Tunnel Hill Baptist Church
Tunnel Hill
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The Baptist church of Tunnel Hill was organized before the War
Between the
States. Worship was conducted monthly at the school house. After the war the
members accepted the invitation of the methodists to worship in the war-wrecked
building.
Later the Cumberland Presbyterians built a church and the Baptists
were
invited to hold services there one Sunday each month. This they did for several
years. (The invitations were extended in appreciation of the help given by
Baptist members in the erection of both the Methodist and the Cumberland
Presbyterian churches.)
County records show that on May 14, 1887, W. H. Foster sold to
Deacons George
W. Head and L. S. Flemister a site for a church building for a consideration of
fifty dollars.
In response to the steady urging of Reverend Stansberry to build a
church of
their own, a building was erected in 1888 and was dedicated by Dr. Robert B.
Headden of Cartersville.
Among the early members were Major and Mrs. Joseph Guthrie, Mrs. L.
J.
Chester, Mrs. Rufus Foster and family, the Whitten family and the Bowman family.
Source: History of Whitfield County, 1936
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