JONES COUNTY GA CHURCH Church Deeds File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives Copied by permission from "History of Jones Co., GA," by Carolyn White Williams History of Churches in Jones Co. At first there were no organized churches. Everyone worked so hard for a livelihood they had little time to build churches. People were widely scattered. Some kept their membership in their old home counties. There was a constant threat of Indians only a few miles away. The first meeting houses were built as such to have social gatherings, as to worship God. The loneliness of the early pioneers had a great need for young and old to get together. Then came the day of the itinerant preacher. On the day of the declaration of the War of 1812, meetings were held for prayer and there was a dread in every heart. There were the circuit riders with meager salaries and many hardships. One of the early riders was Rev. James B. PAYNE as Ocmulgee Circuit Pastor, Methodist. There were others among them, Edmond TALBOT a cousin of Hon. Matthew TALBOT, Gov., who preached in Jones Co. from 1809-1830. He moved to Henry Co., Ala. And at the age of 86 died in 1853. Henry HOOTEN was a pioneer preacher here and started the Elam Baptist church. John and Benjamin MILNER were outstanding preachers at Blountsville Baptist church Isham REESE preached near the Joe DAY place and is buried there. There are many others of whom there is no record available. Rev. Thomas Bog SLADE was a minister as well as an educator and was known to preach in many churches without any remuneration for his services. Rev. Joshua S. CALLOWAY preached here in 1810, died in Clayton Co. 1855. EARLY CHURCH DEED RECORDS, JONES CO., GA Grantee Grantor Date Description Clinton M.E. Church Sam Cook & 7 Apr 1817 1 A. Meeting H William Wilson Elam Baptist Church Henry Hooten 8 Jul 1812 3-3/4 A. Jno. McBride, Ch Trustee Jos. Bonner 10 Apr 1813 3-1/2 A New Hope Church Jno. Mullins 5 Aug 1818 1 A. New Hope Church Edward Brooks 18 May 1816 1 A. Flat Shoal Bap. Ch. Abner Davis 2 Apr 1814 2-8/10 A. Baptist Ch. Trustees Green Wynn 28 Oct 1815 1-1/2 A. Baptist Ch. Trustees Daniel Hightower 28 Oct 1815 1 A. Baptist Ch. Trustees Samuel Pool 4 Apr 1817 1-3/4 A. Trustees Meth. Ch. John Cook 25 Oct 1812 1 A. Peter Wyce et al. Meth. Ch. Wm. Griggs, et al. 28 Oct 1812 1 A. Peter Wyce et al. Meth. Ch. Allen Green, et al. 23 Mar 1819 Lot Walnut Ck. Bapt. Ch. Robt. Carr 16 Sep 1809 2 A. Walnut Ck. Bapt. Ch. Jacob Lewis 12 Mar 1821 1 A. Ocmulgee House Bapt. Ch. Geo. Walker 7 Aug 1820 1 A. Ocmulgee Baptist Ch. J.L. Patterson 7 Aug 1820 1 A. Baptist Church Collin Pope 7 Aug 1820 1 A. M.E. Church Clinton Robt. Cunningham et al. 14 Jul 1821 Lot in Clinton Shiloh Bapt. Ch. Thos. White, et al. 15 Apr 1823 8-1/2 A. Elam Bapt. Ch. Travis A.D. Weaver 19 Jun 1831 2 A. Walnut Ck. Church Samuel Lowther 4 May 1833 6 A. New Hope Church Giles Driver 2 Jan 1830 ¼ A. New Hope Church Greene Miller 9 Oct 1833 ¼ A. Rehoboth Bapt. Ch. Geo. Miller 13 Mar 1832 3 A. County Line Bapt. Ch. Wiley Little 23 Aug 1836 3 A. Chapel Hill Bapt. Ch. Robt. Woodall 31 Mar 1838 6 A. Sardis M.E. Church James Jones 15 May 1838 3 A. Union Hill Bapt. Ch. Alexander Oden 2 Apr 1835 2-1/2 A. Friendship Church Nathaniel Glover 7 Dec 1849 3 A. Mt. Zion M.E. Church Henry Brown 2 Nov 1850 2 A. Mt. Springs Bapt. Ch. Balkcom Bryant 7 Sep 1854 4-1/2 A. Methodist E. Ch. Shadrack Slater, et al. 17 Sep 1860 1 A. Pitts Chapel M.E. Ch. James Wells 13 Oct 1860 3-1/4 A. Sunshine M, Round Oak & Cem. Robt Smith/Sally 1 Oct 1875 4-3/4 A. Barron Smith ======================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other presentation. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.