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| Screven County was created on December 14th,1793 from St.George Parish.Land was taken from Burke and Effingham County to form Screven County. In 1796 Screven County gave land to Bulloch County and in 1905 gave land to Jenkins county.In 1850 there were 1,625 white men and 1,548 white females and 3,673 slaves. |
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| McDonald Baptist Church was constituted as McDonald Branch Baptist Church on November, 1865 with Elders H E Cassidy, C B Hurst and H G Edenfield forming the Presbytery. The original Deed was made on the twenty first day of September in the year of our Lord in Eighteen Hundred Sixty Six between Henry Waters of the County, as the first part. William Lariscy, Robert D Williams and Peter Taylor, Trustees for the McDonald Branch Baptist Church, and their other successors in office, as the other part. Witnesseth that the said Henry Waters for and consideration of his regards he had for promoting morality and the cause of God, did convey to the Trustees One(1) Acre of land to be used for a Baptist Church,School House and a burying ground and they will warrant and forever defend the right and title against themselves, and against the claim of other persons. In the Year of 1914, a conveyance was made by J R Faggart for One and Three Fifths (1-3/5) Acres. On March 26, 1956, H Joe Waters granted to McDonald Baptist Church One and Three fourths (1-3/4) Acres, this is the land where the pastorium is now located This also being the same land deeded to the Board of Education , where the McDonald Public School was located. Another conveyance from H D Waters March 10 ,1905 was granted for Two(2) Acres. The above parcels of land were surveyed in 1970, a total of seven and two tenths(7.2) Acres. The number of Charter Members were about twenty five(25). As of this date, there are presently 239 members, actieve and in-active. We now have 61 enrolled in Sunday School. McDonald Baptist Church has called 46 Pastors over a period of one hunder twenty five (125) years with Brother H G Edenfield serving 15 years intermittently form 1865 to 1894. Pastors Serving Years Served Pastors Serving Years Served H G Edenfield 1865-1894 F T Franklin 1941 C B Hurst 1867 C E Daley, Jr 1942 A F Graham 1872-1876 C E Snead 1943 H J Arnett 1882-1886 Willie Joyner 1944 C E Barefield 1888 George Snelling 1945-1946 W R Thompson 1897-1898 Grady Wheeler 1947-1948 A L Brantley 1900-1908 L B Card 1949-1950 S A McDaniel 1909-1912 Hugh Hamilton 1951-1952 1966-1968 A L Brantley 1913-1917 Grady Hargrove 1953-1957 O M Seigler 1918 Ben Strohbehn 1958-1962 R L Valentine 1919 J L Hudgins 1963-1965 J M Teressi 1920 W L Bolton 1966 O B Newsone 1921-1922 Randall Johnson 1968-1970 W Rittenhouse 1923 Jerry Fowler 1970 W B Underwood 1924 Dale Bradley 1971-1972 L A Kelley 1925-1927 Louis Pierce 1974 C E Smith 1928-1929 Roy Hayes 1974-1975 O M Garland 1930-1931 Will Griffith 1975-1978 J E Pate 1932 Paul Posey 1978 W J Carswell 1933-1936 Frank Campbell 1979-1982 Walter Brown 1937 George Tinley 1983-1985 Charles Drake 1938-1939 Jimmy Gunter 1985-1988 J D Mosteller 1940 Curtis Hampton 1989-to Presnet The Church has elected nine Clerks through 1990 with James R Pierce serving a total of 36 years. He was the first Clerk and served the longiest. The Church has ordained more than 20 Deacons during its history, others have goneinto the Ministry and some in the Mission Field. During the past One Hunderd Twenty Five Years of History, McDonald Church has occupied four seperate buildings. The date of the first three occupancy in each building is unknown. The ground breaking of the present building was held on October 5, 1969 and completed on Nov 21, 1971. The Sunday School Rooms were added to the old building in 1952. The Sunday School Building next to old building was completed in 1963. In the year 1969, the Sunday School building was moved across the road to the present location. In 1971, it was remodeled and is now or present Pastorium. Improvements made since this time, include the Steeple, American/Christian Flags, Sound System, enlarged Church kitchen area, and the planting of the shrubbery by the WMU. To mention the families that gave of their time, labor, talents and money to the constructing of our Church were: Alloways, Braggs, Bradley, Chance, Crews, Bennetts, Burns, Griners, Hughes, Johnson, Lariscys, McBrides, Oglesbys, Roberts, Sowells, Taylors, Thompsons, Royal, Wiggins, and Waters. |
