Clay County AlArchives Church Records.....Mt Ararat Baptist Church History Copyright Date 2022
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Township 21, Range 8, Section 32.
Bluff Springs, Clay County, Alabama.

Mt Ararat was established in 1841 from the records of the Coosa River Baptist 
Assocation which Mt Ararat was a member. In 1855 Mt. Ararat ask to be dismissed 
from the Coosa River Baptist Assocation. 

On Oct. 26, 1855, Carey Baptist Association was organized at Mt Ararat Baptist 
Church. It has been said the church was destroyed in a storm, while others say 
by a fire and the church disbanded. It has also been said the church was across 
the road from the cemetery. The writer cannot prove or disprove this. The church 
closed after 1875. The families kept using the cemetery, and the cemetery is 
still in use. Into the 1940's there were still cemetery cleanings organized by 
the family members. 

In 1837 Eli M. Driver & Joseph Bradford patented over 320 acres in this TS, 
Sect, and Range.  Eli M. Driver patented 1000's of acres in Alabama for resale 
it is doubtful he had any connection to the church, but this does not mean he 
did not sell land to the man who turned around and donated the land for the 
church and cemetery.

In 1839 Jesse Foreman patented land in the Township, Section and Range plus in 
the surrounding area. There is a J.W. Foreman, J. Foreman and James Foreman 
listed as a delegate for Mt. Ararat Baptist Church in the Coosa River Baptist 
Association minutes in the 1850's. 

Letter to the South Western Baptist Newspaper:
Aug. 4th, 1854. 
Dear Brethren, I had the pleasure of attending a very interesting, protracted 
meeting held last week at Mount Ararat Church, where we enjoyed "A refreshing 
season from the Lord" There were added to the Church nine by baptism and three 
by letter and we left fifteen or twenty anxiously inquiring the way to Zion.... 
William Ashcraft. 


Early surnames of members:
Ashcraft
Foreman
George
Gibson
Harbin [Harlan?] 
Hughes
Limbaugh
Pinkston
Smith
Street 
Toland 
Wood




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