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CHAPTER V
Churches and Schools
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   The following extracts are from a discourse delivered before the Georgia
Historical Society on the 12th day of February, 1845, by Dr. Church, President
of the University of Georgia:

   "Though our state laboured under peculiar difficulties during her colonial
existence and for a considerable period after our independence, its history
shows that our fathers were not less attentive to the great subject of general
education than those who first settled our sister states.

   "The first constitution of Georgia was adopted the 5th of February, 1777,
only a few months after the Declaration of Independence. The 54th section of
this constitution declares, 'Schools shall be erected in each county and
supported at the general expense of the State.' This is an important record in
the history of our education. On the 31st of July, 1783, the Legislature
appropriated one thousand acres of land to each county for the support of free
schools. In 1784 the Legislature passed an act appropriating four thousand acres
of land for the endowment of a college or university. This act commences with
the remarkable preamble: 'Whereas, the encouragement of religion and learning is
an object of great importance to any community, and must tend to the prosperity
and advantage of the same.'"

   The oldest available printed records of churches and schools of Whitfield
county are contained in White's Statistics of Georgia published in 1847 by W.
Thome Williams of Savannah. Whit-field was then a part of Murray county,
Whitfield county not being laid out until 1851.

   Under the headings "Religious Sects, Education, Character of the People and
Amusements," Mr. White says: "The religious sects are missionary and
anti-missionary Baptists, Cumberland Presbyterian, Methodists, Presbyterian,
Roman Catholic and Universaliats. The inhabitants are beginning to interest them-

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selves in the subject of education.   Number of poor children, 322; educational
fund, $279.26.

   "Murray county is settled by persons from different parts of Tennessee, North
Carolina and Georgia, and it is, therefore, difficult to say precisely what are
the peculiar traits in their character. Upon the whole, we think we may venture
to state that religion and morality are on the advance. Practices which were
formerly countenanced, have now but few advocates. The amusements are dancing,
racing, cock-fighting, gander-pulling and bear fights."

   History, a student once said, deals largely with omissions. Records of untold
value were destroyed during the War between the States and for this reason
credit due many individuals is necessarily omitted. Tradition is all that
remains of their early struggles and accomplishments.

   The missionaries of the Cherokee nation were the founders of the first
churches in this section. Buildings erected of logs, hand-hewn by the pioneers
were furnished with punch-board seats without backs. Some of these old benches
are retained as memorials in the Macedonia Baptist church at Dawnville. These
buildings were centers of all community activities. It was here that the old
field schools were held and here the members of all denominations met for
worship. The annual camp meeting formed an important part of the life of the
pioneer settler. Meredith camp ground was one of the historic spots for
Whit-field's religious assemblages. Another camp ground was at Pleasant Grove.
Services were held three or four times daily under huge brush arbors. Cabins
built expressly for the purpose, housed families who came for the duration of
the meeting which was usually from ten days to two weeks. These meetings were
held after crops were laid by. Many of the churches whose history is recorded in
this chapter are the direct result of camp meetings.

DALTON METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH*

   "In the year 1835, Reverend D. F. Fulton and Reverend Ring were sent as
missionaries of the Methodist church to the Indians then occupying this part of
the country, as well as the few scat-
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   *From "History of Dalton Methodist Church," by Rev. Levi Brotherton.

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tering whites then settled in the Indian nation. The first presiding elder was
Reverend David Cummings whose district, covering the whole territory occupied by
the Indians, extended from the Hiawassee River on the north to the Chattahoochee
on the south, and from the line of South Carolina on the east to the Tennessee
River on the west. He remained on the district until the year 1838, when the
Indians were removed to the West. His immediate successor was Joseph B. Dawtery,
followed by Thomas Stringfield, the first editor of the Nashville Christian
Advocate. The next was Reverend Timothy Sullins.

   "This brings us down to 1845, the first year after the lines of the
conference were changed. Russell Rineau, who was in charge of the circuit at the
time of the change, was the first presiding elder thereafter. His district
covered what is now the Dalton district, part of the Rome district, part of the
Marietta district, and all of the Dahlonega district. He was succeeded in turn
by Alfred T. Mann, J. B. Payne, J. C. Simmons, J. W. Yarborough, J. W. Glenn, B.
A. Arbogast, A. G. Haygood, W. P. Harrison, H. J. Adams, W. J. Scott, R. W.
Bigham, D. J. Myrick, A. M. Thig-pin, W. A. Parks, J. F. Mixon, W. F. Quillian,
W. T. Irvine, S. B.

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Ledbetter, J. F. Yarbrough, S, A. Harris, Frank Quillian, J. R. Turner and A. M.
Pierce.

   "In 1836 Madison C. Hawk was sent to this territory to preach. He was
followed in 1838 by Daniel B. Payne, and he, in turn, by Elijah Still. The next
year two preachers were sent to this circuit, Wm. Rush and J. C. Tartar, and
later Chas. K. Lewis. The following years Wm. Hickey with John Corn as his
assistant. Russell Reneau was the next on this work and during 1844 the general
conference changed the lines and took in all the Holston conference lying in
Georgia, except Bade county, and added the Cherokee territory to the Georgia
conference. Very near, if not quite all, the preachers working in this territory
cast their lots with the Georgia conference.

   "At the time of the change of the lines of the conference, the Spring Place
circuit comprised all of what is now Murray, Whit-field and parts of Catoosa,
Gordon and Bartow counties.

   "In the year 1844, Reverend David Crenshaw was assigned to the Spring Place
circuit as assistant preacher. The next year Jackson Reynolds served this work.
In 1846 the circuit was left to be supplied, and the presiding elder put the
Reverend Levi Brotherton in charge of the work. During this year the town of
Dalton was located and named by Edward White, it having formerly been known as
Cross Plains.

   "The Methodists had a small membership and worshipped at a place then known
as Clear Springs academy, just out of the limits of Dalton on the north. Here
were perhaps twenty-five or thirty members, composed principally of the families
of Captain Wm. Hammond, Reverend Levi Brotherton, George Chappell and B. E.
Wells. During the fall of the year, on consultation, the place of worship was
moved to the log school house in Dalton. The next year Mr. Edward White built a
neat frame church on the lot where the Presbyterian church now stands, and
bought and put up the bell which is still used by the Presbyterians He paid
$250.00 for it. Reverend Levi Brotherton was asked by Mr. White to take charge
of the church as town preacher and to preach or find a substitute every Sunday
so that the people might be sure of hearing the gospel. The Methodist removed to
this house in 1847.

FIRST METHODIST CHRURCH

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   "At the session of the annual conference held at Madison that year, Dalton
was made a station, and attached to it were three country appointments, viz: the
Cove, Union and Sugar Valley. Reverend Levi Brotherton was placed in charge.

   "In 1849 the station at Dalton, not being able of itself to support a
preacher, was thrown back into a circuit and Mr. Simmons was returned to the
work. It should have been before stated that the Reverend James Quillian was the
presiding elder in charge of Spring Place circuit in the year 1847.

   In 1850 Mr. White offered to donate a lot to the Methodists for a church, and
the site was selected where the present church now stands. Mr. White conveyed
the lot selected to Captain Wm. Hammond, George Chappell, John Odell, J. E.
Wells and Levi Brotherton, in trust for the church.

   During the year 1851 five hundred dollars was subscribed for the building of
a church. In this house the congregation worshiped until after the war, when it
was removed to make room for a more commodious building. During the year 1851
there was a union protracted service held in the church erected by Mr. White.
This meeting lasted forty days and was conducted principally by Reverends
Archibald Johnson, of the Presbyterian church, Geo. W. Selvidge, of the Baptist,
and Levi Brotherton, of the Methodist church, and Reverend John Strickland,
presiding elder of the circuit. During this revival there were nearly one
hundred conversions. The churches, very weak up to this time, were all greatly
strengthened by additions to their number. In the fall of 1851 the new Methodist
church was finished, and Reverend Levi Brotherton preached the first sermon in
it. Dalton was left in the circuit from 1849 till 1851. The preachers who served
this work from this time up to the war were Clayton Quillian, Louis B. Payne, W.
F. Conly, R. H. Waters, M. C. Smith, Robert F. Jones, J. D. Anthony, John
Murphy, C. A. Moore and M. A. Clontz. In 1857 Dalton was again made a station.
The pastors in order were: M, A. Clontz, J. M. Dickey, J. W. McGhee; and then
Wesley D. Pledger, who was here in 1861, and in 1862, John W. Turner. The war
having come on, there was no regular preacher when the Reverend John M.
Richardson, a local preacher living near, took charge."

   The preachers in charge of the Dalton station after the war

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were: first, W. C. Mallory, then John P. Duncan, D. D. Moore, Francis A.
Kimball, George W. Yarbrough, George C. Smith, Wm. P. Kramer, G. W. Hardaway,
Daniel J. Myrick, Thos. A. Searle, P. B. Ryburn, J. H. Baxter, J. T. Lowe, J. W.
Lee, Simon P. Richardson, J. B. Robbins, A. B. Quillian, B. F. Fraser, L. G.
Johnson, W. F. Quillian, H. J. Ellis, T. C. Betterton, R. A. Ed-mondson, J. A.
Timmerman, W. R. Foote, S. B. Ledbetter, J. D. Hammond, R. M. Dixon, H. C.
Emory, C. M. Lipham, G. F. Yen-able, C. P. Harris, W. G. Crawley and L. M. Twiggs.

