Hancock County Georgia Churches

Island Creek Baptist, established 1794

Hancock County Ga. ***CHURCHES***
**In 1854 Hancock County had 21 churches and in 1870 41.**
Archer Grove Baptist aka Archers Grove African American Map
Old Antioch Methodist Shoulderbone Map
Balerma Baptist (Link) Established 1880
Bethel Baptist (Link) Incorporated 1831. Trustees: Jesse Lockhart, William Barksdale, William Dixion, William Harrel, Samuel Ewing, Stephen Roe, Bird W. Brassil.
Beulah Incorporated 1838. Trustees - Benjamin Roberts, Patrick H. Drake, Benjamin Hall, John McLellan, William Hitchcock
Body of Christ
Brown's Chapel A.M.E. African American
Catholic Church (Link) Sparta, Organized 1869
Centennial Christian Organized 1909
Christ Healing Temple
Culverton Baptist
Darien Baptist, founded 1794 (Link) Incorporated 1832. Trustees - Lee Reeves, Middleton Pool, James Gladdin, Jonathan Miller, Frederick Trawick, William Rushin and John Reaves
Fairmount Baptist Shoulderbone
Faith Apostolic
Fort Creek aka Sparta Baptist Organized 1790 (originally Greene County) changed to Sparta Baptist Dec. 1833. Trustees - James Barnes, John G. Gilbert, Lewis Barnes, Reuben Bullington, Robert Bird, Daniel Garrott, John Garrott and James Thomas
Fulsom Creek aka Horeb Church "Historical Facts from Records of Horeb Church, and from Old Resident, Covering Mayfield Proper and Surrounding Community. June 28, 1792, Fulson Creek Church (now Horeb Church) Fulson Creek Church, now Horeb Church was constituted by Jeptha Vining and Adam Jones, Ministers with William West, Frederick Ledbettar and Cornelius Whittington as Helps. At the first conference Jacob Bankston was chosen Elder and Joseph Howell, Deacon. The site on which the church was built, near Fulsom Creek, was given by Robert Day, and is now owned by the estate of A. L. Reynolds.(as of 1934) A house was built to receive corn and cotton, which was sold and the proceeds paid to the pastor. Corn sold for 4 shillings, 8 pence per barrel." From The History of Hancock County, Georgia by Elizabeth Wiley Smith. 2 volumes. Wilkes Publishing Company, Inc. Washington, GA, Jan 1974. Volume I, page 29. Incorporated Dec. 1838. Trustees: Jesse B. Battle, Starling Evans, Anthony Jones, Thomas Whaley, and James McCason.
Glenns Mary Baptist Church aka Glen Mary Baptist Established 1866
Green Springs A.M.E.
Hall Chapel AME
Hancock Gospel Center
Hickory Grove Baptist African American. Established 1865. Founders were all prior members of Bethel Baptist Church. The church building was dedicated on September 15, 1868 (See The Land Between by Forrest Shivers).
Holseys Memorial Church African American
Hopewell
Horeb Baptist See Fulsom Creek
House of God Church
Hunts Chapel A.M.E. African American
Island Creek Baptist Established 1794.
Jewell Baptist (Link)
Jones Chapel A.M.E African American
Kingdom Hall Jehovah's Witnesses
Knowles Methodist Chapel
Macedonia Baptist African American Hwy. 15E
Mitchell Chapel A.M.E. (Link) African American
Montpelier established 1794 on Oconee River in area which became Baldwin County in 1807
Mt. Gilead Church established 1840's,
Mt. Hope Hwy 15 E
Mt. Moriah Church African American, established 1875
Mt. Nebo Baptist (Link) aka Nebo Baptist Established 1892. African American
Mt. Stephens Baptist aka Baptist Church of Christ at Mount Zion Mount Stephens Baptist Church Mount Zion Baptist Church See Below
Mount Zion Baptist Organized 1831. Trustees - Barnabas Shivers, James Barnes, John G. Gilbert, Absalom E. Reeves, Thomas Neal. The church was moved to Mt. Stephens.
Mount Zion Methodist Was orginally Mount Zion Prebysterian Church
Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist (Link)
Atlanta Constitution Oct 2 1904 Mount Zion Prebysterian Church (Link) Organized in 1813 by Rev. Nathan S.S. Beman. Services were held here until 1910. See history and early membership (link)
Nazareth Church African American
New Beulah Baptist Established 1872, African American
New Green Spring A.M.E.
