Dodge County GaArchives Church Records.....History of Hopewell Baptist Church
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HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH.

  HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH is another old landmark of the county. We are unable
to ascertain in what year it was built, but it was one of the first churches in
this section. Some claim that it is the oldest church in the county, but we have
been unable to verify the claim as there seem to be no available records.

  The land upon which the church was built was given for the purpose by Gen.
Mark Willcox, a member of Allston Methodist Church. Hopewell was situated about
2^ miles south of Rhine on the old River Road that leads from Hartford to
Jacksonville. The church was founded by Dr. William Burch who married Susan
Willcox and Seaborn Burch who married Ann Willcox, daughters of Gen. Mark
Willcox. Among the founders and first members were Phillip Reaves and his
family, Josiah. Reaves and family, John Reaves and family, Alfred Burnham and
family, John McLeod and family, Allen McLeod and family, the Roundtree family
and the Hendley family. The old log house has long since given way to a modern
frame structure and is still one of the most progressive churches in the county.
Many of the best citizens of the lower side of the county are members of this
famous old church. It is located in a beautiful grove of ancient trees, moss
covered, that stand as druids of old to mark the shrine of the old time
aristocracy of this section.


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HISTORY
OF
DODGE COUNTY

COPYRIGHT    1932
By MRS. WILTON PHILIP COBB

Printed by
FOOTE & DAVIES CO., ATLANTA.



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