Clay County Baptist Preachers 1838-1946

Alabama Baptist Churches in and around Clay County, Alabama 1838-1946
*Similar spellings may be typos from 1946.
*Reference: compiled in chronological order by Reverend Secelar Claxton Ray in 1943-1946.
Secretary, Carey Baptist Association of Churches.
1838-1944, Concord Baptist Church (300 members by 1912), Talladega county (now Clay
County), Coppermines Post Office (now Pyriton).
Pastor: Wesley Caldwell, Zack Feazell,W.T. Davis, 1838-1859; W.M. Garrett, 1860; W.C. Wills,
1863; W.T. Davis, 1864; J.A. Shadix, Sr., J.D. Jordan, 1869; John J. Shadix (son of J.A. Shadix
and twin brother of J.A. Shadix Jr.), 1871; John Ramsey, 1878; J.A. Shadix, 1880; E.M. Moore,
1883; A.J. Moore, 1891; W.H. Johnston, 1893; O.P. Gilbert, 1895; C.I. Wesley, 1896; J.A.
Shadix, Sr., 1897-1902; F.J. Ingram, 1903; S.J. Ingram, 1908; J.W. Dean, 1911; S.J. Ingram,
1913; W.M. Garrett, 1918; B.W. Matthews, 1919-1921; F.J. Ingram, 1922; S.J. Ingram, 1926;
Secelar Claxton Ray, 1927; W.R. Ingram, 1928; H.L. Ray, 1930; F.J. Ingram, 1935-(death in)
1940; J.L. Ingram, 1940-(retirement at 84) 1943; Secelar Claxton Ray, 1943-1946.
1840-1946, Hatchett Creek Baptist Church, Talladega county (now Clay County), Coleta Post
Office.
Pastor: W.E. Talliaferro, 1840; W.M. McCain, S.F. Henderson, W.E. Talliaferro, D.B. Elliot,
Brother Hawthorn, Thomas Calley, W.E. Talliaferro, Soloman Tate, 1841-1859; H.L. Harland,
M. Hudgens, H.L. Harland, 1859-1869; M.M. Driver, 1874; John Garrett, M.M. Driver, 1878;
John Garrett, 1882; M.M. Driver, 1887; E.M. Moore, 1890; J.M. Solley, 1893; W.H. Johnston,
1896; M.B. Garrett, 1898; W.T. Davis, 1899; W.H. Preston, 1901; W.M. Garrett, 1904; J.W.
Haynes, 1905; J.L. Ingram, 1908; W.D. Rogers, 1911; W.H. Preston, 1912; H.M. Winslet, 1914;
J.C. White, 1916; J.L. Ingram, 1918; W.R. Ingram, 1920; J.W. Haynes, 1925; Secelar Claxton
Ray, 1927; W.R. Ingram, 1931; B.W. Matthews, 1934; E.H. Mullis, 1937; Clifton Malone, 1940;
W.R. Ingram, 1941; O.D. Parker, 1944; W.E. Welborn, 1946.
1842-1946, Liberty Baptist Church, Talladega County (now Clay County) Curry and Bowden
Post Office, (now Ashland).
Pastor: 1842-1859 no records. M. Garrett, 1859; J.D. Gordon, M. Hudgens, Wiley Woodall
1859-1866; M.M. Driver, 1869; M. Hudgens, 1871; W.M. Scarborough, J.A. Shadix, Sr., 1871-
1876; John Garrett, 1878; John Knowles, 1879; W.M. Scarborough, 1886; E.M. Moore, 1887;
W.T. Davis, 1893; M.A. Johnston, 1895; W.H. Johnston, 1896; W.T. Davis, 1897; J.A. Dunn,
1898; W.H. Preston, 1902; J.W. Walker, 1906; M.A. Johnston, 1908; J.A. Dunn, 1909; J.C.
Motley, 1910; M.E. Matthews, 1911; W.D. Rogers, 1912; F.J. Ingram, 1916; W.M. Garrett,
1917; S.J. Ingram, 1920; Secelar Claxton Ray, 1927; S.J. Ingram, 1930; H L. Ray, 1932; T.G.
Burgess, 1935; Secelar Claxton Ray, 1936; T.D. Stovall, 1942; T.G. Burgess, 1943; H.B. Yates,
1944; U.L. Higgins, 1945.
1855-1899, Mt. Prospect Baptist Church, Randolph County, Wedowee Post Office (later
Ophilia).
Pastor: H.J. Hickey, 1858; I.S. Weaver, B. Goss, W.M. Scarborough, 1863; J.A. Shadix, Sr.
1869; J.P. Rowe, W.M. Scarborough, 1871; I.S. Weaver, H. Clay Knight, 1976; W.M. Worthy,
1884; R.C.A. Ashcraft, 1886; J.A. Shadix, Sr., 1887; J.A. Shadix, Jr., 1889-1899.
