Georgia Baptists Begin in Kiokee 1772
The article traces Georgia Baptists from Daniel Marshall’s Kiokee church founding in 1772 through early growth, wartime pressures, and the 1765 act on state support for ministers. It notes the 176? Georgia Association formation, key ministers like Silas Mercer and John Miner, and the spread of churches before the 1800s, highlighting religious liberty and the evolving Baptist mission in Georgia.
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America
Ife
Georgia
Great Methodist Brotherhood
Wesley
Pierce
Haygood
Candler
Tome
Commonwealth
Rome
Rhode Island
James Oglethorpe
Shorea
Oglethorpe
Mr. Lewis
England
New Plantoon
Savannah
South Carolina
Euhan
Nicholas Bedgewood
Bethesda
Whitfield
Charleston
Bedgewood
Charleston, & C
Baptist Church
Edmund Botaford
Luckasecking
Euhaw
Daniel Marshall
Windsor
Appling
Columbia County
Horse Creek
Marshall
Kiokee
First Baptist Church
Edmund Botsford
Abraham Marshall
Silas Mercer
General Assembly
Church of England
Klokee
Augusta
St. Paul
Darrel Marshall
Samuel Cartledge
Mr. Cartledge
Abraham
Georgia Baptist Association
Alexander Scott
The
Georgia Association
Asembly
Peter Smith
Staistica
John Miner
Early Baptists of
Men of God
Siga Aagee Nae
Powelton Conference Sparks Georgia Baptist Revival
The Powelton meetings in 1801 1802 and 1803 helped found a Georgia Baptist revival and the General Committee of Georgia Baptists. Led by Henry Holcomb Jesse Mercer and others the effort promoted itinerant preaching education and the planned Mercer Institute, setting the stage for the Georgia Baptist convention and Mercer University amid early disputes over church unity and education.
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Georgia
Holcomb
Jesse Mercer
PoweTon
Powelton
Kiokee
Potvelton
General Committee of
Georgia Baptists
Georgia Baptist Convention
General Committee
General Assembly
Franklin College
Powelton Conferences
Mercer University
Penfield
Ocmulgee
William T. Brantly
Winder Hitman
James Arm
Strong
Jabez P. Marshall
Ocmulges
Cyrus White
Jabez P. Marshal
Old Kiokee Meeting House and Baptist College Struggles
The text recounts early Baptist efforts in Georgia, detailing opposition to the college and its charter, the shift toward Mercer University in Penfield, and the rise of missionary activity sparked by Luther Rice. It notes the formation of associations, debates over education and missions, and the eventual split leading to the Southern Baptist Convention amid Civil War-era tensions.
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The
Times
Scotland
Scotia
Convention
Mescer Institute
G. M. Sanders
Luther Rice
Savannah River Association For
Cause of Missions
Holy Spirit
Chris
Cherokee Baptist Convention
North
Georgia
Friends of Education
Woodland Female College
Cherokee Baptist College
Manhood and health warning from Dr Hathaway
An advertisement by Dr. AWTON HATHAWAY of Atlanta offers a free copy of a booklet titled Manliness, Vigor, Health. The message warns parents about male virility and lists symptoms of decline, promising complete cure with consultation and confidences guarded, aiming to reach boys and men through personal letters and a physician’s record.
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