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Location: 1939 in Newberry; 2002 at 708 W Lance
Drive, Perry
Organized/Constituted: 1917 First services in unpainted,
rectangular frame home owned by Mr. Bill Knipper.
First settled
pastor was D. J. Stewart, 1917-1919; common-school education, c 1922,
Jacksonville.
Last pastor, Rev. A. H. Reynolds, c 1922,
Jacksonville.
Formerly: Corinth Baptist Church, c1898-1900, 1906--
Location: 1939 10 mi. s of Perry, ¼ mi. rt. of Hwy #19, Taylor Co.; 2012
10060 Josh Ezell Grade, Perry 32348
Organized/Constituted: c.1898
Services in rectangular, log school building at site where present
building now stands was purchased from School Board. The new building
20X30 with 2 Sunday School rooms was built in 1938, A half-time church,
meeting 2nd and 4th Sundays. Present membership, 68. Active
organization, Sunday School.
First settled pastor was Henry T.
Austin 1898-date unk. Common school education.
Present pastor, A. B.
Franklin, 1939-Live Oak, Common School.
Records:
1). 1915--, 1
vol Showing membership, financial records.
2.) Improved Six Point
Sunday School Record, 1938-- Vol. 1, Showing officers, teachers,
visitors, pupils, accord to Six Point Record System, attendance,
financial records.
3.) Journal kept at church with above information.
Prior were destroyed in the house of J. L. Towler, 1909.
Location: 1939 ¼ n. of Perry, Hwy #19, Perry
Constituted 1930: This church split from First Baptist Church of Perry,
and was organized in a dwelling donated by burton Swartz Cypress Co. in
the northeast section of the company quarters, about 300 yards north of
the present church. This building used until 1932 when the present
church, a T shape, white frame building 30x40 was erected and dedicated;
additions 1935. Present membership 178. Active organizations, Sunday
School, Baptist Training Union, Woman's Missionary Union.
First
settled pastor was Rev. M. J. Howell, 1930-31. Education unknown.
Present pastor was Rev. C. W. Persons, 1937-- Perry; University of
Florida, Gainesville.
Records:
1) Convention Church Record,
1930--, 2 vols. Showing membership roll, minutes of meetings, receipts
and disbursements, 1930-38. Custody of Clerk, W. E. Baxter, Burton
Swartz Lumber Co., Perry.
2) IMPROVED CHURCH TREASURER"S RECORD,
1938--, 1 Vol. Showing receipts and disbursements. Custody of treasurer,
W. J. Porter, Burton Swartz Lumber Company, Perry.
3) CONVENTION
SUNDAY SCHOOL RECORD, 1937-- 3 vols. Showing list of officers, teachers,
pupils, collections. Custody of secretary, Maudell Frith, Burton Swartz
Lumber Company, Perry.
4) SECRETARY'S RECORD BOOK for BAPTIST YOUNG
PEOPLES UNION OR BAPTIST ADULT UNION 1938--, 2 vols, Showing activities
and reports according to Eight Point Record System.
5) D.E.LEDGER,
(Records of Woman's Missionary Union), 1935--, 1 vol. Showing list of
officers, circle leaders, members, minutes of meetings, receipts and
disbursements. Custody of secretary, Anabel Oliver, Burton Swartz Lumber
Company, Perry.
Location: 1939 on Hampton Springs Rd between S.
Jefferson St & Road #19
Organized 1903 This church was not listed in
1938 Minutes of Crhuch of God, Cleveland, Tn. The church was organized
on Conly? Avenue church at that time being a frame building 18x30.
Services were held here until 1937 when present frame building 36x61 was
erected.
First settled and only pastor was General Cook , 1903--
Common school, 609 Suwannee Ave. Perry.
Records:
1) A Record of
(W.M.B.) Womans' Missionary Book of the Church of God containing minutes
of meetings and usual business membership roll and financial reports
showing monies received. 1 vol. in house of Rosetta Robinson (Secretary)
1025 W. Conly Avenue.Condition of this record is fair.
2) VICTORY
LEADERS BOOK contains minutes of regular business and amounts of
offering, no record of monies paid out. The records are kept in the
church.
3) LEDGER 1934-1938 A record of The Church of God containing
minutes of meetings, motions, reports and regular church business,
membership roll, death roll, and monies received. 2 vols. in house of
Viola Lewis, church clerk near Riad #19 S directly back of colored
school. Condition of record is fair.
4) RECORD OF SUNDAY SCHOOL
Contains minutes of Sunda School , amounts of offering, names of Supt.,
Sec, & Pastor. There is no membership roll and no recording of
disbursements. In house of Viola Lewis near S. Rd #19 directly back of
Colored school. But usually kept in church. Condition of record not
good.