   In 1883, the church built a parsonage at a cost of $3,000.00 and in 1886-87
the church was remodeled and beautified. Again in 1907 the church was greatly
enlarged by the addition of a Sunday school annex; and a new parsonage built in
1924-25 valued at $20,000.00.

   The present membership of the church is approximately six hundred and
seventy-five.

  Presiding Elders of the Dalton District from 1870 to 1935 (list provided by J.
R. Turner):

   H. J. Adams, G. J. Pierce, R. G. Bigham, J. D. Myrick, A. M. Thigpin, W. A.
Parks, J. F. Mixon, W. F. Quillian, J. M. Lowery, A. G. Worley, J. B. Robins, W.
C. Dunlap, H. J. Adams, A. W. Williams, B. P. Allen, Ford McRee, W. P. Lovejoy,
J. T. Christian, W. T. Ervine, S. B. Ledbetter, J. F. Yarbrough, A. S. Harris,
Frank Quillian, J. R. Turner and A. M. Pierce.

THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, DALTON

   The minute book of the church tells simply this story of organization:

   "The Presbyterian Church of Dalton, Georgia, was organized October 31, 1847.
Ministers present: Reverend John Jones and Reverend J. M. Waddell. Members of
the church, John Anderson, Jane Anderson, James McSpadden, Susan McSpadden, D.
S. Waugh, W. M. Murray, A. E. Blunt, Ann S. Newell, Emily Tilliotson, Mary
Rosenbaugh, Martha E. Morse and Andrew (colored boy of J. I. Hamilton). Elders
elected: A. E. Blunt and James McSpadden. First baptism. John Emery, son of B.
C. and Martha E. Morse.

   "In 1847 the little frame building which Edward White had built for a town
hall, was bought by a small band of Presby-
    

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terians, and a church was organized with twelve members, the first organized
church in the town.

   "This little church had a high boxed-in pulpit from which the good pastor
expounded good old fashioned Presbyterian doctrine, his congregation being
divided by a high center-board down through the center of the church, the
jackets and trousers on one side, the bonnets and petticoats on the other.

   "A church bell was bought and hung with much pride, as it was then the only
bell within a radius of one hundred miles.

   "The building was destroyed by Sherman's army, but the bell, the melodian,
the communion service and the pulpit Bible were hidden and kept by the women of
the church and they became the nucleus for the new church which stood on the
same site and was completed in 1868. A fine pipe-organ was soon installed and is
still in use in this church. A steeple was added and the bell hung in it, the
bell having been previously hung in a scaffold on the church grounds.

   "In 1900 the manse was completed and in 1913 the whole church was rebuilt of
cream brick.

   "Reverend John Jones was the first pastor, and then followed Reverend A. G.
Johnson, Reverend H. C. Carter, Reverend J. A. Wallace, Reverend H. C. Carter,
Dr. A. W. Gaston, Reverend G. F. Robertson, Dr. Mark A. Matthews, Dr. John
Mecklin, Dr. Walter L. Lingle, Reverend E. W. Way, Dr. F. K. Sims, and Dr.
Wilkes Dendy.

   In the ministry from this church, Rev. E. M. Green, Rev. 0. E. Buchholz.

   Elders who have served this church:

   A. E. Blount, Jas. McSpadden, R. W. Jones, W. K. Moore, Sr., L. E. Wilson, W.
R. Berner, V. Thompson, W. J. Manly, B. Moyers, J. T. Whitman, J. M. Lowry, J.
F. Groves, G. L. O'Barr, E. W. Green, A. J. Showalter, A. W. Lynn, T. R. Jones,
Sr., W. G. Liddell, R. A. Rushton, R. A. Patterson, J. F. Denton, H. L. Smith,
G. W. Hamilton, Sr., T. M. Kirby, W. M. Denton, R. M. Herron, Sr., W. K. Moore,
Jr., W. N. Morse, R. P. Gregory, G. W. Hamilton, Jr.

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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH*

   The Baptists here first worshipped in a community chapel, or town hall, which
was used by all denominations, and for other meetings as well. This building was
about where tha Presbyterian church now stands.

   The First Baptist Church was organized in November, 1847, with seven charter
members. At that time Dalton was in Murray county; the history of the First
Baptist Church antedates by a little the history of Whitfield county. The first
pastor of the church was Reverend G. W. Selvidge. His name is perpetuated in the
name of the street which extends from the Baptist church northward to
Chattanooga avenue.

   In 1851-52, a two-story wooden building was erected on the site now occupied
by the present building. The upper story was for the church services, the lower
story was used as a school and displaced the old school house that stood in the
park nearby. The deed to the Baptist property recites a consideration of
twenty-five dollars. White street, the short street between the park and the
church, was named for Mr. Edward White, a very public spirited citizen and a
Baptist.

   It was in this old First church that Judge Edward Harden made his famous
speech to the first contingent of the Dalton Guards on the eve of their
departure to give their services in the cause of the Confederacy. This was in
July, 1861. Before the conclusion of the great conflict, this church had
contributed thirty soldiers to the armies of the South. The church building was
used as a hospital during the days following the battle of Chickamauga.

   The present building was erected in 1873-4. This was accomplished mainly by
the zeal and enterprise and devotion of the late Mr. J. A. Blanton. W. B. Farrar
and W. T. McCarty were other helpful leaders. The bell was presented by
Archibald Fitzgerald and is said to be made of unusually fine material. After
the war was over, the bell was returned to its place, and is still used to call
the Baptists of Dalton to worship.

   The old communion service of the church was presented to the church by
General Duff Green, who was a staunch Baptist. When Sherman's army came through
Dalton it was taken to
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*Dr. Crudup, History of the Dalton Baptist Church.

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Union Springs, Alabama, for safe keeping by Mr. and Mrs. Henry Davis who had
refugeed to that place. They were charter members of the church.

   The parsonage was built in 1891.

   The South Dalton church was a mission of the First Baptist church for a
number of years, and at its organization into a church it received about forty
members from the First church.

   Pastors who have served the First Baptist Church of Dalton include the
following: G. W. Selvidge, A. E. Vandiver, George F. Cooper, A. S. Morrell, J.
M. Stansberry, J. M. Grambell, J. A. R. Hanks, G. A. Loftin, N. A. Bailey, W. C.
Wilkes, F. M. Daniel, H. T. Hanks, W. C. Luther, W,. C. McCall, W. N. Jones, Waylan

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Johnson, A. H. Mitchell, T. M. Galloway, B. F. Hunt, W. H. Cooper, E. M, Dyer,
S. A. Goodwin, H. P. Fitch, 0. C. Peyton, M. N. McCall, 0. L. Martin, P. A.
Gatlin, George P. White, J. S. McLemore, 0. D. Fleming, Josiah Crudup, A. B.
Couch, Gower Latimer, and J. L. Clegg.

SAINT MARK'S EPISCOPAL, DALTON

   In 1864 there was only one Episcopalian in Dalton, Miss Cornelia Holiday. Two
years later Colonel and Mrs. Ben E. Green moved from Washington, D. C., and soon
formed a Sunday school held in Colonel Green's law office, then in the court house.

   A church was built in 1871 on Depot street on lots donated by Colonel and
Mrs. Green for church and rectory. That year Bishop Beckwith held the first
services in the new church. In his report he says: "The congregation in Dalton,
after many trials, are in possession of a handsome Gothic church with seating
capacity for three hundred."

   In 1896 a new church was built on Pentz street, fifty-six communicants being
enrolled. The new church was much smaller than the original, and for some time
had only occasional services.

   Bishop Beckwith died in 1890 and Bishop C. K. Nelson succeeded him. As a
tribute to his last official act being performed in Saint Mark's, Dalton, Bishop
Nelson presented a handsome brass cross and vases for the communion table.

   The church has many other memorials. The altar from the first Saint Mark's
has been restored, and placed upon it are the above mentioned cross and vases in
memory of Bishop Beckwith; on either side are brass candlesticks to match,
memorials for Colonel and Mrs. Green from their daughter, Miss Carrie Green. The
alms basin was presented by Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Hollings-worth in memory of their
son, Latimer, a soldier of the World War. The book rest for the altar is a gift
from the rector, Reverend Thomas Duck, and the processional cross is in memory
of Joseph M. Self from his brothers. The old pipe organ given in early days to
the parish, is now one of the treasured antiques of Saint Philip's Cathedral,
Atlanta, being the one used by John Wesley in his first Sunday school held in
Christ Church in Savannah. In its place is a double manual Estey combination
pipe and reed organ.

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   General Bryan M. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. John Black and family, Captain and Mrs.
Pierce Home and family, Col. and Mrs. B. E. Green and family, Charles Flowers
and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Self and family, Major and Mrs.
Lucas, Capt. T. C. Thompson and others were all active members and their names
will always be held dear in the church.

   The present vestry are John Black, senior warden; John Rat-cliffe, junior
warden; E. Burton Shaw, Frank Hawkins, H. W. Nevin, L. B. Lawton, Miss Annie
Home, Miss Carrie Green, Mrs. Swift Maddox, and Mrs. C. L. Bradley. (Rev. John
H. Soper is the present rector, 1936.)

HAMILTON STREET METHODIST, DALTON

   Hamilton Street Methodist church was founded in 1888 by Reverend E. M.
Stanton and erected by W. F. Bender.

