Elbert County GaArchives Churches Deep Creek Baptist Church ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Transcribed by Chandler Eavenson 4 April 2006 Churches Deep Creek Baptist Church The following is from an article which appeared in the Elbert County Examiner newspaper on 13 Sep 1994: "Deep Creek predates Civil War - By Diane Owens. "A little one-room log house near Dewy Rose was the meeting place on Sept. 9, 1859, for the beginning of Deep Creek Baptist Church. A Presbytery comprised of six ministers and four deacons from Rehoboth, Harmony and Antioch churches met to organize a new Baptist church for the Deep Creek community. On that date 24 letters of the new congregation were received into the church. The membership called the Rev. Asa Duncan as their first pastor and met together in the log house for the next 13 years. "The Civil War was experienced during part of this time and the members met sporadically until 1872. Because of the need for a larger building Alexander Hall donated 2 1/2 acres of land for Deep Creek Baptist Church upon which they built the present church. The membership continued to grow and in 1890 some of the members felt the need to start a new church nearer their own homes and organized another meeting place. Only 13 members were left at Deep Creek Baptist Church but they continued to spread the gospel and their membership grew steadily until 1903 when they decided a larger building was needed. "They erected a brick church with white wood trim that year and over the years have added additions of a Baptistery, Sunday School rooms, a fellowship hall in the basement, and a separate fellowship building later.....Deep Creek Baptist Church is located one mile south of Dewy Rose at the junction of Nickville Road and Deep Creek Road..." [Submitter's notes: Another article from the Elberton Star newspaper indicated that the organizational meeting in 1859 included ministers Benjamin Thornton, L. W. Stevens, J. H. Goss, B. Goss, J. P. Rowe and Asa Duncan.] Submitted by: Chandler Eavenson