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Creation Date
9-8-2018
Description
The marker reads: "OZIAS CHURCH BETHLEHEM CHURCH Ozias Primitive Baptist Church was constituted July 14, 1832. Elders Wilson Conner and John Martial were the Presbytery. Members were John McDonald, Randall McDonald, Elijah Hunter, Penelope Hunter, Catherine McCall, Mary McDonald, Elizabeth McDonald. The Rev. Randall McDonald was pastor, and Redding Hunter was clerk.
On March 11, 1854, it was agreed to change the name to Bethlehem Church. The Rev. Hardy McGlawn and the Rev. W.F. Willis served as first pastors after Bethlehem Church was constituted. 077-8 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1996" Top of sign: The Great Seal of Georgia – Georgia 1776 Constitution Justice Wisdom Moderation
Latitude, Longitude
31 deg 50' 26.53", 83 deg 15' 43.55"
Rights Statement
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Keywords
Taylor, George Lansing, Jr.; Lance Taylor; Photographers -- Florida –Jacksonville; Photograph collections -- Florida – Jacksonville; Baptist Churches primitive and apostolic; Historic markers; Churches and synagogues; Fitzgerald (Ga.); Ben Hill County (Ga.); Baptist churches; Baptist church buildings; Images