   The following pastors have served the Hamilton street charge: E. M. Stanton,
W. F. Hamby, J. R. Speck, M. D. Smith, J. T. Turner, Myers M. Church, M. M.
Walraven, J. M. V. Morris, G. L. Chastain, J. M. Hawkins, J. L. Bryan, R. P.
Tatum, A. B. Pendleton, M. L. Harris, E. G. Thomason, C. L. Martin, N. A.
Parsons, J. E. Russell, J. W. Veatch, W. H. Spear, D. A. Mc-Brayer, S. A. Bales,
John M. Legg, C. H. Williams, J. T. Pendley, W. L. Jolley, F. H. Ray, H. A.
King, J. E. Ward, C. A. Reece, B. M. McHan and J. L. Varner.

   Some of the charter members were: W. A. Renfro, John Hill, Sr., R. H. Durham,
Ross Pope, John Huckabee and S. B. McCamy.

SOUTH DALTON BAPTIST

   The South Dalton Baptist church was founded in 1915. This church was formerly
a small mission school organized by E. F. Hamilton, and H. L. McEntyre and
called Elk City Mission School. The first meetings were held in a store house.
After securing a charter, the Reverend J. A. Boyd was appointed pastor. After a
revival conducted by Reverend W. E. Roberts and Reverend J. 0. Dantzler in 1930,
one hundred and forty new members were added to the church. Mr. C. A. Payne was
the chief instigator of a plan for a new church building. This

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building contains a main auditorium and three Sunday school rooms with a seating
capacity of six hundred and twenty-five. The following men have served as
pastors since its organization: Reverend J. A. Boyd, Reverend Morris, Reverend
Charles Maples, Reverend Hogan, Reverend Mealor, Reverend Thornton, Reverend J.
H. Cargal, Reverend S. P. Chitwood and Reverend W. E. Roberts.

EAST SIDE BAPTIST CHUKCH, DALTON

   The East Side Baptist church was organized April 24, 1927. The building has a
large basement which serves as Sunday school rooms. The auditorium has a seating
capacity of five hundred. The entire cost of the building and equipment was
approximately $5,000.00.

    The pastors of this church have been Reverend C. S. Shugart, Reverend E. T.
Tiffany, Reverend J. H. Cargal, Reverend E. 0. Davis and Reverend W. E. Roberts.

MOUNT RACHEL BAPTIST CHURCH, DALTON

   Mount Rachel Baptist church was organized January 19, 1892, with Elders J. E.
Hudson, H. S. Gilbert and Joseph T> Nichols present to organize fhe church. It
began with twenty-six members and has grown to a membership of around four hundred.

   The following pastors have served the church: Reverend Hudson, Reverend B. F.
Hunt, Reverend W. B. Bridges, Reverend W. E. Dawn, Reverend Taylor, Reverend J.
H. Cargal, Reverend J. M. Hudlow, Reverend B. F. Farrar, Reverend Joe Maples,
Reverend Charles Maples and Reverend W. M. Kelley.

GREEN STREET BAPTIST, DALTON

   Green Street Baptist Church was first known as Smith's Chapel. The church was
built with funds raised by W. F. Smith. After a revival conducted by Rev. J. 0.
Dantzler fn 1926, the church was dedicated. There were twenty-six charter
members. The membership now numbers about sixty-five.

   The pastors have been W. F. Smith, J. 0. Dantzler, and George Fletcher.

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CROWN VIEW BAPTIST CHURCH

   The church records list the following as members in 1912-13: J. N. Reynolds,
Newton Sims, Mrs. Rachel Westmoreland, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Conklin and Mrs.
Mattie Elder. In 1914 a building committee composed of J. A. Maples, John
Reynolds, W. H. Cronic, and J. H. Wells, was appointed and the building now in
use was erected.

   Pastors who have served this church are J. A. Maples, B. E. Bolden, E. 0.
Davis, and M. H. Welch and J. A. Thacker.

   The church has a membership of more than four hundred. 

MORRIS STREET METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

   The movement for this new church was begun in a notable prayer-meeting in
February of 1927. Among those present were Mr. and Mrs. I. G. Duckett, Mr. and
Mrs. D. M. Millsap, J. F. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Long, Mr. and Mrs. J. T.
Tatum, the Rev. T. Frank Cook of Fuller's Chapel M. E. Church who was assisted
by Samuel H. Millsap in tent and other services, and Mrs. S. H. Millsap.

   The Rev. W. L. Hampton was appointed their first pastor in November of 1928.
The congregation endeavored to build a new church upon the property acquired at
the corner of East Morris and Green streets but did not do so until after a
parsonage had been built, six years later.

   The Rev. E. B. Carlock became pastor in November of 1933. The new church was
begun with the added charter members of Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Millsap, Miss
Estelle Millsap, Mrs. Nora Long, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Black, Mrs. Glen Patterson,
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, Misses Ina and Bertha Smith, Mrs. R. B. Stancill, Mr. and
Mrs. Wheeler Headrick, Misses Edith and Frankie Lankford and other associated
peoples in February of 1934. The new brick veneered church building was
dedicated in October, 1935.

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE

   This church was organized in November, 1930, with seven charter members. The
Church of the Nazarene is located on North Hamilton street. Rev. H. H.
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izing pastor. The members were: Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. H. H.
Hendershot, Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Clark and Mrs. Mattie L. Reed.

CATHOLIC

   There are a number of Catholic communicants in Dalton who formerly had a
church at the corner of West Morris and Pentz streets, the last priest in charge
being the late Father Clifford. The church was given up about thirty-five years
ago.

THE CHURCH OF CHURIST

   This church was organized in 1915 by A. M. Richardson. The members held
services in the court house auditorium for several months, later moving to a
store building on North Hamilton street. The Cumberland Presbyterian church was
rented for two years and then was purchased by the members.

   The charter members were: W. A. Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Cass Hall, Miss Flora
Faulkner, Mr. and Mrs. Jason Stanley, Mrs. Delia Reaves and Mrs. Clarice Hicks.

THE HOLINESS

   The Church of God was organized in March of 1920. The pastor was W. M.
Goings. The first members were A. W. Williams, Lillie Williams, and Sallie Poge.

   The Church of God of the Union Assembly was organized in 1921 with C. T.
Pratt as pastor. Members who have been active in support of the church since its
organization are L. C. Whitener, Joe Vaughan, Alec Ledford, T. R. Bell and Claud
Jones.

   The Church of God over which A. J. Thomaston is general overseer was
organized in 1923. Charter members were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Williams, Mr. and
Mrs. J. R. Tudor and Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Keys.

ANTIOCH CHURCH

   Organized in 1850, Antioch Baptist church has grown to a membership of three
hundred and fifty.

   Among the members during the early years of the church were: Elijah and
Carolina Kirby and son, Walter, Mrs. Molly Connally, Mr. and Mrs. James Holland,
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West, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Nichols, Mr. and Mrs. William Whitener, Mr. and Mrs.
Washington Cavender, Mr. and Mrs. Felix Bradley and Mrs. Henry Bartenfield.

   Pastors of the church were: Joseph Terry, John Compton, John J. Gilbert, H.
D. Gilbert, B. F. Foster, Joe T. Nichols, Charlie Maples, James Austin, John
Head —. —. Acree, J. 0. Dantzler and W. E. Roberts.

BETHEL

   The information which follows was furnished by Misses Ella and Nan Richardson
and J. L. Randolph.

   Bethel Methodist church was built before the War between the States on land
given by Buford Randolph. Among the pioneers composing its membership were
William Richardson and wife, Nancy, William C. Richardson and wife, Eliza, John
M. Richardson and wife, Martha, Lee Richardson and wife, Ann, the widow and
children of Alfred H. Richardson, Buford Randolph and wife, Elizabeth, John
Wesley Fincher and wife, Rhoda, Mrs. Eliza Harris Tillman, Charlie Cochran, Mary
Jane and Ann McCurdy, Churchwell Morris and family, William O'Dell and Luther
Rodgers and family.

   The colored members of the congregation occupied pews in the rear of the
church. Among the most devout of these were Uncle Lewis Richardson and his wife,
Aunt Jane.

The pastors of Bethel have been Thomas Pledger, _______ Hamilton, J. R. Speck,
A. J. Hughes, _______ McFarland, J. L. Bryan, ______ Gober, G. L. Chastain, W,
R. Kennedy, E. M. Stanton, W. T. Hamby, R. P. Tatum, H. D. Pace, J. V. M.
Morris, J. M. Hawkins, A. B. Pendleton, M. L. Harris, E. G. Thomason, C. L.
Martin, N. A. Parsons, J. E. Russell, J. W. Veatch, W. H. Spear, D. A. McBrayer,
S. A. Bales, John M. Legg, C. H. Williams, J. T. Pendley, W. L. Jolley, F. H.
Ray, H. A. King, J. E. Ward, C. A. Reece, B. M. McHan and J. L. Varner.

CARBONDALE CHURCHES

   The Baptist church at Carbondale, known as the Swamp Creek church, was
organized before the War between the States. The building now in use was erected
shortly after the war ended.

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   The Carbondale Methodist church was organized in a log building occupied by
the present building soon after the war ended. The building now in use was
erected more than fifty years ago.

   The Baptist church of the Carbondale section organized more than thirty years
ago as Bethlehem is now known as the Union Baptist church.

