Toomsboro Baptist Church
Wilkinson County, Ga.
101 Manderson St., Toomsboro. Organized 1906

      Victor Davidson in The History of Wilkinson County says the church "was organized September 24 1906 by Revs. J. M. Kelly and A. B. Smith. Original members:  W.J. Hughes, Mrs. H. D. Hughes, Georgia Hughes, Mamie Hughes, Mrs. G. C. Daniel, Mrs. Lizzie Cross.
       Services were held in the Christian and Methodist churches until the church was built in 1922  In 1922 there were only 2 adult male members, H. E. Stephens and Dr. A. D. Ware and these two managed the building, the house being completed, painted and paid for in 1927.
      The pastors who have served this church are J.M. Kelly, W. O. Young, D. Albert Howard, Fred C. Markert, Allen Cutts, Fred E. Smith, John W. Falkner, Dr. J. C. Solomon, J. K. Williams, Hugh S. Wallace, Dr. A. I. Foster, C. E. McDaniel, and E. W. Dupree."
      Joseph Maddox in Wilkinson County Georgia  Historical Collections says the "land for church given by Mrs. Hansford Hall, nee Mary Dixon."

 Church history is available at Jack Tarver Library at Mercer University.
 
 


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