| McDONALD BAPTIST CHURCH HISTORY :BY M. KIMBRO |
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| Screven County Memorial information 1827 Bethel United Methodist Church (Brick Church)UMC 2 miles northwest of US 301 on road to Girard Battle of Brier Creek - Mar. 3, 1779 GHM 124-20 On Brannen's Bridge Rd at Brier Creek, 11 mi NE of Sylvania Brick (Bethel) Church GHM 124-20 About 2 miles northwest of US 301 on road to Girard British Army Crossing GHM 124-4 Brier Creek Bridge in Millhaven, 3 mi NW of Ga 24 British Headquarters GHM 124-2 Ga 21 in Newington Burton's Ferry GHM 124-9 US 301 at the Savannah River Cooperville GHM 124-13 US 301 and Ga 17 at Old Cooperville (Dover) COOPERVILLE This village was a center of religious educational and social activity for Southeast Georgia prior to the War Between the States. It was established by William Cooper about 1790 when he acquired the 1100acres originally granted to Nobel Jones. His home, later added to by his brother, George Cooper, stood about 1/2 mile west of this marker. The village was the home of Wilson C. Cooper, the educator who established Cooper College 1/4 mile east; George Cooper, the Second, inventor of the "Cooper plow"; William Cooper, the Baptist minister whose imposing home was near this marker; Dr. T.B. Cooper, the educator and Baptist minister; and J. Randolph Cooper, the Confederate officer. 124-13 GEORGIA HISTORIC MARKER 1986? ?Dow's Bridge GHM 124-7 US 301 at Jacksonboro, 5 miles north of Sylvania First County Seat GHM 124-1 At Rocky Ford on Ga 17 General Samuel Elbert GLG On Brannen's Bridge Rd at Brier Creek at battle site Jacksonboro GHM 124-8 US 301 at Ga 24 at Jacksonboro, 5 miles north of Sylvania JACKSONBORO The establishment of Jacksonboro as the county seat of Screven County was authorized by an Act of the General Assembly, Feb. 1, 1797. James H. Rutherford, Francis Jones, Martin Martin, Anthony Bonnell, Sr., and Stephen Pearce were appointed Commissioners to "purchase or otherwise procure not less than five acres nor more than fifty acres and to let the building of a court house and jail." This marker centers the 50 acres purchased from Solomon Gross on April 29th, 1797. The town was officially incorporated as "The Town of Jacksonborough" by the General Assembly, Feb. 16, 1799. It was named for the then Governor of Georgia, General James Jackson. For 50 years it was a thriving business center for a large rural area of Georgia. It remained the county seat until Dec. 14, 1847, at which time the seat of government was moved to Sylvania. Jacksonboro then rapidly became one of the many ghost towns of Georgia's early history. 124-8 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1952 John Abbot GHM 124-19 US 301 at Ga 24 at Jacksonboro, 11 miles north of Sylvania JOHN ABBOT (1751-1839) ORNITHOLOGIST, ENTOMOLOGIST, ARTIST 1/3 Mi. In the old McElveen Cemetery, one-third of a mile northeast of this marker, is the grave of John Abbot, pioneer naturalist of Georgia. Abbot was born in London June 1, 1751, and in early youth became devoted to the study and delineation of insects. At sixteen he already had become proficient with water colors and had collected, painted and exhibited his work in London. Longing for new collecting grounds, he came to Virginia in 1773 and, after three years there, he settled in Georgia. During the next sixty years he devoted