CONCORD BAPTIST CHUftCH

   A church whose influence has played an important part in Whitfield county is
Concord. It is one of the oldest churches in the county and while complete
records are not available, a list of pastors since its organization establishes
its history as having begun long before the War between the States.

   The following named pastors have served: Giles Dunn, Levi Dunn, Henry Head,
Joshua W. Patty, W. C. Haddock, Jesse T. Huffaker, Dan Lewis, WI7M. Lowry, Wm.
Davenport, ______ Ensley, ______ Elliott, H. A. Winstead, W. J. Darnell, A. R.
Breeden, ______ Franklin, ______ Chastain, J. S. Williams and Fred Harper.

   (Information given by T. J. Cooper.)

COHUTTA PRESBYTERIAN

   This history of this church is given in the church record, now in the
possession of Mrs. H. F. Shugart, of Cleveland, Tennessee:
                                      "Red Clay, Ga.,
                                      August, 3rd Sabbath, 1858.

   "The following persons living in this vicinity were organized into a
Presbyterian church to be known by the name of Pisgah and to be under the care
of Kingston Presbytery.

   "Sam'l Minnis, Mary Minnis, Thos. J. Minnis, Susan Minnis, Elizabeth J.
Minnis, John A. Haskins, Rachel K. Haskins, Andrew J. McCallie, H. J. A.
McCallie, Robt. Lindsay, Mary Mitchell. In August, 1858, the following members
were received into the church: Sarah Pitner, Margaret Norton, J. D. Haskins,
Mary J. Haskins, Martha J. Haskins and Florence J. Lindsay.

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   "John A. Haskins and Andrew J. McCallie were unanimously elected and
regularly ordained to the office of Ruling Elder. In this organization Rev. Wra.
B. Brown, the state minister to this people, was assisted by Rev. Thomas Brown
and Rev. Wm. E. Caldwell.

   "The Red Clay Presbyterian church building was situated about one mile east
of the village of Red Clay. For years the little band of members struggled to
have regular services in their beloved church, but as time passed, the senior
elder passed over the river to his eternal home, his family moved away, and the
ranks were further thinned by deaths and removals till they reached that crisis
when it became evident it was a change or extinction. Many hearts clung to the
dear old house with its sacred memories and the little city of the dead that lay
near it, but they chose removal.

   "The place chosen for rebuilding was at Cohutta, a small town on the Southern
railroad. A beautiful lot was donated by Major T. H. Pitner for a building site.
The deed was made to J. F. Groves, H. F. Shugart and L. W. Roy.

   "Dr. J. F. Groves, the only living elder in the church, being instrumental in
getting the removal made, together with Mr. H. F. Shugart, began the taking down
of the old house in December, 1887.

   "Kind friends of every denomination lent a helping hand to the good cause.
Free from debt, it was rededicated to the worship of God on the fourth Sabbath
of May, 1888.

   "Reverend James S. Hillhouse, assisted by Reverend R. F. Taylor, conducted
the services.

   "After the change of location Presbytery was petitioned for a change of name
which was granted before the Presbytery in session at Calhoun in April, 1891. It
was given the name of Cohutta."

   Among pastors serving this church have been R. F. Taylor, James Lane, J. L.
King, A. G. Johnston, J. B. Hillhouse, W. W. Brinson, D. L. Buttolph, M. D.
Smith, B. R. Anderson, K. T. Simmons, and J. T. Wade.

   Among elders serving were J. F. Groves, H. F. Shugart, L. W. Roy, W. A.
Ramsey, Chas. Henderson and J. W. Creswell.

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COHUTTA CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF U. S. A.*

   The Cohutta Cumberland Presbyterian church was organized by the Reverend
Hiram Douglass about 1842, at the residence of James Johnson two miles east of
Cohutta, then Murray county and now Whitfield county, Georgia. It was soon after
located at Flint Springs, Bradley county, Tennessee. Soon after its location at
that place, for the convenience of the members on the Georgia side of the state
line, the congregation was divided and the members were organized as a separate
congregation. The new church was located about two miles south of Cohutta on the
farm of Wilson Norton, and took the name of Pleasant Grove.

   About the time that the Southern railway built the Ooltewah cut-off and
located the Cohutta Station, the Reverend A. R. T. Hambright moved to the
community and preached his first sermon in a grove near the center of the village.

   In about 1886 he gathered the scattered members together —thirty-six in
number—as the Cohutta Cumberland Presbyterian church. This congregation erected
the first house of worship of any order in the place. The other two churches
located here used this building while their buildings were being erected."

   Among the charter members of the Cumberland Presbyterian church were: S. H.
and Emily Parker, Nancy A. Huffaker, Joseph E. and Sarah Stockburger, Benj. D.
and Thirza Leonard, Wm. J. and Mary Lowe, A. R. T. and Martha I. Ham-bright, Wm.
and Sarah J. McGaughy, Mary C. McGaughy, John A. Pickens and family, Sarah
Armstrong, Catherine and Polly Stancill and W. M. Hackney.

   Pastors who served this church were A. R. T. Hambright, J. B. Wilhoit, S. M.
Bennett, J. H. Miller and Frank Burns.

   In 1906 this church joined in the union of the Cumberland Presbyterian and
the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America, since which time a
number of members have been added. The old building has been sold, a central
location
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   •History of this church written by Rev. A. R. T. Hambright. List of charter
members taken from his autobiography now in possession of Mrs. Fannie Hambright
Boyd.

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bought, and a modern house of worship erected.

   The pastors who have served since this union are J. M. Wooten, Marvin Murphy
and S. G. Frazier.

MOUNT OLIVET METHODIST CHURCH

   Official records of Murray county show that on August 6, 1845, John B. Maston
deeded to John Pitner, James H. Huff, M. P. Varnell and Seaborn Span, trustees
in trust for the Methodist Episcopal church at Mt. Olivet one acre of land. The
consideration was five dollars.

   Whitfield records of 1858 list the trustees of Mt. Olivet as T. H. Pitner, B.
F. Prater, T. Lawrence, Wm. McCaughy and James H. Huff.

   Mt. Olivet was the strongest rural Methodist church in Whitfield county. The
trustees of this church assisted in establishing three other Methodist church in
nearby sections.

   The circuit rider who served Mt. Olivet also served the following churches:
Red Clay, Varnell, Mt. Zion, Pleasant Grove, Mt. Pleasant and Tunnel Hill.

COHUTTA BAPTIST CHURCH

   The Cohutta Baptist church was organized in 1906 with the following charter
members: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Haddock, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Bagby and son, Fred, Mr.
and Mrs. Thomas Williamson, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bridges and Mr. and Mrs. W. H. D.
Haddock.

   On April 28, 1908, Mrs. Malinda Finer deeded one-half acre of land to the
Missionary Baptist church, and on this land the members erected the building in
which they have since worshipped.

   The pastors have been W. C. Haddock, P. D. Longley, W. E. Grey, Wm. Rhymer,
Charlie Maples, R. L. Austin, W. H. Bridges, B. H. Hunt, W. F. Huffaker, W. F.
Henesley and W. M. Kelly.

DAWNVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH

   According to tradition, Macedonia is the oldest church of the North Georgia
Baptist association, preceding in date Poplar Springs church, which was
organized before 1836.

   The first pastor of whom there is any record was Rev. John

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M. Wood, who went west long before the War between the States and who wrote back
during the sixties for a copy of his credentials which he had lost. Rev. Wood
was an uncle of Rev. Joe T. Nichols.

   County records show that on December 6, 1855, Jordan Webb deeded Edward
McAbee, Lorenza Wood, William Wiggins and David Williams land on which to erect
Macedonia church and right of way to water.

   Among early members of the church were William Wiggins and wife, Cynthia,
Lazarus and Rebecca Wood, Mrs. Betty Wood Dycus, Mrs. Elvira Wood Ray, Kimzy,
Isaac, Joe and Pierce Wood, Mrs. Elizabeth Williams, Etheldred Tarver and wife,
Jane McNair.

   Among the pastors of Macedonia were J. M. Gambrell, —. —. McAbee, Joe T.
Nichols, J. C. Parrott, J. J. Gilbert, Charlie Maples, J. 0. Dantzler, J. N.
Dooly and W. E. Roberts.

DAWNVILLE METHODIST CHURCH

   Mount Zion Methodist church was organized near Meredith Camp ground in the
Meredith home about 1860. The members worshiped in an old log building about one
and one-half miles northeast of Dawnville for several years until the site of
the present church building was purchased.

   The original deed states that on February 9, 1874, E. F. Dawn deeded
three-fourths acre of land to Wm. McNabb, Geo. P. Fraker, A. S. Dean, H. D.
Keith and J. M. Poag, said land to be used for Mt. Zion M. E. church, south. The
consideration v/as thirty dollars. The deed is signed by E. F. Dawn and Mary Dawn.

   A second deed made on November 27, 1886, by Thos. Cald-well and Margaret
Caldwell grants an additional acre to the trustees named, Wm. McNabb, George P.
Fraker, A. S. Dean, H. D. Keith and F. L. Lane.

   The purchase price was thirty dollars. Each deed specifies that there are to
be no burials on the lot.

   The church building erected in 1874 served the congregation until 1925, when
it was replaced by the larger building now in use.

