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Bethel Primitive Baptist Church State Historical
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Located 1.5 miles south of Ga 122 at Sand Hill (west of Barney)
30.975116, -83.63155
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BETHEL
PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH
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Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, the second Baptist Church to be organized in the area of old Lowndes County, was constituted September 2, 1826. The organizing Presbytery were: Elders Benjamin Manning, Matthew Albritton and Henry Melton, with Deacon William A. Knight. Charter members of Bethel Church were: Elder Melus Thigpen and his wife, Sarah; Archibald Strickland and his wife, Luander; Henry C. Tucker and his wife, Sarah.
Elder Thigpen served as supply pastor until 1828, when the Rev. Matthew Albritton was called to the charge of Bethel Church.
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GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION
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