Location: 1939 at S. Center St, Perry
Organized
1913 in Pine Level M. E. Church bldg., located in Perry; met here until
1915. 1915-16 Interstate Bldg, burned 1916. 1917-18 held in section
buildings of the Atlantic Coast Line on present site, floor of straw. In
1918 same bldg repaired and remodelled, floor raised and blocks put
under it and floor put in. Used until blown down 1935, torn down and
rebuilt same year, an addition on end of building now 30x44. In 1938,
addition to building making it 30X64 and having 2 Sunday School rooms,
makes it the church of today; A rectangular, white wood frame bldg,
erected 1935.
First settled pastor was Rev. Z. R. Thomas, 1913,
common school education.
Present (1940) pastor was Rev. A. M. Sapp,
1937--, Perry, common school education.
Records:
1) Treasurer's
Report 1926-- 1 vol Showing all receipts and disbursements, statements,
reports, Custody, Ira J Cruce, Secy-Treas. Road #5-1, 2 mi from Perry.
2) Model Church Record 1925-40 5 vols. Contains minutes of church
conferences, showing dates, reports, elections, actions on memberhips
and pastorate, provisions for church welfare, elections of officer and
delegates, also a membership roll and quarterly financial records.
Custody, Ira J. Cruce
3) Church of God Model Record (Sunday School)
1939- Vol 1 Showing organizations, attendance, exercises,
offereings,(including birthday offerings) activities, bueiness,
elections, reports, Custody, Mrs. Jesse Torith, SEcy-Treas; 71 (c) Third
St., Foley, Fl
4) Ledger (Willing Workers) 1939--, 1 vol showing
organization, objectives, minutes, activities, money, ?, reports
Custody, Mrs. E. M. Beard, Sey-TReas. House #513 Calbur Quarters, Perry.
Location: 1865-80 in log church, site of present
cemetery; 1880-1903, small frame church; 1903-25 larger frame church;
present 3-story, oblong, red brick church erected 1926, dedicated 1938;
1880-1925 churches built on site. 2012: 102 N. Center St, Perry 32347
Constituted 1865; Present membership 560. Active organizations, Sunday
Schook, Baptist Training Union, Woman's Missionary Union.
First
settled pastor was Rev. Frank Bostick, 1865-68
Present pastor, Rev.
A. F. O'Kelly, 1932--, 501 E. Bay St., Perry; Mercer University, Macon,
Ga.; Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louiseville, Ky.
Records:
1) RECORDS OF CHURCH, 1921-- 3 vols, Title varies: PERFECT CHURCH
RECORD, 1921-35, 2 vols; (Church Record), 1936--, 1 vol. Showing
pastors, officers, members, reports of Sunday School, B.T.U. and W.M.U.;
1921-37 financial record. Custody of clerk, W. E. Inman, 602 W. Main
St., Perry.
2) SUNDAY SCHOOL RECORDS 1932--, 10 bundles of cards, 150
cards per bundle. Showing officers, teachers, records of pupils by Six
Point Record System, attnedance and financial records.
3) SECRETARY's
REPORT AND MEMBERSHIP ROLL, 1938--, 1 vol. Showing officers, circle
leaders, members, minutes of meetings, financial record. Custody of Mrs.
Jack Holmes, Hwy35, 1 mi N of Perry.
Location: 1939: Foley
Constituted 1930; Services
in white, T shaped frame building, razed, at Eastport, Fla., moved to
present site and erected, 1930. Present mmebership, 214. Active
organizations, Sunday School, Baptist Training Union, Women's Missionary
Union.
First settled pastor was C. C. Jackson, 1930-31.Common school
education. Education unknown.
Present pastor C. A. Martin, 1939--,
Foley; Mercer University, Macon, GA.
Records:
1) Convention Church
Record, 1930=36, 1 vol.; Perfect Church Record, 1936--, 1 vol. Showing
minutes of meetings, register of members, bapatism deaths, financial
records, reports. Custody of clerk, Max Hart, 93 Third St., Foley.
2)
Improved Church Treasurer's Record, 1930--, 1 vol. Showing receipts and
disbursements. Custody of treasurer, W. R. Rice, Foley.
3) Improved
Six Point Sunday School Record, 1939--. 1 vol. Showing organisation,
membership, receipts and disbursement to a; also records of
auxilliaries. Custody of Mrs. J. W. Ferrell, 80 2nd St., Foley.
Baptist concurrently called Stephensville 1888-1889
Location: 1939 at Steinwhatchie, Main Rd.
Constituted unk.;Southern
Baptist Convention, Jacksonville, Tn.; Middle Fl Baptist Convention
(1935,1937) See State Annual. Lafayette Baptist Association (no
report-Stephensville, 1935) M C. Gardner, Cross City Harmony Baptist
Association J. O. Knight, Hardestown, Moderator.
