Mount Carmel Primitive Baptist
Wilkinson County, Georgia
Organized in 1840's. Dissolved.
Organized by Rev. William M. Cooper, John Evers and Henry Sears. William Bloodworth gave the land the church was built on.
Early members: James Branan,
Sarah Branan, Harris Branan, Nancy Allen, Archibald Hooks, William Bloodworth,
John R. Raines, Ann Starley, Dellah Marchant.
The church orginally
was located on the left side of the cemetery. In 1998 the land and the
church building was sold and moved to create Faith Baptist Church.
A new church, New Hope Christian Fellowship, on the right of the cemetery
was built and established in 1998. Church history is available at Jack
Tarver Library at Mercer University.
Eileen Babb McAdams
Mount Carmel
Cemetery
Old Building At Mount Carmel Cemetery
This structure at Mount Carmel was the shed
that was the original house for the cemetery.
That is where they met and held funerals
in
Joy McCook
Mount Carmel School 1918
Eileen Babb McAdams
Sources: Wilkinson County
Historical Collections, Joseph Maddox; Larry D. McAdams
Eileen Babb McAdams Copyright 2002-2006