In November 17,1839 the Rev. George Grandberry, Hiram McCullers, Willis, Evensen were delegates to Columbus, Georgia Association. The following formed a presbytery, viz: James Perry man, Wm. Henderson, G. B. (Green Berry) Waldrop, Cary Willis, Anderson Smith, and Robert Fleming. Brother and Sister McKinley were dismissed by letter.
It is thought that the Grandbery family gave four acres of land for the original site. The church cemetery is there, but the church has been moved to Cataula. In the first conference a letter was granted to Diahah. "a woman of colour, the property of the Rev. B.B. Buchannan." Mr. V. A. Hill was clerk.
The following formed a presbytery, viz: James Perry man, Wm. Henderson, G. B. (Green Berry) Waldrop, Cary Willis,Anderson Smith, and Robert Fleming
A Partial list of the members from the entry April 30, 1842, follows: Jesse Cox, Jane Cox, Robertson McCullers, Martha Ann McCullers, Tabitha Higginbotham, Emily Higginbothom, Nancy Gunn, Martha Hamby, Mitchell Stribling, Newton McCullar, Amanda M. Thompson, Elia. I. Gray, William Owens, Mary I. Owens, Condace Brown, Charles Brown, George Gunn, (from Church Crawfordville, Ga.) William Butler, Sara Butler (Eatonton, Ga.) Jonathan Hand (Fayetteville, N. C. ) llen Pruden, Mark Thornton, George Burton, Nancy Burton, David Tarvin. Brother Woodberry, W.A. Hill, Wm. Butler, I. Downs, T. A. Pruden, M. Striblin, were delegates in 1847. Members included Jehu Page (Wilkes Co. Ga.) Lucinda Page, Jeremiah Sutton, Mary Ann Sutton, James W. Sutton, Elizabeth C. Sutton, Henry Dawson, Sara Dawson, Brother Simpson, (from Lincoln Co. Ga.) Sara Stribling, Benjamin Davis Nancy Ann Davis, Elizabeth Ragan, William Tarvin, Mrs. Missouri Ann McCullars, Sara Jane Ragan, Brother Osburn, Jane Ely (Fort Gaines, Ga.) Sarah Jackson, Henry Jackson, Jesse Blackmon (Shady Grove Church Harris County), John Ligon, Leroy A. Phillips, Charlotte Philips, Williams Hartsfield, Pellatiah Hartsfield, Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson.
Mrs. J. W. Thompson served as clerk in 1847. His son and grandson have served this church through the years, according to a letter from Mrs. T. C. Floyd.
My great-greatgrandpapa was ...with the presbytery...not the minister of the church... Rev. Green Berry showed up in several County books, listing him as with the presbytery. He moved to DeSoto where he had his own Church.
Submitted by the Great-Great-Granddaughter of the above (Rev.) Green Berry Waldrop.
Sandra Waldrop Doolittle
7182 Midland Chase Loop
Columbus, Georgia 31909
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