This church serves
an old fishing village at Deadman's Bay; the town is reached from the
south, Dixie County, by a ferry, but there is a newer road on the Taylor
County side, a branch of road #19. The change in association may have
been due more to progress of developement of the country, than to other
causes.
First settled pastor was Jim X Sheffield 1888-1889, an
exhorter, common school.
Location: 1939: Route 2, Fenholloway, at Fenholloway
¼ mi. from highway
Organized 1903; First services held Fenholloway
Spring House for a short time; Francis M. Houck's store; school house;
then in 1905 present site was donated by W. J. Heirs and a rectangular,
white fram building with bell and altar service was erected.
First
settled pastor was Rev. J. L. Yates, November-December 1903.
Present
(1940) pastor was C. C. Martin.
Records:
1) LEDGER (Church
Records), 1938--, Showing minutes of meetings, membership rolls,
baptisms, deaths; receipts and disbursements. Custody of clerk, Daisy
(Sneed) Dunn, Perry.
2) CHURCH REGISTER, 1936--, 1 vol. Showing
minutes of meetings, membership roll, baptisms, deaths. Custody of A. E.
Jackson, Fenholloway.
3) SUNDAY SCHOOL RECORDS, 1939--, 1 vol.
Showing pupils, teachers, officers, attendance, visitors.
Location: 1939 at Shady Grove (Rural); 2012 at 403 W
Willow St
Constituted 1850. 1929 building erected. Small, square,
wooden structure; not painted.
First settled pastor was S. C. Craft,
1850-51.unknown education.
Present pastor D. P. Hendry, 1937--,
Foley, Shady Grove; Mercer University, Macon, GA.
Records:
1)
LEDGER (Minutes) 1929 1 Vol. Shows business done, reports of pastor,
treasurer auxiliaries, election of officers, deacons, delegates,
register of members, batpisms, deaths, marriages, money recieved and
spent and how. Conditions Fair. Custody E. D. Aman, Clerk, Shady Grove,
Fl, Route 1.
2) CONVENTION SUNDAY SCHOOL RECORD 1929-- 1 vol.
Shows Membership, officers and teacher, attendance lessons, programs,
visitors, collections and expenditures, Condition-good Custody: W M
Vann, S.S.Supt, Shady Grove, Fla, Route 1.
Location: 1939 8½ mi. S Perry on Hwy #19
Organized
1878; The church was organized by Dugald Calhoun and first services were
held in a log building. Present white frame building 32x45 being erected
in 1909.
First settled pastor was Dougold Calhoun, 1878--. Education
Common school.
Present (1940) pastor was Wm P. Windsor, 1937--
Fenholloway, Fl. Common school
Records:
1) A short historical
sketch written 1939 by D. D. Houck and in house of Wm L Windsor,
Fenholloway, Fl. Not written in any church record book.
2) There is
no financial record kept. Offerings being taken for pastors salary or to
defray any other expenses.
3) CHURCH REGISTER A record of New Hope M.
E. Church South containing minutes (these are loose leaves in church
register), marriages, births, and deaths, dismissals and how dismissed'
membership roll and how received. 1 vol. in house of D. D. Houck, 9 mi S
of Perry, left Hwy #19.
Location: 1939 16 mi W of Perryone Hampton Springs Rd
by ¼ right of highway; 2002 at 100 Ridge Rd, Perry 32348
Began 1872.
Constituted 1872; first report to convention 1878. The first building
was of rough lumber and was used until 1929 when present building (size
about 26x30) was bought from the school board after being used 1 yr as a
school building. This building was torn down, moved ½ mi to present
site, rebuilt and covered with tin, ceiled and painted.
First settled
pastor was J. H. Wentworth , 1878-1879. Common school.
Present
pastor C. W. Persons, 1939--. University of Florida, Gainesville.
Preceding pastor was J. E. Varen, 1911. Common School
Records:
1)
LEDGER 1897 Condition fair considering age. In home of W, W. Wilson,
church clerk. back of ice plant on W. Railroad St. 1 vol. minutes,
contributions, and disbursements.
Location: 1939 ½ mi W of Courthouse, Perry
Organized 1917 in a small frame structure located on present site; met
here until blown down, 1926. Name was changed when the church was
rebuilt 1926. It is a large white rectangular wooden structure. This
church used to be on Tallahassee charge; in 1930 was changed with
priest-in-charge stationed at Perry, for the church in Madison, Perry,
Live Oak and Lake City. It has no bell- has plat on front with "Roman
Catholic Mission of the Maculate Conception"' Rev. John Francis McKeown.
No other special features.
First settled priest-in-charge was Rev.