New Hope Powelton Baptist aka New Hope Baptist Established 1868, African American
Northside Church of Christ
Pierce Memorial Methodist Orginally Sparta Methodist, named after Bishop George F. Pierce, when church was rebuilt after fire in 1910.
Piney Woods Meeting House See Smyrna Methodist Church (Link)
Pleasant Grove A.M. E. aka Sticks Church African American
Powell Grove Baptist Established 1884. African American
Powelton Baptist Church/Powell's Creek Organized in 1786 (originally Greene County). First call Powell's Creek. See history. Rev. Jesse Mercer was pastor here for 28 years Incorporated 1801. Trustees- Matthew Rabun, Henry Graybill, John Veazey, William Lord, and Jesse Battle.
Powelton Methodist (Link)
Power of God Penecostal
Repairers of Breach Apostolic Faith African American
Reynolds Chapel aka Reynolds Methodist Chapel
Roberson Chapel
Rock Mills Methodist (Link) established 1840.
Sandy Run Historical.
Sandy Run A.M.E. aka Brown Chapel, Brown Church, Sand Run Church Established 1887. African American
Second Beulah Baptist aka Beulah Baptist African American
Second Darien Baptist aka Second Darien Established 1867 per Deacon Jeffery Monroe, African American
Shivers Grove A.M.E./Shivers Grove Church, Shivers Mission Established 1884
Shoulderbone Baptist Organized in 1790 in what was Greene Co. by Rev. John Thomas, Jr., (link) church was dissolved upon the Rev. Thomas's death in 1807. Reorganized in 1828, it dissolved in 1880's
Smith Cottons Meeting House Was located near Knowles Chapel
Smyrna Methodist Church (Link) Built 1790. First known as Piney Woods Meeting House.
Sparta Baptist Fort Creek Church/ changed to Sparta Baptist Dec. 1833. Trustees - James Barnes, John G. Gilbert, Lewis Barnes, Reuben Bullington, Robert Bird, Daniel Garrott, John Garrott and James Thomas
Sparta Camp Ground Incorporated Dec. 1841. Trustees - Hardy C. Culver, William Fraley, Isaac P. Whitehead, Joseph T. Simmons and James H. Middlebrooks, Approval Date: Assented to, December 10th, 1841.
Sparta Methodist Sparta Methodist Church ca. 1900, destroyed by fire Feb. 3, 1910 Vanishing Georgia, Ga Division of Archives and History, Office of Secretary of State Destroyed by fire February 3,1910. The replacement church was named Pierce Memorial Methodist Church in honor of Bishop George F. Pierce..
Sparta Presbyterian Incorporated 1842. Myles G. Harris, William H. Sayre, and Algernon S. Brown , Trustees
Springfield Church African American
St. Galilee Baptist African American
St. Lewis C.M.E. aka Saint Lewis Colored Church, St. Louis Church African American
St. Luke Baptist African American
St. Mark A.M.E (Link) founded 1867
St. Paul Church C.M.E. aka St. Pauls Church founded 1857 History
Stancil Grove aka Stancy Grove Church, Stanton Grove Baptist African American
Tabernacle Baptist Church Established 1877, Sparta.
Thankful Baptist African American
Trinity Methodist Church aka Trinity C.M.E. African American
Turner Church
Union Baptist (Link) aka Union Church, Union Colored Church Established 1869, African American
Warren Chapel (Link) Established 1873, African American
Zebulon Methodist Church
CHURCH RECORDS Georgia Baptist Church Records - Mercer University, Macon (Link) Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives (Link) Family History Center Records: Church records, 1792-1916 / The Church of Horeb (Hancock County, Georgia) Darien Baptist Church records, 1794-1862 / Lawrence, Harold (Harold A.) , 1945- Miscellaneous church records / Daughters of the American Revolution (Georgia) Sparta Baptist Church, 1790-1967
MINISTERS Nathan S.S. Beman (Link) Lucius Holsey (1842-1920) (Link) Autobiography Lucius Henry Holsey (Link) George Foster Pierce Lovick Pierce Reverend John Thomas (Link) MISC. Links Georgia Methodist Camp Meeting 1807 Friends of Hancock County Cemeteries