Clark’s Station Baptist
Wilkes County | Organized in 1788
This historic church, originally located on Clark’s Creek, was constituted in 1788 by Elders Sanders Walker and Silas Mercer, with 11 members. It was at the meeting of the Association at Clark’s Station in 1821 that resolutions were passed which resulted in the organization, the next year at Powellton, of the Georgia Baptist Convention. In 1850, the house of worship was removed from its original site two or three miles west to its present location. That building was remodeled in 1944 under the pastorate of Rev. J.R. Kirkland. Clark’s Station Baptist was one of the first of around eight Baptist churches that sprung forth in Wilkes county before the end of the 18th Century. Following the lead of nearby Fishing Creek Baptist (founded in 1783), the first Baptist church in the county, Clark’s Station and the others that followed became the focal points within each community for hundreds of years to come.
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4 responses to “Clark’s Station Baptist”
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We’ve traced our plantation owners to have roots in this church and several are buried here as well as in the Bolton Cemetery in Vesta, Ga which was the plantation site prior to reconstruction.
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I am a descendant of the Echols family (my mother’s side), many of whom are buried in the Clark’s Station church cemetery. My great great grandfather and mother, Alexander Franklin Echols and Sara Jane Poss Echols, my great grandfather and mother, Richard Perry Echols and Hassie Orr Norman Echols and my grandparents Ralph Talbert Echols and Ella Ree Carlton Echols are all there. I can remember attending church services as a child when we would visit family in Tignall.
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Thanks Robert. You have deep roots in Wilkes County.
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we are related Hassie Echols was my great grand mother
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