Carroll County GaArchives Church Records.....Tallapoosa Primitive Baptist Church
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Some Early History and Membership Roll before 1900

The first minutes of the present Tallapoosa Primitive Baptist Church as follows:
"We,James Reeves,John G.Frye,Moses Kelley,James Majors,and John Wood, being
called on by scattered brethen of the Baptist denomination near Carrollton to
constitute them into a church in said place whose names are: James Dowdy,John
Williams, Sarah Dowdy and Polly Chandler,waited on them and having read their
letters and upon examination,found them orthodox and orderly in faith and 
practice,having constituted them into a church of the following faith." The 
name given at that time was Carrollton Baptist Church.

The first conference was held at that time and James Dowdy, who was an ordained
deacon, was named the first deacon of this new church, and Thomas Sanford was
appointed clerk pro-tem. These minutes were dated 17 Jul 1830.

The clerk immediately wrote to the Western Association of Baptists, asking 
that this new church be admitted. The next meeting was held on Saturday before
the second Sunday in August.James Majors was selected as the first pastor, and
the first Sabbath in each month was to be the meeting day.

On 4 May 1833, the congregation voted by majority to move to the eleventh
district, and in June 1833 the name was changed from the Carrollton Baptist
Church to the Tallapoosa Baptist Church. During the meeting in June 1833,seven
members were received by letters, and John N.Duke.as a member of the Concord
Church in Troup County, was chosen as pastor for the following year.

ROLL OF MEMBERS BEFORE 1900(partial)
(let- by letter;e&b- experience and baptism;conf- confession of faith; Eld-
Elder; deac- deacon)                         Dismissed
SMITH,GABRIEL          let    6-10-1837      let    3-10-1838
SMITH,MATILDA                                let    3-10-1838
SMITH,NANCY(CAIN)      let    9-9-1837       let    3-10-1838
SMITH,SARAH(DOWNS)     let    9-30-1837      let    3-10-1838
SMITH,JOHN D.          let    4-26-1873      let    8-10-1878
SMITH,ANN              let    4-26-1873      let    8-10-1878
SMITH,NANCY E.         e&b    6-11-1887
SMITH,T.H.             e&b    9-12-1891      died   10-26-1938

Additional Comments:
Source: Carroll County Genealogical Quarterly Spring 1982


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