Georgia:  Columbia County: Georgia Baptist Association Historical Site

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Georgia Baptist Association 
Organized at Kiokee, October 1784, by best evidence. First churches: 
Kiokee, Fishing Creek, Greenwood, Abilene, Little Briar Creek. Founding 
fathers: Daniel Marshall, Abraham Marshall, Sanders Walker, Peter Smith, 
Silas Mercer, Loveless Savage, William Franklin, Alexander Scott. Known 
member churches, 174 in 28 GA., and 5 S.C. counties. Parent of 
Associations; Hephizabah, 1794; Sarepta, 1799; Ocmulgee, 1810. Churches 
helped form 15 others. Major influence in forming Georgia Baptist 
Convention. Powelton, 1822 and strongly supported formation of Southern 
Baptist Convention, Augusta, 1845. Both in member churches, leader in 
founding Mercer University. Strong missionary influence termed "Mother, 
Model, and cradle of Georgia Baptist History."