Randolph County AlArchives Church Records.....The Early Years of Concord Primitive Baptist Church Copyright Date 2023
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Township 22, Range 11, Section 4 
Wadley, Randolph County, Alabama

On November 2, 1837, in Chamber County Alabama Concord
Primitive Baptist church was constituted by the Brothern J. Moses Duke, 
John Gunn, Frederick Swint and Mr. Blackstone. The church was later moved 
just over the county line in Randolph County. 

The Charter members were:
Elizabeth Crowley 
George Crowley
Asa Edwards
Elizabeth Edwards
Hulday House
Benjamin Otwell
Louisa Otwell

History of Randolph County by E.E. Smith:
January 1, 1850, forty acres of land was entered by Wyatt Heflin, Peter 
Mitchell, Harrington Phillips, F.A. McMurray, and John Chewning, and was 
designated by them for church and school purposes. On this tract of land a 
church called Concord was built. J. Day Barrow, Editor of the Louina Eagle 
and later Secretary of the State of Alabama did the building. 
 
In 1870 the church had 35 members. In 1890 the church had only 19 members. 

Early Pastors:

John M. Duke
J.C. Jackson
J.H. Shirley
W.R. Avery
J.W.H. Cliett
D.M. Jenkins
T.J. Parrish
C.W. Welch 

Early Church Clerks:
W.A. Welch 

Concord Church was a member of the Beulah Baptist Assocation for many years. 

A tabernacle was built at or near Concord Primitive Baptist Church. 
It was on the road from Wadley to Roanoke. It brought up thoughts of pioneer 
days when the countryside rang with old time hymns, shouts of the saved and 
thundering tones from the pulpit.

Roanoke Leader Oct 31, 1900:
Mr. M. H. Seymour was one of our pleasant callers yesterday. We learned from 
him that the people around Concord are now building a nice schoolhouse at 
the old camp ground. 
Their school will open next Monday, with Mr. Charles Clegg as teacher. We are 
pleased to note this improvement.

Roanoke Leader Sep 21, 1910:
The Concord church cemetery and Louina campground are close together.  On 
that forty acres of land is a fine spring. In the early days of this country 
while the land belonged to the government, a man set up a grogshop near where 
the church now stands. It became very unpleasant to Dr. Heflin's father, Wyatt 
Heflin, so he himself, Harrington Phillips, Frank McMurray, Peter Mitchell and 
John Chewning decided they would move it. None of them wanted the land, so they 
put in ten dollars each, the government price, entered the forty acres, donated
and deeded it for church purposes, and it is so used only to this day.



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