R. L. Littleton, 1918-19, Catholic University, Washington, D. C.
Present (1940) priest-in-charge,Rev. J. F. McKeown, 183400, Box 88
Perry, Duquesne University, Pittsburg, PA.; Roman Major Seminary, Rome,
Italy.
Records:
1) REGISTER, 1930-- 1 vol. Showing members,
baptisms, briths, deaths, burials, marriages, first communions with
dates, all appropriate details, officiating priest. Contains also
financial records all receipts and disbursements, Custody, Father J. F.
McKeown, Box 88 Perry. The records from 1918 through 1929 are chrge of
Rev. William Carroll, Tallahassee, Fl
2) Organizations - Christian
Doctrine Club, Altar Society.
Location: 1939 5 mi N of Perry, ¼ mi E of HWy 19,
Perry; 2013 at 602 W Church St., Perry
Constituted 1918; Chuch was
organized in John Amare's front yard with five charter members, after
which services were held in an old store building located near "The Ris"
and ¼ mi. E of present building, until 1920 when present unpainted,
rectangular, frame building was erected. Present membership, 35. Active
organization, Sunday School.
First settled pastor was Rev. A. M.
Parker, 1918-1922. Education unknown.
Present pastor was Rev. D. P.
Hendry 1938--, Shady Grove.
Preceding pastor was J. H. Steedley,
1937-1940. Education - Emory University, Henry College, Emory, Virginia.
Records:
1) MIGHTY, 1935--. Showing minutes of business meetings,
reports, membership roll; reciepts and disbursements. Custody of clerk,
Henry Collins, West Leon St., Perry
2) ONWARD (Sunday School Records)
1939-- 1 vol. Showing pupils, officers, teachers, attendance, visitors,
collections.
Location: 1939 Rt 1, 4 mi SW of Shady Grove
Constituted 1879; First services in small, frame church erected 1879 and
used until torn down. Present large, white, rectangular, frame building
erected 1904, dedicated 1906. A quarter-time church, meeting on 2nd
Sunday. Present membership, 101.
First settled pastor was Rev. R. J.
Berry, 1879-1880. Education unknown.
Present (1940) pastor was Rev.
D. P. Hendry, 1937-- Shady Grove; Mercer University, Macon, Ga.
Records:
1) LEDGER (minutes), 1904--, Showing business transactions,
membership rolls, baptisms, deaths; receipts and disbursements. Custody
of Mrs. C. T. Lewis, Shady Grove.
Location: 1939 Rt. 2, 4 mi E of Perry; 2013 at 4420
San Pedro Rd. , Perry 32347
Constituted c 1885; Services were held
1885-88 in log school building on present site. In 1889, the present
white, rectangular, frame building was erected and dedicated. Present
membership, 157. Active organizations, Sunday School.
First settled
pastor was Capt. J. W. Faulkner, 1885-1887. Education unknown.
Present (1940) pastor was Rev. M. J. Fowler, 1938 -- Day.
Records:
1) CONVENTION Church Record, 1925--Showing membership rolls, baptisms,
deaths; receipts and disbursements. Custody of Clerk-Treasurer, Mrs. N.
D. Hunter, Route 2, 1 mi from San Pedro Church, Perry.
Location: 1939 2 mi. E of Perry on graded road
Constituted 1916; Organized through interest of several individuals.
This is said to be the oldest colored church in the county and services
were first held in a shack made of brush. Later services were held in a
log school house across road from present site. Next building was about
¼ mi E of present site. Next building for a church land being donated by
Jack Faulkener. Next was erected on present site being a frame building
about 20x30 but was blown down by a storm in 191116. Rebuilt 1917 and
burned 1922. Present building erected 1923 about 25x30 with bell, now
badly in need of repair. (May 8,1940)
First settled pastor was Billie
Williams, tenure can't be determined. common school.
Present (1940)
pastor was S. B. Burks, 1934--. Common school.
Constituted 1930; First services in very small, frame
structure, erected 1930, holding services until torn down, and present
large, white rectangular, frame building erected 1935, dedeicated 1936.
A half-time church, meeting 2nd and 4th Sundays. Present membership, 30.
Active organization, Sunday School.
First settled and only pastor
was Rev. A. H. Townsend, 1930. Education: Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary, Louisville, KY.
Records:
1) LEDGER( Minutes) 1930- 1
vol Shows business done, reports of pastor, treasurer, auxiliaries,
election of officers, decons, delegates; register of members, baptisms,
death, marriages by Pastor, money received and spent and how. Condition
good. Custody Mrs. Pearl Jefford, Clerk, Steinhatchee, Fl
2) SUNDAY
SCHOOL RECORDS, 1930-- 1 vol., Showing members, officers, teachers,
sessions, attendance, lessons, programs, visitors, according to Six
Point Record System; receipts and disbursements. Condition good. Custody
of Superintendent, E. F. Buehler, Steinhatchee.
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