1916 Map


Bethel Baptist Church
J.R. Sims Rd., southwest of Irwinton
 Organized 1833. Dissolved. Church building gone

    Rev. John Hughs served here many years a pastor. Others who served were Hyman Mercer (photo right Submitted by Tom Freeman), Ellis Harville, Green B. Hughes, E. J. Coats.  During its history 5 generations of the Hughes family have preached here.

  In 1852 Ellis Harville was the pastor, 23 saved that year, 92 members. American Baptist Register, for 1852 by John Lansing Burrows.

Some early members: David Johnson, William Dixon, William Roberson, Richard Barfield. The church sat in a triangle on the left of the cemetery.
 

Church Roll Around 1870 from Wilkinson County Georgia Historical Collections, by Joseph Maddox
*denotes died before 1870
Henry Adkins
Mary Ann Adkins
Robert Adkins
Cashman Barlow*
Dollie Barlow
James Barlow
Jane Barlow
Joseph Barlow
Mattie Eliza Barlow
William Barlow
Polly Ann Batson
Tabitha Batson
Green Beall
M. E. Beall
Mattie Beall
Nobie Beall
Sallie Beall
John R. Bell
Mary Bell
Nicey Bell
Asa Bloodworth
Cynthia Ann Bloodworth
John Bloodworth
Lucinda Bloodworth
Mary Bloodworth
Nany Bloodworth
Timothy Bloodworth
W. H. Brewer
Rebecca Brooks
Alfred Brown
Becky Brown
Caleb Brown
Clarissa Brown
Helen Brown
Fannie Brown
Jennie Brown
Letha Brown
Lula Brown
Margaret Brown
Missouri Brown
Millie Brown
Nancy Brown*
Patsy Ann Brown
Sallie Brown
Susan Brown
William Brown
Lizing Burris
Elisha Carroll
Frank Carroll
Henrietta Carroll
Jesse Carroll*
Mandy Charters
Sallie Charters
Nolie Cherry*
Ellen Clark
Mack Clark
Sallie Collins
Almetia Cross
Jackson Cross
Joseph Cross
Lindzey Davidson
Mary Dix
William Dix
Willie Dix
Betty Dixon
Edmund Dixon
Ed Dixon
Elizabeth Dixon
Ellen Dixon
Hemmie Dixon
James Dixon
Martha Dixon
Martha Davidson
Fannie DuPriest
James Gibbs
Mattie Gibbs
Mollie Ham* 
Nolie Ham
Martha Hartley
Cashman Harville
Harrison Harville*
Betty Hatcher
Rebecca Hatcher
George Hatfield
Jane Hays
Almetia Hooks
Ella Hooks
Ellen Hooks
Epsey Hooks
Lada Hooks
Maggie Hooks
Marietta Hooks
Patsey Hooks
Reny Hooks
Thomas Hooks
Willie Hooks
Alex Horton
C. C. Horton
Chapel Horton
Josiah Horton
Julia Horton
Katy Horton
Nettis Horton
Solomon Horton
Georgiann Hughs
G. B. Hughs
Jennie Hughs
John T. Hughs
J. T. Hughs
Leila Hughs
Letha Hughs
Mamie W. Hugs
N.C. Hughs
N. W. Hughs
Nancy Hughs
Rufus Hughs
R. R. Hughs
Rollin Hughs
Samuel J. Hughs
Sarah Hughs
Stanley Hughs
Theodoci Hughs
William J. Hughs
Sallie Jackson
Sarah Jackson*
Beth Johnson
Berry Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Fannie Johnson
John L. Johnson
Mandy Johnson
Sallie Johnson
John H. Jones
James Kimbrough
Carrie King
James Lavender
Martha Lavender
Mattie Lavender
C. C. Lewis
Sallie Lingo
Laura Manning
John Matthews
Nancy Matthews
Erastus Morgan
John S. Morgan
Mary Ann Morgan
Mary Jane Morgan
Millie V. Morgan
William Morgan
Mary J. McCullar
Mary McCullar
Nancy McConnell
Aurelia F. Nelson
Martha Ann Nelson
Nancy Paulk*
Mattie Pittman
Nancy Player
Anna Porter
Emma Porter
C. C. Porter
Sallie Porter
John J. Pruitt
Martha Pruitt
Demarious Ridle
Ambrose Simpson
Catherine Simpson
Gus Simpson
James Simpson, Sr.
James Simpson
John Simpson
Loduski Simpson
Martha Simpson
Mary Simpson
Sarah P. Simpson
Mary Ann Smith
Catharine Spears
Elisha Spears
James Spears
J. B. Spears*
John W. Spears
Lewis Spears
Maggie Spears
Mary Spears
Robert Spears
B. F. Stuckey
George Stuckey
Isaac Taylor
John Taylor
Sophia Taylor
Betsy R. Todd
Elizabeth Todd
Elektra Todd
Daniel Ussery
Joel Ussery
Nannie Ussery
H. A. Waters
Jincey Waters
Bennett K. Ward
Caroline Ward
Franklin Ward
G. B. Ward
Henley Ward
Jerry Ward
Martha Ward
Mary Ward
Mary Ann Ward
Missie Ann Ward
Virginia Ward
Mary Whitaker
Jane Wiggins
A. J. Willis
Clifford Willis
Fannie Willis
Gracie Willis
John Willis
Margaret Willis
Ellaa Wilson
Franklin Wilson
Clarissa Wood
Henry Wood
William Wood
Bethel Cemetery
Families Buried here: Barlow, Beall, Bell, Bloodworth, Brown, Collins, Cross, Davidson, Day, Dickson,
Dixon, Ericksen, Everett, Ford, Hall, Hancock, Harris, Hatfield, Hooks, Horton, Hughes, Johnson, Justice,
Kemp, Lavender, Layton, Lindsey, Lord,  Peacock, Pennington, Perkins, Porter, Sanders, Shepherd, Wall,

2006


June 2009

Photos by Eileen Babb McAdams




Bethel School  1918
Miss Lila Gallemore, teacher; 27 students
Educational Survey of Wilkinson County Georgia by ML. Duggan, Rural  School Agent Under Direction of State Department of Education, M.L.Brittain, State Superintendent of Schools 1918, original copy owned by Larry & Eileen McAdams
 


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