- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Old Buckhead Church historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Jenkins County
Church buildings--Georgia--Jenkins County
Baptists--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Jenkins County, 32.79247, -81.96353
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: U.S. 25 about two miles south of Perkins
Text of marker: "OLD BUCKHEAD CHURCH. 4.3 miles west of this point stands Old Buckhead Church. The present structure built around 1845 housed one of the oldest Baptist congregations in the United States. The Buckhead church was organized prior to the Revolution under the leadership of Rev. Matthew Moore. It was re-organized in 1787. The Georgia Baptist Convention met here in 1831 to pass the initial resolution that founded Mercer University. During the War Between the States the church-yard became the scene of a skirmish between the 3d, Cav. Div. of Gen. J. Kilpatrick, (USA), and the Cav. Corps of Gen. Joseph Wheeler, (CSA), Nov. 28, 1864. 082-1 Georgia Historical Commission 1953" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_old-buckhead-church
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_old-buckhead-church
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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