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Creation Date
6-27-2010
Building Name
Sardis Church
Description
Sardis Church Marker, Folkston, GA.
This marker is part of the Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission series.
The text reads as :
" Sardis Church, about 2 miles West on this Road, is the oldest church in Charlton County. Constituted some time before 1821, the first edifice was built in this area. The church was moved to or near its present site in 1840. The pulpit in this edifice has been in use for more than 100 years, and bears a bullet scar from the Indian Wars. With 24 members, Sardis Church was admitted to the Alapaha River Primitive Baptist Association, October 13, 1856. In the cemetery adjacent to the church are buried many of the pioneers of this section. "
Placed by Georgia Historical Commission in 1958.
Latitude, Longitude
30.80166667, -82.03010000
Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Keywords
Taylor, George Lansing, Jr."; Lance Taylor; Photographers -- Florida --Jacksonville; Photograph collections -- Florida -- Jacksonville; Sardis Church Marker; Sardis Church; Oldest church; Charlton County (Ga.); Alapaha River Primitive Baptist Association; Historical marker --- Georgia --- Folkston.