONNELL COLLEGE; MEMBER OF FOREIGN MISSION BOARD, SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION; PREACHED IN SIMULTANEOUS REVIVALS IN TAIWAN; MEMBER, BOARD OF DIRECTORS, HOME MISSION BOARD, SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION; TRUSTEE, SOUTHERN BAPTIST FOUNDATION; MEMBER, SOUTHERN BAPTIST EDUCATION COMMISSION; MEMBER, BOARD OF MANAGERS, LORD’S DAY ALLIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE HISTORY COMMITTEE OF THE GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION AND THE OCHLOCHNEE BAPTIST CHURCH RECOGNIZE DR. GARRISON’S DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AS A SERVANT OF OUR LORD AND OF THE PEOPLE OF GOD.
Source: Committee on Baptist History, Georgia Baptist Convention
County: Ware
City: Waycross
Location: In front of Central Baptist Church, Ava Street, Waycross
Date: Metal plaque dedicated in 1979
Subject: Piedmont Institute (1909-1928)
Text:
ON THIS SITE STOOD
BUNN BELL
INSTITUTE
1909-1914
LATER
PIEDMONT
INSTITUTE
1914-1928
A BAPTIST SCHOOL
DEDICATED TO THE ADVANCEMENT
OF THE ACADEMIC CULTURAL AND
SPIRITUAL EDUCATION OF ITS
STUDENTS
THIS MEMORIAL PLAQUE ERECTED IN 1979
BY THE PIEDMONT ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
IN APPRECIATION
Source: Piedmont Alumni Association; Committee on Baptist History, Georgia Baptist Convention
County: Wilkes
City: Washington
Location: Mercer Memorial Park, at intersection of Lexington Road and Georgia Highway 44
Date: Marker dedicated November 2, 1989
Subject: Two Hundredth Anniversary of Jesse Mercer's ordination to the Gospel Ministry
Text:
JESSE MERCER
Born December 16, 1769, Halifax Co., N.C. First child of Silas and Dorcas Mercer. Family settled in Georgia where his father began number of early churches in Wilkes County. Baptized by father, July 8, 1787. Married Sabrina Chivers January 31, 1788. Ordained to ministry November 7, 1789, at Phillips Mill Church. Served the following Baptist churches prior to Washington pastorate: Sardis, 1788-1817; Indian Creek, 1793-1796; Phillips Mill, 1796-1835; Bethesda, 1796-1827; Powelton, 1797-1825; and Eatonton, 1820-1826. Wrote section on religious liberty, Georgia constitution, 1798. Clerk, Georgia Baptist Association, 1795-1816; moderator, 1816-1839. Promoted organization of Georgia Baptist Convention, 1822, and served as president, 1822-1840. President, executive committee, Triennial Convention, 1830-1841. Promoted establishing Southern Baptist College in Washington, Georgia, but abandoned idea when Mercer Institute became Mercer University in 1838. Influence was strongly felt in establishing this institution, to which he gave liberally. :Promoted mission work in Texas which led to early work in Washington, Texas. He was pastor, Baptist statesman, mission advocate, political adviser, educator, author, editor, peacemaker, philanthropist, friend of black people, and temperance leader.
Source: Georgia Baptist Historical Commission
County: Lowndes, Alabama
City: Hayneville
Location: Near entrance of city cemetery
Date: Bronze plaque on white marble stone dedicated May 3, 1957
Subject: Burial site of John Leadley Dagg (unmarked grave; precise location unknown)
Text:
JOHN LEADLEY DAGG
Born Middleburg, Loudoun County, Virginia, February 13, 1794.
Died Hayneville, Lowndes County, Alabama, June 11, 1884.
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Minister, Scholar, Teacher, College President, Writer,
One of the ablest and wisest theologians of his day,
Author of Manual of Theology, Evidences of Christianity, et cetera,
Outstanding advocate of missions, temperance and benev-
olence in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Alabama, and
Georgia.
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Distinguished by:
The brilliance of his intellect,
The wealth of his knowledge,
The sublimity of his faith,
The serenity of his spirit,
The purity of his life.
Source: Committee on Baptist History, Georgia Baptist Convention
Additional Information: Viewpoints: Georgia Baptist History 1 (1968): 68-86
County: District of Columbia
City: Washington
Location: 999 E Street, NW
Date: Bronze plaque dedicated May 8, 1996
Subject: Founding of The Christian Index, February 2, 1822
Text:
The Christian Index
America’s oldest existing religious newspaper was
first published on this city block at 925 E Street on
February 2, 1822. Founded by the legendary Baptist
leader Luther Rice, the paper was originally known as
The Columbian Star and utilized to promote Baptist
missions and Columbian College (now George Washington
University), which was founded as a Baptist school by
Rice in 1821. The name of the paper was changed to
The Christian Index before being bought by Jesse Mercer
and moved to Georgia in 1833. The Index is now owned
and operated by the Georgia Baptist Convention and
has been published in Atlanta since 1866.
(Erected by the Georgia Baptist Historical Commission in the
Index’s 175th year of publication, 1996.)
Source: Georgia Baptist Historical Commission
Country: Liberia
District: Tewor
Date: Plaque dedicated July 16, 1986
Subject: Dedication of new bridge
Text:
LOCASHA
[Outline maps of Liberia and Georgia]
THIS BRIDGE, CONSTRUCTED BY THE
LIBERIAN BAPTIST/GEORGIA BAPTIST
PARTNERSHIP PROJECT AND THE
PEOPLE OF TEWOR DISTRICT,
WAS DEDICATED TO THE GLORY OF GOD
ON THE 16TH DAY OF JULY, 1986
[Seal of Georgia Baptist Convention]
Sources: Liberian Baptist Convention; Georgia Baptist Convention