Williams Creek Baptist
Warren County | Organized in 1787
The Baptist Church of Christ at Williams Creek was constituted on December 22, 1787, at the headwaters of Williams Creek at Little River in that section of Wilkes Co., which became Warren Co., by the Act of 1793. Willis Perry gave the land on which the church was built, just northwest of the present site. During heavy rains, the creek would overflow and flood the cemetery and the land surrounding the church. Sometime in the latter part of the 19th century, the decision was made to relocate the church to its present location. Headboards of the earliest cemetery were made of wood or fieldstone and slowly disappeared over time.
Read more...According to early church records, there was a split in the leadership of the church in the early 1820s. One faction followed Billington Sanders and the other followed Thomas Rhodes. Sanders led the minority faction and petitioned the Georgia Baptist Association in 1822, bringing charges against Rhodes of a serious nature “affecting his moral character”. In an unusual action, the GBA issued a resolution stating that “the members of Williams Creek, who have connected themselves with said Rhodes, be therefore declared no church, but a disorderly faction. Further that the part of Williams Creek Church who has remained unmoved the said Rhodes, is hereby declared the proper church, and their conduct has the unqualified approbation of this body.”
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9 responses to “Williams Creek Baptist”
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where did you fnd that James Madison Ray’s father came from Irland? Who knows his name? His son James Robert Ray was my maternal grandfather. Elizabeth
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Been there many times when I was a child, my dad cooked barbecue for home coming. As i grow older went to revival and funeral. Sweet church. showing its age. I believe that New Providence is a break off of that church. I am 82 years old now. and still love my church.
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Does anyone know where the 1799 church minutes would be? I am researching Joseph and Benjamin Brantley from that era and need documentation of their f/s relationship. I’ve been told it is only available from the Jan. 26, 1799 minutes BUT no one seems to be able to tell me where I can see a copy. If you can help, please email me at aureliatippett@gmail.com. Thank you! 8.19.23.
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I am looking too except for the Harris and McGinty surnames. These minutes are evidently available to view on microfilm these were locations listed
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in GeorgiaWilliams Creek Baptist Church (Warren County, Ga.) records. Special Collections, Mercer University Main Library, Macon, Georgia
Portions of the collection are available on microfilm
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My mother Marjorie Louise Ray an her sister, Ida were baptized at Williams Creek in the early 1900’s. My grandfather James Robert Ray is buried there along with his first wife Lizzie Thompson Ray and other members of the family.
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Where are the minutes of the Williams Creek Baptist Church stored?
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Probably at the Tarver Library at Mercer University but I am not sure about that.
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I am preparing a book about the Dismukes family who were among the early members of this church. I wondered if I might have permission to use one of the photo on you website in the book. This would of course be attributed in a fashion you may recommend.
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I am looking for members and leaders of the early church with the name Dismukes. Please let me know if you found information or published your findings/book.
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