Clay County AlArchives Church Records.....The First 50 years of County Line Baptist Church Copyright Date 2022
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Township 21, Range 9, Section 18
Mellow Valley, Clay County, Alabama

In 1845 Rev. John Wood & Rev. Dreadzil E. Pace help organized County Line 
Baptist Church. Both minsters help organize many Baptist churches in Randolph 
and Talladega [later Clay] Counties. 

It is unknown who donated the land for the church and cemetery. Clark & James
Hamil, Thomas Nelson, John Rasco, Allen Long, James Wood and Asberry Young all 
patented land in the TS, Sect and Range from 1841 to 1860. 

In 1846 County Line Baptist was received to the Liberty (East) Baptist
Assocation with 29 members. 

In 1855 the County Line Baptist church was dismissed by letter to enter the 
formation of the Carey Baptist Assocation. County Line [formerly Randolph 
County], Mt. Prospect [Randolph County] Rechab [Sardis, formerly Talladega 
County] were all Charter members of the Carey Baptist Assocation. 

In 1861 County Line Baptist church hosted her first Carey Baptist Assocation 
meeting. Through the years County Line Baptist church would welcome the Carey 
Assocation again. 

Early Pastors:
 
James Forman
Wm Lacy
G.W. Joiner
Mansel Garrett
H.L. Harlan 
H.L. Hickey
W.M. Scarbrough
W.M. Worley
W.G. Gunn
W.H. Preston
M.A. Johnson
J.C. Motley

Early Church Clerks:
T.J. Strickland 
B.J. Autry
J.H. Robertson 
H.H. Baird 

Early Surnames of members:

Conner
Dawkins
Dean
Farguson 
Hamlin
Johnson
Leftwich
Lundie
McMath
Miller
Ogletree
Price 
Rasco 
Robertson 
Scott
Stephens
Strickland
Thompson
Walker
Wright
Young

May-1888 Clay County Watchman:
Several of our citizens went to County Line last Saturday, and all report a 
good, pleasant and profitable time. We were in the crowd and can truly say the 
trip was delightful. Never before have we seen a crowd as well fed as we saw 
there. Food for man and beast was in abundance and was free to all. We met a 
number of our subscribers whose names are familiar, but whose faces we knew not. 
Besides many other good things which we enjoyed; the trip added nineteen new 
subscribers to our list. We say three cheers for the hospitable, God-fearing 
people of Mellow Valley.

In 1895 County Baptist Church had 122 members. 





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