   Among the first members of Mt. Zion were the Meredith

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family, Jackson Davis and wife Jane, James Crouch and wife Lavinia, George P.
Fraker and wife Evaline, Andrew Fraker and wife Margaret, Wesley Fraker and wife
Sallie, Nathan Jones and wife Violet, Alexander Dean and wife Elizabeth.

   Among pastors at Mt. Zion were _______ Hamilton, Thomas Pledger, J. R. Speck,
A. J. Hughes, G. L. Chastain, W. E. Kennedy, E. M. Stanton, W. T. Hamby, W. R.
Kennedy, Henry D. Pace, J. F. Tyson, J. W. Bailey, A. J. Mann, J. M; Hawkins, N.
A. Parsons.

DAWNV1LLE

   The Cumberland Presbyterian church at Dawnville was organized in 1869 by Rev.
S. R. Henry and the members were invited to hold their services in Macedonia
Baptist church. In appreciation of this privilege they assisted in the
remodeling of the church.

   Among the charter members were James F. Miller and wife Rebecca, Henderson
Renfroe and wife Nancy, William D. King and wife Susan, Calvin Whitener and
wife, Mrs. Hardcastle and Thomas Caldwell.

   In 1886 a site was purchased and a church building erected by the members.
The trustees who signed the purchase deed were David King, Columbus Varnell,
Henderson Renfroe, William Combee and A. J. Miller.

   Pastors of this church were S. R. Henry, ______ Dale, John Whitener, ______
Humphries, Z. M. McGhee and J. H. Miller.

DEEP SPRINGS BAPTIST CHURCH

   The following sketch is from "A Brief History of Deep Spring Church" written
by Rev. W. A. Henry in 1922.

   "In the year 1851, in a sparsely settled community about ten miles northeast
from Dalton, Georgia, in the county of Whitfield, near a large and deep spring,
and located on the Dalton and Benton public road was built a log school house
for the mutual benefit of all concerned. The teacher during 1852 and 1853 was
James S. James.

   "Not long after this, the exact date not known, a Baptist church was
constituted and a permanent shed built for the better accommodation so much needed.

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   "A title to five acres of land was granted by P. M. Routh t<* the deacons of
the church, which has been used for building site and ground and burial ground.

   "Numbers went out from this church. Rev. Robert Routh, son of P. M. Routh,
preached in the West many years. Rev. E. C. Routh, grandson of P. M. Routh, is
editor of The Texas Baptist Standard. Henry and John A. James, sons of James S.
James, served in the ministry of song as teachers and directors of music.

   "Among early pastors were Elders McNut and Hawkins, Giles Dunn and his son,
Billy Dunn, and James Gambrell.

   "Camp meetings were held, families coming and camping on the church grounds.

   "The cruel Civil war with its blighting influence came— strife and antagonism
developed. The church had no pastor and failed to keep up regular meetings and
records prior to 1872." We copy the following from minutes of September, 1872:

   "Deep Spring church during a protracted meeting held by Bro. Levy Dunn and
Elder D. B. Cunningham—agreed to come together and keep house for the Lord."

   "A frame house built during Elder Cunningham's pastorate was destroyed by
fire in 1899.

   "Elder Martin Isbill was pastor following Elder Cunningham. The North Georgia
Baptist Association was held at Deep Springs in 1878. It is said that Martin
Isbill has been moderator of the same for a number of years."

   The minute book shows that among early pastors were James Gambrell, H. D.
Gilbert, B. F. Foster, W. H. Boyd, E. C. Hudson and W. A. Henry.

DUG GAP BAPTIST CHURCH

   Dug Gap Baptist church was organized in 1860. Buildings on three different
sites have been used, the present building having been erected in 1912.
   Rev. J. T. Nichols, who was pastor in 1887, gives the following names as
early members: Mr. and Mrs. James Longley, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Longley, Mr. and
Mrs. Bowdry, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Longley, Mrs. Martha Poole, Mr. and Mrs. Jasper

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Oxford, Mr. and Mrs. LaFayette Oxford and Joseph, Richard, John and Coleman
Williams and Miss Annie Williams.

   County records show that on February 1, 1912, L. C. Babb deeded to the Church
of Christ of Dug Gap for one dollar and love and esteem for the Church of
Christ, slightly less than one acre of land.

   Among pastors serving Dug Gap have been B. F. Foster, J. T. Nichols, Will
Dawn, Charlie Maples, J. H. Cargal, E. 0. Davis, J. 0. Dantzler, W. HJ. Roberts
and S. P. Chitwood.

GOOD HOPE

   The church records give September 27, 1879, as the date of its organization.
The Presbytery consisted of Z. T. Clark, J. T. Huffaker, J. W. Patty and W. M.
Cash. Charter members were: Alfred J. Neal, Howard Cagle, John Cole, A. W. Tate,
J. C. Crow, D. D. Willis, J. C. Johnson, John C. Manis, Martha Manis, W. A.
Manis, Mary Creasman, and others. Among the early pastors were W. D. Davenport,
B. F. Foster, W. E. Dawn, W. B. Bridges, Lee Taylor, W. G. Darnell and H. A.
Winstead.

HARMONY

   A revival meeting was held beneath a brush arbor at Harmony in 1890, and at
the close of this meeting, Harmony Baptist church was organized by F. D.
McConnell, J. 0. Ragsdale and __________ O'Kelly.

   The charter members were J. W, Langston, W. T. Moore, S. A. Cash, J. M. Cash
and Berry Gladden.

   On September 17, 1898, L. B. Duckett deeded a plat of land to Harmony for a
consideration of twenty-five dollars. On this land was erected the church
building now in use.

   Among pastors of Harmony church have been A. B. Nucholls, Joe Four, B. F.
Foster, J. M. Stone, J. M. Cash, Charlie Maples, Joe Maples, Walter Bennett, J.
0. Dantzler, R. C. Rooney, J. W. Dooley and George Fletcher.

HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH*

   This church was organized in 1858 on a site one mile north of the present
site, just over on the Tennessee side of the state
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   *T. J. Cooper gave this information.

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line. The first building was a log structure. The present building was erected
about 1865. The first deacons were W. H. Wilson, Samuel Read, Strander Raines
and Albert Varnell.

   Early members of Hopewell were Henderson and Catherine Wilson, James C. and
Elizabeth Wilson, Achilles and Margaret Webb, Thomas and Minerva Wilson, John A.
and Mary Wilson, Frank and Martha Wilson, J. Augustus and Minerva Wilson, Josiah
Felix and Haseltine Ford Wilson, Samuel and Jane Reid, John and Jane Rose,
Matthew and Cornelia McCraw, Mrs. Sarah Bagby, Matthew Johnson and wife, James
P. Whitten, Richard Wheat and wife.

   Pastors of Hopewell church have been H. P. Holland, Martin Isbill, H. D.
Gilbert, Isaac Watkins, H. P. Stokes, W. C. Tallant, Lee Burch, Charlie Wright,
W. C. Rymer, W. E. Gray, B. F. Foster, Samuel Melton, W. M. Kelly and W. F.
Huffaker.

McGAUGHY'S METHODIST CHURCH

   This church was organized about August 15, 1882, with Riley Barnes, W. C.
Kirby, W. M. Wilson, F. M. Swinny and W. Headrick among its organizing members.
(Book L. P.— 116.) Services were at first held in a log school house while the
church was being erected on two and one-half acres of ground, deeded for this
specific purpose by R. B. McGaughy for the consideration of fifty dollars. The
first church was built by F. M. Swinney. The first pastor* was H. Triplette, who
was followed by Fidelia Carroll, ______ Boyd, Ferdy Cochran, Ware,  Pitt,
Earnest,  Chastain,  Posey,  Allen,  Hurley,   Frank Cook, Henry Mitchell,
George Ridley, Parsons and Hampton.

LITTLE PROSPECT BAPTIST CHURCH

   In 1870 a group of men including Jesse Huffaker, Anderson Mathis, W. C.
Haddock and Will Autry organized the members of their faith into a church which
they named Prospect. The name Little Prospect came to be used to distinguish
between the new church and an older Prospect in Murray county.

   The church has been served by the following pastors:* W. C. Haddock, H. P.
Holland, Jesse T. Huffaker, _____ Cunning-
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*List of pastors given by T. J. Cooper.

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ham, P. D. Longley, _____ Ensley and W. M. Lowry, _______ Stokes, Arnold Breeden
and Wm. Boyd.

MOUNT PLEASANT

   Numbered among the oldest Methodist churches of North Georgia is Mount
Pleasant in the northeast section of Whitfield, near the Murray county line. It
is served by the pastor of the Varnell Circuit. -The first church bui^ing, which
was on a site adjoining the cemetery, was destroyed by fire. T4ie present
building was erected on a nearby lot a short time later. Among the early members
of Mount Pleasant were Robert H. and Mary Foute Baker, Alonzo and Mahala
Earnest, George Click and family, James and Irene Cooper, Elbert Dean and wife,
Mrs. Mary Earnest, Joseph Bandy and family, James Cook and family, and Peter
Messemer and family.

MILL CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

   Mill Creek Baptist church was organized February 27, 1853, with the following
charter members: David Kenemer, James Boyd, Jerry Bridges, Sarah Bridges, A. J.
Bridges, Sarah Clark, Elizabeth Calhoun, Sarah Montgomery.

