Church Photo taken 1962 by Liz Sumner
Submitted by Keith Watson

Red Level Methodist Episcopal Church
Was located on 441 South of Irwinton.
 Established 1848. Dissolved. Chuch razed in 1983

    " While no written records exist it was organized in 1848. Appropriately named because of the color of the surrounding soil, and the fact that church was erected on one of the few flat areas in High Hill Militia District.
     When it was constituted no doubt the purpose was to serve a number of the more prominent families who lived nearby: Isasc Hall, and his wife, the former Susannah Ross, Samuel William Hatfield and his wife Lucy Johnson and their allied kinship.
    An unusual story is handed down, which resulted from a simultaneous fire-and-brimstone prayer and the 1886 Charleston South Carolina earthquake. The subject of the minister's sermon was the destruction of the world and Judgement Day. In a prayer he requested an earthquake if necessary to bring sinners to repentance. During the supplication a violent tremor occured, followed by a second. The church was vacated without the prayer being finished. After it was over they all returned to the sanctuary apparently with a different perspective, it was told."  Wilkinson County Georgia Historical Collections by Joseph Maddox.

Left photo: Ethel Collins Bagley, Liz Greer (Sumner), Florence Collins. Right photo: Florence E. Beville Collins
Photos taken in 1962 with Brownie Camera by Liz Greer Sumner

According to Architecture of Middle Georgia Oconee Area by John Linley the dimensions of the church were:

Red Level Church sign photograph courtesty of Liz Greer Sumner.