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From: "Margie Daniels" <>
Subject: McLeod
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 20:50:50 -0600

I came across this and thought it would be helpful because of the surnames
even though it is for Georgia.

Margie

Vilula Missionary Baptist Church
was constituted in 1874 under the supervision of Rev. W.M. Miles, who was
employed by the New Ebenezer Association.

It was organized with the following who came from HOPEWELL Church: John
McLeod, Allie McLeod, Dr. William Burch, Seaborn Burch, Philip Reaves,
Josiah Reaves; and John McCranie from Parkerson Church. ........ about six
miles from Eastman, to Spires Town in Telfair County and from Southern
Railroad
to the Ocmulgee River, it being the only church within this radius. This
church
is situated about (?) miles from Eastman in the Vilula Militia District of
the
county..............

HOPEWELL BAPTIST CHURCH
is another old landmark of the county. We are unable to ascertain in
what
year it was built, but it was one of the first churches in this section.
Some
claim that it is the oldest church in the county, but we have been unable to
verify the claim as there seem to be no available records.

The land upon which the curch was built was given for the ppurpose by Gen.
Mark
Willcox, a member of Allston Methodist Church. Hopewell was situated about
2
l/1 miles s of Rhine on the old River Road that leds from Hartford to
Jacksonville. The curch was founded by Dr. Wm. Burch who married Susan
Willcox
and Seaborn Burch who married Ann Willcox, daughters of Gen. Mark Willcox.
Among the founders and firsst members were Phillip Reaves and his family,
Josiah Reaves and family, John Reaves and family, Alfred Burnham and
family,
John McLeod and family, Allen McLeod and family, the Roundtree family and
the
Hendley family.

The old log house has long since given way to a modern frame structure and
is
still one of the most progressive churches in the county. Many of the best
citiens of the lower side of the county are members of this famous old
church.
It is located in a beautiful grove of ancient trees, oss covered, that stand
as
druids of old to mark the shrine of the old time aristocracy of this
section.

source: History of Dodge County,Ga by Mrs. Wilton Philip Cobb
Ga Dept of Archives and History, 1932
The Reprint Co., Pub. 1979

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