Quitman County GaArchives Church Records.....St. Paul A.M.E. Church
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                           ST. PAUL A.M.E. CHURCH

                             African American)


     Meetings were held for several years in a bush arbor that overlooked the 
site where the church was constructed.  The land for this church building was 
purchased from Mrs. A. M. Gay on March 25, 1919.  The deed was recorded at the 
Courthouse in Georgetown in April of that year.

     The building that was erected consisted of a large meeting room, a belfry, 
and a small front porch.  This building still stands and remains in fair shape.

     The large bell was removed from the belfry before the church disbanded and 
the corner stone was removed after the church closed.  Their whereabouts 
remains a mystery.

     The closing of the church took place in 1976.  At this time, St. Paul's 
small congregation merged with two other small congregations to form a larger 
church.

     The cemetery remains in use, although no one has been buried there for 
about three years.  It is to the right of the church as is the little one room 
school house that was used by the community for many years.


"Cemeteries and Churches of Quitman County, Georgia"
  by Jacquelyn M. Shepard
  (page 60)


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Transcribed and submitted by Donna Eldridge with permission from Jacquelyn 
Shepard

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