Mt. Olive Primitive Baptist Church
Was located off Sandersville Hwy. East Baldwin
.The Baptist records at the
Tarver Library at Mercer Univ. in Macon, GA, show that the old Mount Pelia
church that Robert McGinty was a member of in 1797, was also named
Montpelier and that it later united with the Hephzibah Baptist Church (1804)
and that the name was changed to Mt. Olive Baptist Church in 1812. (Jerry
McGinty)
A member of the Ebenezer Association, the 14th session was held
here Sept. 9, 1826.
The church was located about 6 miles northeast of Milledgeville off
Hwy. 24 on County Rd. No. 182 (unpaved) and was active in the 1820's.
The church is not shown on the 1908 county map although the
cemetery is still there.
William Whitaker and James Boykin
were clerks in the church and their slaves were members. William Whitaker
and his wife remained members of the church until Harmony Missionary Baptist
Church was built and they joined it. Families attending: Moran,
Pullry, Ennis, Allen, Leonard, King, Oxford, Whitaker, Boykin, Willis,
Brookins. Brookins are buried in the cemetery.
"From the Minutes of Mount Olive Church in Baldwin County - In 1831,
a prominent citizen, in regular Church conference made acknowledgment of
his sin and promised that he "would not again transact his business at
a gander pulling."
History Stories of Milledgeville
and Baldwin County, Leola Beeson