   The following pastors have served the church: Lampkin Vandiver, Jack Bell,
Zachariah Clark, M. S. Clonts, J. C. Head, C. Chastain, F. M. Roebuck, B. F.
Hunt, B. F. Foster, J. H. Blalock, W. H. Boyd, J. T. Nichols, Henry Cordell, J.
H. Cargal, T. A. Burgess, J. E. Hudson, Sam Hair, J. A. Smith and J. 0. Dantzler.

   The clerks who have served this church from its beginning to this time are:

   Jerry Bridges, C. A. Harris, F. M. Babb, E. A. Cox, W. G. Morris, W. H.
Parson, J. E. Sisk, J. L. Morris, A. M. Ward, J. L. Morris, Jesse Montgomery, E.
W. Babb.

MT. VERNON METHODIST CHURCH

   On August 23, 1895, Dr. E. C. Cochran, C. T. Williams and W. W. Jordan,
elders of the Chatoogata Presbyterian church in Cherokee Presbytery, deeded to
R. W. Ault, N. G. Henderson, H. J. Head, I. H. Harlan, and G. M. Christian,
trustees of the

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Mt. Vernon M. E. church, one acre and sixty-two rods of land. (Book P, page 339).

   The markers in the old cemetery bear names of members of Presbyterian families.

   Among early members of the Methodist congregation, other than trustees, were
Thomas Spriggs, Joshua Harlan, Joe Dobson, Arch Austin, G. M. Easley, _____
Sebastian, M. G. Harris.

MINERAL SPRINGS

   The one acre lot was given to the Methodists for a building site by Harvey
McHan, July 31,1873. The trustees were Mosea Collins, Wm. Odell, Jesse Pincher
and Wm. H. Lasseter.

   Among the early members were William Lasseter and wife, and Joseph Fincher
and wife Lucinda.

PINE GROVE BAPTIST

   This church was organized before 1870. County records list the granting of a
deed by R. J. Keith on April 27, 1896, to the deacons of Pine Grove church for
the consideration of ($12.50) twelve dollars and fifty cents. (Book P, p. 339).

   Early members were Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Keith, Mr. and Mrs. Dyer Keith, Mr.
and Mrs. Bailey Keith, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Hill, Mr.
and Mrs. Augustus Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Perry Bradley and Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Thomas.

   Pastors were B. F. Foster, Joe T. Nichols, W. R. Lackey, H. D. Gilbert,
Charlie Maples, J. 0. Dantzler, J. M. Dooley and W. M. Kelly.

POPLAR SPRINGS*

   In 1836 Thomas Crow cleared land and built a house (which is still standing
and occupied) near the Poplar Springs church which was already established.

   During a battle of the war between the states, Poplar Springs church was
burned, presumably by shell fire. The present building replaced the one burned.
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   *The Information for this sketch was furnished by Mr. J. L. Murphy, who is a
grandson of the pioneer, Thomas Crow.

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   Early members of the congregation were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crow, Mr. and Mrs.
Silas King, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Kettles and Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Murphy.

   Thomas Crow was a charter member of the North Georgia Baptist Association and
suggested its name. Two of the three churches which composed the association
were Macedonia church at Dawnville and Poplar Springs.

   Among pastors of Poplar Springs were A. B. Nuckols, T. A. Higdon, J. T.
Fincher, J. M. Stansberry, W. H. Davenport, Wm. Clonts, Joe Padgett and Charlie
Maples.

RED CLAY

   The records of Whitfield county show that on February 17, 1874, James H. Huff
conveyed to the Methodist Episcopal church, South, "For and in consideration of
the love I bear for the cause of Christ and from an earnest desire to promote
His heritage on earth—land whereupon is to be erected a house for public worship
and also to be used as an academy of learning."

   Among those forming the congregation at Red Clay were the Huff families, the
Weatherly families, the Leonard family, the Huffaker family and the Parker family.

   A parsonage there was used by the circuit rider of the Varnell circuit for a
number of years.

RIVER BEND BAPTIST CHURCH

   River Bend Baptist church* was constituted the fourth Sunday in August in
1898. Charter members were I. B. Teasley and family, E. B. Holland and family,
D. C. Henton, Sr., J. L. Henton, Miss Belle Henton, W. L. Brown and family, C.
G. Caldwell and family and A. L. Caldwell and family.

   The first pastor was Rev. J. M. Cash, who organized the church with nearly
fifty members, including twenty-six who entered by profession and baptism.

   River Bend church was reestablished in August, 1931, with Reverend George
Fletcher serving as pastor. The present membership numbers sixty-eight.
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   *This Information was supplied by J. L. Henton.

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ROCKY FACE BAPTIST CHURCH

   Rocky Face Baptist church was organized in 1873. Presbytery was composed of
the following ministers: Reverend Clonts, John Gilbert and J. C. Stansbury. The
deacons ordained were J. W. Bridges and Henry King; clerk, M. L. McDonald.
Charter members were J. M. Bridges, J. W. Bridges, Henry King, M. L. McDonald,
Mrs. M. L. McDonald, Mrs. Henry King, Mrs. J. W. Bridges. First members received
by baptism were Mrs. W. N. Russell, Bennie Young, Mrs. Hamp Young and Mrs.
Harriet Bridges.

   The church was organized in a building where the Rocky Face school house now
stands. At that time the Methodist and the Baptist used the same building which
was also used for a school house. The building burned, and the Baptist and
Methodist then moved their place of worship to an old log house which stood
where the home of H. H. Russell now stands. They decided to build a community
church. Each man in the community furnished a log; some two. This new church was
built on the site of the present Baptist church. Two of the members were turned
out of the church and threatened to take out their logs. Other members remarked
that the building would be rather queer looking with a log missing out of one
end and one side.

   About this time the Methodists decided to rebuild the church which had
burned. County records show that on July 8,1879, Berry Smith deeded land to
Anthony Green and Thomas McClure as trustees of Rocky Face Methodist church. One
hundred dollars was received from the church extension society. Michael Hassler,
with a little help from neighbors and the hundred dollars received, built this
church for the Northern Methodists. He furnished the greater part of the
material and labor.

   This church was used by the Methodists about eighteen years. Many of the
members eventually moved away, and the church was discontinued. This building,
with a few additional changes, is the present school building at Rocky Face.
   The only church at Rocky Face at present is the Baptist church, which was
built in 1883.

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SHADY GROVE

   It is recorded (Record Book A, p. 203) that on August 19, 1852, Stephen A.
Cady deeded 2V2 acres to "William Callahan, Rudd Morgan and John Morgan,
Trustees, for a meeting house and school house to be called Shady Grove."

   On this property a large log building was erected which served the community
several years, Methodist and Baptist preachers alternately addressing the union
congregation.

   After the membership had increased in numbers the two denominations—Baptist
and Methodist—assumed responsibility for separate church buildings nearby, which
have since been known as Grove Level and Pleasant Grove, each church retaining a
part of the original name.

GROVE LEVEL

   The Baptist members of the Shady Grove congregation had organized their
church one day previous to the date of the deed made by Dr. Stephen Cady to the
community church, as the church records now list Grove Level's organization as
October 18, 1852. However, they worshiped in the community church of Shady Grove
until August 11, 1874, when Duke Richardson by gift and donation deeded a
portion of land lying immediately in the forks of the Cleveland and Benton roads
to the Grove Level Baptist church (Book I, p. 134).

   Here was constructed their building. On June 9, 1906, Victor C. Richardson
deeded to Jos. G. Robertson, A. P. Dantz-ler and W. H. Isbill, deacons, one-half
acre lying east of one acre already purchased for the consideration of six
dollars (Book T, p. 335).

   The first members* of Grove Level were Duke Richardson and wife Emily, Henry
Brooker and wife Jane, Jacob Dantzler and wife Susan, William Sapp and wife
Sarah, Martin Workman and wife Nancy Ann, William Russell and wife Cyntha Ann,
Eliza Ann Moore, R. Morgan and Matilda Morgan.

   Among pastors who served Grove Level are: Wm. A. Wright, J. M. Brittain, J.
M. Gambrell, J. M. Stansberry, Martin Isbill, H. D. Gilbert, W. C. McCall, I. M.
Roebuck, H. M. Jones,
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M. L. Clontz, Isaac Watkins, J. M. Stone, J. T. Nichols, Lee Taylor, Charlie
Maples, J. A. Maples, J. E. Morgan, H. A. Winstead, J. 0. Dantzler, J. W. Sosby
and W. E. Roberts.

PLEASANT GROVE

   The Methodist members of Shady Grove purchased land and erected a building on
the Cleveland highway south of the original structure. The first acre of the new
location was deeded by Anthony Bolander for the consideration of fifteen dollars
to Martin P. Berry, Isaac N. Hair, Thos. A. Tye, John Lewis Bender and S. C.
Swan. This was on July 26, 1873.

   The second deed records that on March 31, 1876, John D. Williamson gave five
and one-fourth acres "for the cause of Christianity" to M. P. Berry, S. Swan, J.
M. Bailey, J. L. Bender and L. W. Quillian.

   An additional grant of one and three-fourths acres was given by Cephus
Stradley on September 7, 1885, to J. L. Bender, James Kirk and T. A. Tye.

   In the deed made by John D. Williamson to M. P. Berry et al one acre of land
was reserved ("to be selected and measured by said party of the first part") for
the purpose of erecting a cottage and stables to be used at the camp meetings
held annually at Pleasant Grove.

