Pike County GaArchives Churches.....History of Shoal Creek Baptist Church
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Shoal Creek Baptist Church was constituted as Flat Rock Church on April 13th 1826. 
Service took place at the Flat Rock Meeting house. On May 19th 1827 the Church agreed 
to select a place for building a meeting house wherefore Brothers Singleton, Bell, 
Hartsfield, Neal and Gross were appointed for the purpose of selecting a suitable 
place. On June 15th 1827 they reported they had selected a place on Martin Sims land. 
The orginal gift deed (Deed Re: Book E PAge 331) dated September 1827 where Martin 
Sims donates 2 acres of his property, lot 170 in District one of Pike County to 
"the Church at Flat Rock". He specifically states that it is for the purpose of 
building a "meeting house" and not a "grave yard". This deed was drawn up and 
given to the deacons Gross and Prior in September 1827 but was not officially 
filed until November 1838.
The deed immediately following (Deed Ref: Book E Page 332) is the deed where 
Roland Jackson donates land from his lot which is adjacent to the Martin Sims lot. 
The church at this time is named as Shoal Creek Church.