Pulaski County GaArchives Church Records.....Wesley Chapel Copyright Date 1935
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WESLEY CHAPEL

   Wesley Chapel was organized more than one hundred years ago (no record of
exact date available) . It is situated near the line of Pulaski and Dooly
Counties. The first building was of logs, cut and hewn out by those and others
who organized and constituted

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the first church. A number of years ago the old log building had served its day
and generation and had to be torn down to make room for a new building. It also
was built of logs. Later it, too, gave place to a new frame building which the
congregation now occupies. This historic church has had as pastors some of the
pioneer preachers of the South Georgia Methodist Conference, out-standing in the
realm of religion. "Uncle Jimmie" Anthony, as his followers. and friends
lovingly called him, also known as the "Bishop of the Wiregrass," was a former
pastor. He was the father of Rev. Bascom Anthony, a preacher and philosopher
whose writings are read by hundreds of admirers. He was also a relative of Miss
Bessie Anthony, one of the most beloved residents of the city of Hawkinsville.

   Other ministers of Wesley Chapel were: Rev. E. A. Burch, minister for several
years, and father of Mrs. R. F. DeLamar of Hawkinsville; Rev. Jackson, son of
Charles Jackson; Albert Segars; John Lowe, who rode horseback from Abbeville a
distance of thirty miles to fill his appointment; A. C. Outler, at present
assistant pastor at Mulberry Street Methodist Church, Macon, Georgia; John and
Howard McGehee; Miles Jordan of Dooly County, a man of great courage and great
faith.

   Some of the most substantial citizens of Pulaski County have been enrolled as
members of this old historic church, which has stood for more than a hundred
years, guarding the ideals, traditions and faith of Methodism.

   At the present time the Chalkers, Pooles, Williams, Martins, Fosters, Halls,
Hornes, Stokes, Blacks, and Croziers are descendants of those who organized and
constituted Wesley Chapel. The church has a membership of fifty, with Rev. C. B.
Ware as pastor.


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"HISTORY OF PULASKI COUNTY GEORGIA"

OFFICIAL HISTORY

COMPILED BY THE HAWKINSVILLE CHAPTER
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
PRESS OF WALTER W. BROWN PUBLISHING COMPANY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

(1935)

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