himself to the study of birds, insects and plants, and some of his specimens even today are found in the great museums of Europe. One publication entitled THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE RARER LEPIDOPTEROUS INSECTS OF GEORGIA, with 104 plates, is compiled from Abbot's notes and was brought out by Sir James E. Smith in 1797. Thousands of other paintings, mostly of birds and insects, remain unpublished and are widely scattered. Two albums of Abbot's paintings still remain in Georgia, one of birds at the University of Georgia at Athens and one of insects at Emory University. 016-2A GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1956? +Louisville Road GHM 124-12 At Cooperville (Dover), US 301 at Ga 17 LOUISVILLE ROAD This road was established pursuant to an Act passed by the Colonial Assembly April 2nd, 1770. It connected the early settlement of Queensboro, at the head of Ogeechee River navigation, with Savannah. It became one of the most important stage and post routes in the state when Louis- ville was the Capital. On September 16th, 1777, the State Assembly nam- ed the first Board of Commissioners for its exclusive maintenance. They were Robert Dixon, Thomas Mills, Abraham Mincey, William Blackman and John Mizell. 124-12 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953 +Middle Ground Baptist Church GHM 124-22 Middleground Church Rd off Sheppards Switch Rd E of Ga 21 +North Newington Baptist Church GHM 124-14 On Ga 24 1.3 miles east of Ga 21 from Newington +Old Quaker Road GHM 124-17 US 301 at Ga 24 at Jacksonboro, 11 miles north of Sylvania +Paris Mill GHM 124-3 On Brier Creek in Millhaven +Screven County GHM 124-6 Square in Sylvania, US 301 Bus at Ga 21 SCREVEN COUNTY Screven County was created by an Act of the General Assembly of Georgia, December 14th, 1793. It was named for General James Screven. The first county seat and court house was the home of Benjamin Lanier at what is now Rocky Ford. In a companion Act the first county court officials were named as follows: Justices of Peace; Nathaniel Hudson, John Greene, Jr., Benjamin Richardson, Samuel Dunn, Robert Stafford, Luke Mizell, McKeen Greene, James Bevil, Joseph Plumer, Robert Williamson, Samuel Bird, John Loney, James Bird, James William, James H. Rutherford, Daniel Blackburn and William Pearce, Esquires. The Justices of the Inferior Court named in the Act creat- ing Screven County were: Benjamin Lanier, Caleb Howell, Lemuel Lanier, Paul Bevil and Drury Jones. In the first election held in Screven County, January 20th, 1794, the following officers were elected: Sheriff, William Coursey; Clerk of the Superior Court, Thomas Hylton; Clerk of the Inferior Court, Robert Williams; Surveyor, Robert Stafford; Register of Probate, Lemuel Lanier; and Coroner, William Briger. 124-6 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1952 +Sherman's Advance GHM 124-24A Ga 17 at Cameron, 3 miles southeast of US 301/Ga 73 +Sylvania GHM 124-16 Square in Sylvania, US 301 Bus at Ga 21 +The 14th Corps GHM 124-23A US 301 at Ga 24 at Jacksonboro, 11 miles north of Sylvania +The 20th Corps GHM 124-24B Ga 21 about 9 miles SE of Sylvania +The Confederate Line at Ogeechee Church, No. 4 1/2GHM 124-23B Ga 17 at Oliver +The Goodall House GHM 124-5 US 301 at Ga 24 at Jacksonboro, 11 miles north of Sylvania +The March to the Sea GHM 124-25 At Cooperville (Dover), US 301 at Ga 17 +Washington Slept Here GHM 124-10 Ga 24 about 3 miles south of Buck Creek Church +Washington's Route GHM 124-11 US 301 at Ga 24 at Jacksonboro, 11 miles north of Sylvania +Wesleyanna Memorial Church GHM None East of Sylvania on road to Brier Creek battlefield Missing or Removed Markers xBattle of Brier Creek (Replaced by GHM 124-20) WPA NE of Brier Creek, Old Ga 73 xOld River Road WPA 2.5 miles west of Savannah River, old, old Ga 73 (dirt) xWashington's Tour WPA northeast of Sylvania at junction of Ga 24, Ga 73 (Replaced by GHM 124-11) |