Gwinnett County GaArchives Church Records.....Mt. Zion Baptist Copyright Date 1911
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Mt. Zion.

	Mt. Zion Baptist church is 62 years old, having been organized in 1849. Sixteen
members presented themselves on the day the church was constituted, to wit:
James Flowers, Pitman Johnson, Elmina Johnson, John F. Har[?], Matilda Johnson,
W. P. Williams, M. J. Mason, Minerva Flowers, Pitman Johnson, Elwina Johnson,
John F. Harris, Thomas Hay, Sarah J. Clower, James T. Williams, Jane Ewing, Anna
Harris.

	The year after the organization, a building was erected in which services were
held for many years. In 1910, the building was remodeled, and is one of the
substantial country churches in the county, being valued at $1,000. The pastors
of the church, their length of service, and the additions during each pastorate
follow:

	S. B. Churchhill, 1849 to 1860, forty-seven; William Haslett, 1860 to 1867,
fifty-six; T. E. Kennerly, 1867 to 1872, nineteen; from 1872 to 1875, the record
does not show who was pastor; J. W. Webb, 1875 to 1880, thirty-nine; A. J. Webb,
1880 to 1884, twenty-six; J. P. McConnell, 1884 to 1887, seventeen; E. L.
I..angley, 1888 to 1889, twenty-eight; W. B. Haslett, 1890 to 1891, fourteen; E.
L. Langley, 1891 to 1895, twenty-three; A. H. Holland, 1895 to 1898, eight; W.
L. Singleton, 1898 to 1904, twenty-five; A. H. Holland, 1904 to 1905; J. C.
Johnson, 1905 to 1907, ten; J. R. Burel, 1907 to 1909, twenty-two; J. M. Hudlow,
1909 to the present time, thirty-five.

	The Sunday school has an enrollment of seventy-five. E. B. Seay is
superintendent, J. W. Gilbert, assistant superintendent, Julius Cates,
chorister, Rachel Cates, organist, Dura Seay, secretary, and J. H. Haslett, Mrs.
Mary Bailey, Miss Rachel Cates, and J. O. Bradford, teachers.

	J. H. Haslett is the official clerk of the church. The church has a membership
of 100. Their names follow:

	J. M. Ethridge, J. W. Gilbert, J. O. Bradford, C. P. Nash, D. M. Bankston, F.
O. Ethridge, E. E. Ethridge, John Bradford, J. M. Watson, A. S. Bradford, M. C.
Gresham, J. H. Bradford, S. A. Ford, P. M. Dalton, F. E. Ethridge, Walter Cates,
J. H. Haslett, J. N. Langley, I. L. Reid, Felton Plunkett, L. W. Cates, H. W.
Watkins, J. N. Watkins, G. G. Bennett, M. E. Strickland, S. J. Dutton, Julius
Cates, H. B. Leatherwood, Will Plunkett, George Barrett, J. E. Canup, Howard
Canup, W. B. Leatherwood, E. B. Seay, Dilmus Fowler, Marion Fowler, Sylvanus
Fowler, (Females) Ollie Ethridge, Caroline Ethridge, Nancy Dalton, Florence
Dutton, Arie Ethridge, Ida Moon, Ina Nash, Lizzie Strickland, Ida Bankston, Mary
Bailey, Rachel Cates, Lula Bradford, Dora Langley, Pearl Ethridge, Epsie Hewatt,
Sarah Brand, Virginia Ford, Amanda Churchill, Marinda Braswell, Dorcas Mead,
Almeda Johnson, Eliza Bradford, Nancy Harbin, Alice Watson, Alma F. Harris,
Georgia Ford, Parthenia Ethridge, Elizebeth Rawlins, Lula Haslett, Mrs. Jno.
Langley, Ida Reid, Ellen Plunkett, Lena Reeves, Addie Leatherwood, Anna Cates,
Sarah Watkins, Theo Boozer, Cora Mead, Mary Boozer, Mamie Doster, Nanie Barrett,
Emma Gilbert, Maud Williams, Nancy Plunkett, Annie Bradford, Lucy Bradford, Maud
Bradford, Alice Flowers, Mamie Dutton, Dollie Dutton, Annie Mae Cates, Linda
Watkins, Mary McIntyre, Mrs. J. E. Canup, Emma Canup, Lela Canup, N. E.
Leatherwood, M. E. Atkinson, Virgie Seay, Dura Seay, Lizzie Long, Arah Fowler,
Elzie Fowler.


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GWINNETT CHURCHES
A COMPLETE HISTORY OF EVERY CHURCH
IN GWINNETT COUNTY, GEORGIA,
WITH SHORT BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF ITS
MINISTERS
BY
J. C. FLANIGAN
1911


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