   A church and a school building were erected on these grounds, also a huge
arbor where the Whitfield County Sunday school convention has been held for
about sixty years.

   In addition to the trustees named in the deeds were others prominent in the
development of the church's history. Among them were the Brooker family, the
Jewell family, the Cady family and the Kirk family.

   This church is one of a group comprising the Varnell circuit. (For list of
pastors, see Varnell Methodist).

SHILOH METHODIST CHURCH

   Shiloh church was organized about 1870 on a plot of ground about a mile west
of the new Shiloh in the Mill Creek Valley. It was known as an independent
protestant Methodist. New Shiloh church was erected a few years later on the
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ship was held until 1901, when this church merged with the M. E. Church, South.
Then a building was erected, two miles south, on the same road. This church was
dedicated in memory of the late Thomas Griffin and wife, Lucinda Kenemer Griffin.

   Dr. George Harlan was the beloved pastor of Shiloh from 1870 to 1890.
Reverend William Cator also served as pastor and was highly esteemed by the
people in that community.

   Charter members of old Shiloh were Mr. and Mrs. Adolphus Williams, Mr. and
Mrs. David Lowry Kenemer, W. E. Love, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Walker, Mr. and Mrs.
Thos. Hall, Professor George Christain, Mr. Thomas Lowry, Miss Lissie Lowry,
Newt Kinsey, Needham Griffin and others.

   From this church two members answered the call to the ministry. Reverend
Reece Griffin who is now serving as presiding elder in the South Georgia
conference, and Reverend Felton Williams, who is a prominent minister in the
North Georgia conference.

TILTON METHODIST

   Whitfield county records show that Susan A. Brown deeded to F. W. Elrod,
James Leak, John S. Hogan, L. W. Thomasson and W. H. Coker, Jr., three-fourths
acre of land on which to build a Methodist church. The date was October 8,1897,
the consideration was five dollars. Previous to this time the member* had
worshipped in the Cumberland Presbyterian church erected by Mr. Wm. Brown.

TILTON BAPTIST CHURCH

   A deed to one acre of land was made April 23, 1874, to the Building committee
of the church, H. H. Green, J. Simmons, W. M. Fain and the Tilton Lodge of F. &
A. Masons No. 291.

VARNELL METHODIST

   In 1860 Mitchell P. Varnell deeded to Ch. Rauschenberg, James H. Huff, M. P.
Varnell, Ben F. Prater, T. H. Pitner, T. Lawrence and John C. Barnett an acre of
land on which to erect a Methodist church. The consideration was fifteen dollars.

   The parsonage now used by the pastor of the Varnell circuit was deeded by
Mrs. Baniel for this specific purpose.

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   Among the charter members of Varnell Methodist church were Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell Varnell, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Speer, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Barnett and
Robert Baniel and mother.

Among the pastors who have served the Varnell Church and the Varnell Circuit
are: _____ Hamilton, Thomas Pledger, J. R. Speck, A. J. Hughes, G. L. Chastain,
W. E. Kennedy, E. M. Stanton, W. T. Hamby, Henry D. Pace, J. F. Tyson, J. W.
Bailey, A. J. Mann, J. M. Hawkins, N. A. Parsons, H. G. Garrett, W. H. Spear, J.
E. Russell, John Foster, W. F. Walden, L. G. Hendricks, and W. B. Mills.

TUNNEL HILL

   Mrs. Lula J. Chester, daughter of Major Joseph Guthrie, very kindly supplied
the information concerning Tunnel Hill churches.

   In 1894 the trustees of the Methodist church listed as W. H. Foster, I. H.
Harlan, C. P. N. Harris, J. L. Heggie and T. Jeff Smith, gave a deed to the F. &
A. Masons, and in this transaction they refer to the original deed as having
been made in 1858, naming Clisbe Austin as the original trustee.

   This brick building which was built by Mr. Austin was used for stables by
Federal troops during the War. The store building of Major Guthrie and the home
of W. H. Foster were used as hospitals for the ill and wounded. Dr. Wyble was
the physician in charge.

   Early members of this church were Dr. and Mrs. Emerson, Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Morelock, Mr. and Mrs. James Ault, Mrs. Judith Hardy, Mrs. W. H. Foster, Mr. and
Mrs. Bearden, Emma and Tina Rogers and Joseph Rogers.

TUNNEL HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

   Before the War Between the States this congregation was composed largely of
county families. Among them were the Green family and the Wilson family. The
Cherry family was prominently identified with early activities of the church and
town. Able assistance was given by the McGill family of Stone church, who
attended regularly.

   Members who later were staunch supporters of the church were Dr. and Mrs. E.
C. Cochran, W. W. Jordan, Mrs. Jennie Wyatt, Mrs. May Fielder, Mrs. Florence
Foster, W. S. Jordan,

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Mrs. James Headrick, Mrs. Will Emerson, Mrs. L. Q. Howden, Dr. and Mrs. Word and
Elijah Laymance and family.

TUNNEL HILL CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN

   Among the first members of this denomination were Mrs. J. T. Kirkpatrick, Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Headrick, Mrs. Laymance, Mrs. John Whitton, Franklin and William
Gillian, Joe Rogers, Miss Addie Rogers and Haynie Fox and family.

BAPTIST CHURCH

   The Baptist church of Tunnel Hill was organized before the War Between the
States. Worship was conducted monthly at the school house. After the war the
members accepted the invitation of the methodists to worship in the war-wrecked
building.

   Later the Cumberland Presbyterians built a church and the Baptists were
invited to hold services there one Sunday each month. This they did for several
years. (The invitations were extended in appreciation of the help given by
Baptist members in the erection of both the Methodist and the Cumberland
Presbyterian churches.)

   County records show that on May 14, 1887, W. H. Foster sold to Deacons George
W. Head and L. S. Flemister a site for a church building for a consideration of
fifty dollars.

   In response to the steady urging of Reverend Stansberry to build a church of
their own, a building was erected in 1888 and was dedicated by Dr. Robert B.
Headden of Cartersville.

   Among the early members were Major and Mrs. Joseph Guth-rie, Mrs. L. J.
Chester, Mrs. Rufus Foster and family, the Whit-ten family and the Bowman family.

VARNELL BAPTIST

   This church was organized before 1860 and a building was erected on land
given by M. P. Varnell.*

   Among the charter members were Charles B. and Elizabeth Ann Kirkpatrick,
Sylvanus and Hannah Kaneaster, Joseph and Hannah Spann, George and Abigail
Fagala, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Cox, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Crow, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Blair.
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   *This information was given by Mrs. Fannie Kirkpatrick Webb.

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   Among the early members were John and Sarah Fagala, Mrs. Cooksey, Mrs. Alma
Eslinger, Mrs. Susan Bare, Miss Sarah Hartsfield, Miss Mary Whittle, Mrs. Sarah
Cox, Misses Mary, Luvenia and Sarah Kirkpatrick and Martin Houston.

   Reverend J. A. R. Hanks and Reverend J. M. Stansberry were among the first
pastors of the church.

COLORED CHURCHES OP DALTON

   Burning Bush, A. M. E., Matilda Street; Bethel, A. M. E., Spring Street; New
Hope Baptist Church, McCamy Street; Liberty Baptist Church, Pentz Street; Mt.
Ridge Baptist Church, Matilda Street; Antioch Presbyterian Church, McCamy Street.

SCHOOLS

   "All the possibilities of a democracy rest squarely upon education."—Franklin
D. Roosevelt.

   The first school of any consequence in Dalton was conducted in the old
Methodist church frame building which stood on the lot directly opposite the
present Methodist church.

   Mr. and Mrs. Cooledge came here about 1870 and opened a larger school in the
basement of the old Baptist church. Later on Dalton issued bonds to the value of
$20,000.00 to build the Dalton Female College and the Crawford High School (for
boys), the female college to be under the care of Wesleyan College at Macon, and
Crawford High under Mercer, also at Macon.

   The female college was the first to be ready for occupancy. Reverend W. A.
Rogers was president, being followed by Rufus W. Smith, John A. Jones, A. A.
Jones,_____ _____ Warwick, J. G. Orr, G. J. McLellan, Miss Mabel Head, Thomas L.
Bryan and ______ Summitt.

   Mrs. Fannie C. Lester was in charge of the preparatory department of this
institution for more than thirty years. Many hundreds of women all over Georgia
owe the foundation of their education to her splendid training. The religious
instruction and spiritual guidance given to her pupils by this consecrated
teacher meant much toward the character building of these women.

   It was mainly by the efforts and influence of the First Baptist church that
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land on Fort Hill and promoted the first boys' school there under the name of
Crawford Academy.

   In 1883 the trustees of Mercer University proposed to turn the property over
to the City of Dalton for school purposes. The proposition was accepted, but
before the consummation of the transaction a plan was proposed which was thought
to be a happy solution of the educational question for all times to come.

   The plan was for the Methodists to conduct a school for girls at the present
location of City Park school, and the Baptists to have a school for boys on Fort
Hill. This being agreeable to everybody, Mercer University deeded the Fort Hill
property to the First Baptist Church for school purposes; thus the church
assumed charge of the school. The name was changed to Brown University in honor
of Governor Joseph E. Brown, who contributed a considerable sum to put the
school on a good foundation. But this school, also, like the Crawford Academy,
failed to be self sustaining, and so after a time the property was conveyed back
to the town, and the boys joined the girls on the west side until the whole work
was taken over by the city under the present school system.

DALTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS*

   "The Public School is the most democratic and distinctly American institution
that we have, and on its success depends in a large measure the future of our
country. As long as the bells from twenty-five thousand or more school houses
ring out every morning from Maine to Mexico, and twenty-five million bright
faced children march off to school to be trained and molded into intelligent
citizens, we may rest pretty well assured that America is going to make no very
serious mistakes which America cannot rectify. The solemn compact, signed in the
cabin of the Mayflower, that the 'little brown school house' should be one of
the first buildings erected in the new free land to which they were going was
typical of the mighty spirit of that little band, as someone has so aptly said,
'The first row of pot hooks scratched across their copy books by New England
urchins was the preamble to the Declaration of Independence.'
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   *This article was written by Mr. Frank Manly, who was for many years chairman
of tre Board of Education of the Dalton public schools of Dalton. The article
was written for a special edition of The Citizen.

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   "The history of the Dalton Public Schools, with one hectic exception, is but
the 'short and simple annals of the poor.' Born in 1886-87 under the mayoralty
of Colonel W. H. Pruden, the city took over the Joseph E. Brown Institute
(formerly the Crawford High School) on Fort Hill, electing Colonel W. K. Moore
as first Chairman of the Board, his associates being John Black, W. T. McCarty,
Joe Kenner and D. K. McKamy.

   "Among the first teachers were Mrs. B. M. Thomas, Misses Allie Moore, Agnes
Morris, Minnie Field, Nell Barrett, Carrie Bitting and Laura Kelly, a faculty of
brilliant women whose high character and fine ability did much to insure the
success of the new venture.

   "After the grammar school became well established efforts were made from time
to time, without much success, to establish a two or three grade High school as
part of the public school system. Little was accomplished until under the
chairmanship of Paul B. Trammell in 1909 a determined resourceful campaign for
an accredited High School was successfully put through in the face of strenuous
and bitter opposition. In the meantime the city had taken over the building of
the old Dalton Female College, converting it into a High School which was used
until the new High School was built.

   "The first superintendent of the Dalton schools was Wm. Harper, who was
succeeded by General B. M. Thomas, J. W. Weatherly, T. S. Lucas, C. D. Meadows,
J. H. Watson, J. T. Duncan, U. J. Bennett, M. 0. McCord, J. I. Allman, W. C.
Jones and J. W. Williams.

   "Since the public schools were organized, forty-six years ago, there have
been eight Chairmen of the Board of Education: Colonel W. K. Moore, Dr. C. P.
Gordon, Walter Jones, Sherry McAuley, C. D. McCutchen, Paul B. Trammell, Frank
Manly, and Paul B. Fite, Sr.

   "In connection with the Dalton Public School system it is an interesting fact
that three members of the board have given twenty-five years of service—one of
whom, P. B. Fite, is still serving. The others were Frank Manly and W. C. McGhee.

   "In all these years our children have had the guidance of many splendid,
noble women, a goodly number of whom are still with us, and whose lives have
been, and are, a light and a joy

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and an inspiration and a benediction to thousands of boys and girls who have
come under their good and kindly influence."

COUNTY SCHOOLS*

   The first county board of education of which there is any record is that of
1872. The members appointed by the grand jury in April of that year were W. C.
Richardson, T. H. Pitner, W. H. Kenner, C. D. McCutchen and W. K. Moore. Several
members of the board have given many years of service to the county school
system, and W. C. Martin has served as chairman of the board for twenty-nine years.

   The past superintendents, beginning with Martin Berry and arranged
chronologically, are: Martin Berry, J. C. Sapp, J. J. Copeland, J. D. Fields,
Miss Phoebe Broadrick and Alvin White.

   Its educational facilities growing space with its industrial development,
Whitfield county now has one of the most modern and complete public school
system in the State of Georgia.

   While the number of schools in the county is decreasing, owing to
consolidation and hence to increased efficiency, the enrollment increases yearly.

   The mill schools, part of the county system, are model educational plants.
They are the Crown Point school at the Crown Cotton Mills, the Atcooga school at
the American Thread Company, and the Boylston Crown school at the Boylston Crown
Mill.

   The school program of Whitfield county has been made possible by the
co-operation of the various local districts with the county school authorities,
and at the present time there is an excellent consolidated school within the
reach of every child in Whitfield county, which gives complete high school
opportunities.

   All the consolidated schools have modern brick buildings which were financed
jointly by the county and local districts, and in the case of Varnell and
Pleasant Grove the Federal government aided to the extent of thirty per cent. In
no case has the building of a school been through the efforts of any individual,
but these schools have been made possible through the combined efforts of the
county and district school authorities, with the co-operation of the patrons and
citizens of the different districts, and in some cases the Federal Government.
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   *By Alvln White, Wbitfleld County School Superintendent.

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   Plans are approved to build teacherages at all consolidated schools, and it
is believed that these buildings will be completed before the end of 1935.

   There are also four colored schools in the county system.

   The consolidated schools of the county are:

DAWNVILLE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

   Dawnville was the first consolidated school. In 1928 the school districts of
Liberty, Temperance Hill, Harmony, Bunker Hill, and Dawnville formed the
Dawnville consolidated school and erected the present school building. Miss
Phoebe Broadrick was County School Superintendent and trustees were Homer
Boyles, Gordon Foster and Luther Bonds. The County Board of Education at that
time was: W. C. Martin, Chairman; S. R. Hassler, L. M. Babb, W. C. Bryant, and
V. B. Pullen.

   In 1931 electric power and a water system was installed, and the grounds
landscaped. In 1932 a home for the principal was built, and in 1934 the building
was enlarged for the purpose of

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taking care of a boys' work shop and a home economics department for the girls.

   A community cannery has been established where the surplus vegetables of the
farmers may be canned on a profitless basis. Plans are under way for the
building of a combination auditorium and gymnasium, as the present auditorium is
not adequate.

   In 1934 Beaverdale school district combined with this school, and in 1935
Deep Springs district was added. Tentative plans for the consolidation of Union
Point and Pine Grove with the Dawnville school are now under consideration.

COHUTTA CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

   In 1929 this school, composed of Keeler, Hopewell, McGaughey and Cohutta
school districts, was organized and the present school building erected. Its
trustees were: P. 0. Parker, M. Q. Brackett and W. W. Seaton.

   The grounds have been landscaped, shrubbery planted and an electric power and
water system installed.

   In 1934 a home economics cottage was built, and a gymna-

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sium is now under construction. This school also has a community cannery where
surplus farm products may be canned.

   It is hoped that during 1935 Tuckers and Mount Pleasant school districts will
be added to this school.

   The Cohutta Consolidated School and all subsequent consolidated schools were
organized under the County Board of Education composed of W. C. Martin,
chairman; S. R. Hassler, L. M. Babb, W. C. Bryant and W. W. Seaton, with Alvin
White as County School Superintendent.

VARNELL CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

   This school, comprising Varnell and portions of Good Hope, McGaughey,
Broadacre and New Hope school districts, was organized in 1933 with the
following trustees: W. 0. Wilson, T. J. Manis, J. R. Wheeler, Robert Crow, and
W. A. Hayes. The present school building, equipped with electric power and a
water system, was erected. The grounds were landscaped and shrubbery was planted.

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VALLEY POINT CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

   This school had its beginning in 1929 with the school districts of Five
Springs, Center Point and Dug Gap; in 1930 Carbondale was added, and in 1931
Redwine Cove became a part of it. Union was added in 1935, and it is planned
that Tilton, Oak Grove and Antioch become a part of this organization.

   In 1934 with H. H. Ezzard, J. W. Godfrey, H. S. Huston, C. E. McCollum and J.
W. Sims as trustees the present building was erected. At that time it was the
largest rural consolidated school building in the state, consisting of nineteen
rooms. The building is equipped with electric power and a water system; the
grounds have been landscaped and shrubbery has been planted.

   In 1935 a cannery and home economics cottage was added.

PLEASANT GROVE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

   Pleasant Grove School with J. B. Hill, C. H. Felker, John Hasty, C. 0.
Richardson and Guy Bryant as trustees, erected its present building in 1934.
This school is also equipped with elec-

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tric power and a water system, its grounds landscaped and shrubbery planted.

   It is composed of the following school districts: Broadacre, Cedar Valley,
Good Hope, Pleasant Grove and a portion of Deep Springs. It is planned to add
the Waring school district in the near future.

WEST-SIDE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL

   Plans for this, the newest of the consolidated schools in the county, were
perfected early in 1935 and the building erected in time for the August school
session. Plans are now made to enlarge the building by the addition of an
auditorium and three class rooms.

   This school comprises the Salem, Gordon Springs, Mill Creek, Mount Vernon,
Fair-view and Rocky Face school districts, with the following trustees: Carl
Loner, Bart Wallace, H. P. McArthur, E. W. Babb and W. M. Dobson.

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TUNNEL HILL DISTRICT

   The Tunnel Hill school district has a bond election pending for the purpose
of building and equipping a consolidated school. If the results of this election
are favorable, the districts of Tunnel Hill, New Hope, Trickum, Houston Valley
and Ridge Grove will unite, thus completing the plans of the County Board of
Education that all sections of the county shall have adequate, well equipped
schools, with school bus lines making them reasonably accessible to all the
children of Whitfield County.



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