Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church, Walker, Alabama http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/walker/church/bp10pleasant.txt ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed and copyrighted by: Willie Barton ==================================================================== June 21, 2003 Elder William Wallace Barton, along with his brother-in-law, Elder W.J. McCormick, was instrumental in organizing Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church in May 1895. It was located in the Boldo Community and was a wooden structure built in a thicket of oak trees. The name they gave their church most likely came from the pleasant surroundings. Charter members were: William Wallace Barton and wife, Nancy Elizabeth Harden Barton Napoleon Bonaparte William and wife, Kissie Mitchell Williams Alexander Gardner Williams and wife, Susan Jane Banks Williams Alfred Carol Barton (son of William Wallace & Nancy Barton) Betsy Banks Fannie Chappell Some early members (and the year they joined): William Norris 1891 D. B. Lewis 1897 Martha Barton 1891 William Hubbard 1897 Malinda Parker 1898 John A. Barton 1898 Wallace Barton 1895 Margaret King 1898 Louanna Haywood 1899 Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church joined the Mt. Zion Association in 1895 and in 1898 hosted the 75th annual associational meeting. William Wallace Barton continued to serve as pastor of that church until his health failed him. He died in 1919. His son, Alfred C. Barton, was church clerk for many, many years.