Rocky Face Baptist Church
Tunnel Hill
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Rocky Face Baptist church was organized in 1873.
Presbytery was composed of
the following ministers: Reverend Clonts, John Gilbert and J. C. Stansbury. The
deacons ordained were J. W. Bridges and Henry King; clerk, M. L. McDonald.
Charter members were J. M. Bridges, J. W. Bridges, Henry King, M. L. McDonald,
Mrs. M. L. McDonald, Mrs. Henry King, Mrs. J. W. Bridges. First members received
by baptism were Mrs. W. N. Russell, Bennie Young, Mrs. Hamp Young and Mrs.
Harriet Bridges.
The church was organized in a building where the Rocky Face school
house now
stands. At that time the Methodist and the Baptist used the same building which
was also used for a school house. The building burned, and the Baptist and
Methodist then moved their place of worship to an old log house which stood
where the home of H. H. Russell now stands. They decided to build a community
church. Each man in the community furnished a log; some two. This new church was
built on the site of the present Baptist church. Two of the members were turned
out of the church and threatened to take out their logs. Other members remarked
that the building would be rather queer looking with a log missing out of one
end and one side.
About this time the Methodists decided to rebuild the church which
had
burned. County records show that on July 8,1879, Berry Smith deeded land to
Anthony Green and Thomas McClure as trustees of Rocky Face Methodist church. One
hundred dollars was received from the church extension society. Michael Hassler,
with a little help from neighbors and the hundred dollars received, built this
church for the Northern Methodists. He furnished the greater part of the
material and labor.
This church was used by the Methodists about eighteen years. Many
of the
members eventually moved away, and the church was discontinued. This building,
with a few additional changes, is the present school building at Rocky Face.
The only church at Rocky Face at present is the Baptist church,
which was
built in 1883.
Source: History of Whitfield County, 1936
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