Randolph County AlArchives Church Records.....History of Liberty (East) Baptist Association in Randolph County Copyright Date 2022
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In 1836 the Liberty East Baptist Association met in Chambers County Alabama. 
There were 12 churches in Chambers and Randolph Counties at the time. Jefferson 
Faulkner a young minster in Randolph County came to the area from Georgia. 
Jefferson Faulkner was the first pastor of the McDonald/Wedowee Baptist Church. 
In 1836 the Baptists built a church called High Pine Creek on the Wedowee road. 
Rev. B. Gross was the first pastor of that church. 

1837:

Rev. John Wood & James Spirlin presented a letter from High Pine
Church Randolph County. 

Uriah Humphries and John Childs presented a letter from State Line 
Baptist Church Heard County GA. 

High Pine Baptist Church was received.

1839:

Church:                   Delegates:
New Hope Baptist Church   Henry Ledbetter & Elbert Harris
High Pine Baptist Church                
Wedowee Baptist Church    Jefferson Faulkner & Jeremiah Stallings 

1840: 

Church:                       Delegates:                              Members: 
High Pine Baptist             Rev. John Wood & Wiley McClendon        34
New Hope Baptist              Henry Ledbetter & Elbert Harris         50
McDonald [Wedowee] Baptist    Jefferson Faulkner & J.W. Stallings     10
Ebeneezer [Now Clay] Baptist  Thomas Ashcraft & Barnett Kinard        12

1845:

Church: 
3rd District Randolph County:
Antioch Baptist
New Hope Baptist
Pinetucky Baptist [Now Cleburne] was admitted by letter
Wedowee Baptist
Ebeneezer Baptist [Now Clay]
High Pine Baptist
Spring Hill Baptist
Emuckfaw Baptist 

1846:

Church:
County Line Baptist [Now Clay] was received.

1847:

Church:
Liberty Baptist was received [Liberty, Louina Randolph County]
[Rev. I.S. Weaver was the pastor of this church in 1850]

Sep-1848:

Meeting held at New Hope Church Randolph County.

Church: 
Fellowship Baptist was received.

1850:

Church:
Pinetucky Baptist was dismissed. [Now Cleburne]

1851:

Church:
Big Springs Baptist Church was added to the body.

1852:

Meeting held at High Pine Baptist Randolph County: 

New Hope Baptist & Big Springs Baptist were dismissed. 

Pastors:

Antioch: 
Fellowship: Rev. Phillips
Ebeneezer: John Wood [Now Clay County]
New Hope:
High Pine: Benj Gross
County Line: [Now Clay County]
Wedowee: A.C.A. Simmons
Liberty: I.S. Weaver
Big Springs: 

1853:

Church:
Mt. Prospect Baptist was received. 

1854:

Church:

Antioch Baptist
Fellowship Baptist
Ebeneezer Baptist [Now Clay]
High Pine Baptist
County Line Baptist [Now Clay] 
Wedowee Baptist
Liberty Baptist
Mt. Prospect Baptist
Rechab Baptist, Talladega [Now Clay County?] 

1855:

Rechab Baptist Talladega [Now Clay], Mt. Prospect Baptist and County Line 
[Now Clay] Baptist of Randolph County, all three were dismissed by letter and 
entered the Carey Baptist Association.

Churches 2nd District:

Ebeneezer Baptist [Clay] 
High Pine Baptist
Liberty Baptist
Fellowship Baptist
Wedowee Baptist
Roanoke Baptist

1856:

Meeting held at Wedowee Baptist Church Randolph County.

Church:
Paran Baptist Church was received. 

1857:

Elder Cumbie was licensed by Fellowship church in Randolph County Ala, October 
3rd, 1857. He was ordained on October 30th, 1858 by Elders N.H. Mathews, Benj 
Gross and Gideon Leverett.

1859:

Sharon and Macedonia Baptist Churches were received. 

Church:                 Members:

High Pine Baptist       101
Liberty Baptist         37
Wedowee Baptist         42
Roanoke Baptist         43
Fellowship Baptist      136
Paran Baptist           29
Macedonia Baptist       23 
Sharon Baptist          29 

1868:

Wedowee Baptist Church was dismissed. 


1871:

The Following Churches were dismissed by letter to the Rock Mills Baptist 
Association: 

Tallapoosa Baptist
Union Baptist [Chambers]
Fellowship Baptist [Randolph]
Rocky Mount Baptist
Stateline Baptist [Heard County GA]
Sharon Baptist 
Paran Baptist [Randolph]
Pleasant Grove Baptist
Beulah Baptist [Tallapoosa]
High Pine Baptist [Randolph]
Macedonia Baptist [Randolph]
Eagle Creek Baptist [Tallapoosa]
All dismissed by letter.

By 1872 only two churches in Randolph County remained in the Liberty East 
Baptist Association.

1885 Delegates:
Liberty Baptist Randolph County: F.M. Handley & W.H. Stewart.
Roanoke Baptist: G.W. Hill, I.G. Hill, H.M. Mickle, David Manley and F.T. 
Manley.

1888: 

Church:               Pastor:           Clerk:

Liberty Baptist       A.S. Smith        J.D. Orr
Roanoke Baptist       J.P. Shaffer      H.D. Mickle


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