1856-1882, Enon Baptist Church, Tallapoosa County, Horse Shoe Post Office.
Pastor: H.G. Smith, 1858-1862.
1857-1947, Shiloh Baptist Church, Randolph County (now Clay County), Wesobulga Post Office
(now Lineville).
Pastor: C.P. Sisson,1858; J.D. Jordan, 1861; W.T. Davis, 1864; J.W. Knowles, 1874; G.L.
Hamlin, W.M. Worthy, 1878; J.R. Ramsey, 1881; W.M. Worthy, 1883; E.M. Budd Moore, 1886;
W.A. Scott, 1888; W.M. Worthy, 1890; W.M. Garrett, 1893; S.J. Ingram, 1898; C.T. Culpepper,
1899; S.J. Ingram, 1900; W.M. Garrett, 1905; J.A. Dunn, 1907; J.A. Johnson, 1909; J.L. Ingram,
1914; W.D. Rogers, 1916; J.O. Colley, 1917; W.M. Garrett, 1918; T.J. Preston, 1919; J.B. Rice,
1920; B.R. Layton, 1925; E.E. Laney, 1926; Secelar Claxton Ray, 1927; H.T. Tapley, 1936; E.F.
Daniel, 1942; H.B. Yates, 1944; D.W. Burson, Reuben E. Birchfield, 1946.
1857-1945, Alder Springs Baptist Church (later Mt. Pleasant church in 1885) now Barfield
Church, County Line Post Office, Lineville.
Pastor: H.J. Hickey, 1858; J.D. Jordon (entered Confederate Army), W.M. Scarborough, J.A.
Shadix, J.D. Jordan, 1859-1870; T.S. Collier, J.D. Jordan, H. Clay Knight, Jesse G. Roberson,
1870-1882; H.C. Knight, 1884; Jesse G. Roberson, 1888; W.A. Scott, 1890; W.H. Preston, 1893;
W.M. Garrett, 1898; (no list to 1925) F.J. Ingram, 1925; W.R. Ingram, 1928; C.B. Martin, 1931;
J.L. Doss, 1943; T.D. Stoval, 1944.
1858-1946, Salem Baptist Church, Randolph County (now Clay County), Wesobulga Post Office
(now Cragford).
Pastor: C.P. Sisson, 1858; T.M. Ferrell, H.G. Smith, W.M. Scarborough, 1867; W.M. Worthy,
1882; B.W. Mathews, 1906; W.M. Worthy, 1908; M.A. Johnston, 1909; W.M. Worthy, 1916;
J.D. Pickens, 1917; W.M. Garrett, 1918; W.H. Griffin, 1919; J.W. Dean, 1920; B.R. Layton,
1923; R.E. Owens, 1928; J.W. Lester, 1933; C.B. Martin, 1934; J.H. East, 1937; J.L. Ingram,
1940; H.B. Yates, 1943; O.C. Nichols, 1946.
1858-1946, (Unk.) On County Line, Randolph County (now Clay County) Mellow Valley Post
Office (now Cragford).
Pastor: W.L. Harlan, 1858; G.W. Joiner, 1860; H.J. Hickey, 1861; G.W. Joiner, 1862; H.G.
Smith, 1866; W.M. Scarborough, 1867-1884; J.R. Ramsey, 1885; W.M. Worthy, 1890; J.A.
Dunn, 1893; W.H. Preston, 1894; M.A. Johnston, 1900; J.C. Motley, 1904; M.A. Johnston,
1905; H.T. Tapley, 1927 & 1944; H.B. Yates, 1944; N.L. Pressley, 1946.
1858-1946, Rechab Baptist Church, now Sardis Baptist Church in Talladega County (now Clay
County), Bluff Springs and Gibsonville Post Office (now Ashland).
Pastor: John Wood, 1858-1864. Church dissolved and re-opened as Sardis in 1876 with W.T.
Davis, pastor; T.B. Fargason, 1878; W.T. Davis, 1881; John Garrett, L.W.H. Walker, 1883; John
N. Moore, T.B. Cooper, 1885; W.T. Davis, 1886; John N. Moore, 1889; W.T. Davis, 1890; A.J.
Moore, 1893; J.R, Conger, 1894; Alex Allen, 1896; W.T. Davis, 1897; C.T. Culpepper, 1909;
F.J. Ingram 1910; J.W. Dean, 1912; S.J. Ingram 1913; T.J. Preston, 1915; Thomas Landers,
1916; J.E. White, 1917; W.M. Worthy, 1920; S.D. Phipps, 1923; T.I. Hurst, 1925; G.C. Garrett,
1926; W.N. Haynes, 1927; H.R. McCord, 1929; T.I. Hurst, 1931; W.L. Sprayberry, 1934; H.G.
Birchfield, 1936; W.N. Haynes, 1937; G.L. Nunn, 1939; Secelar Claxton Ray, 1940, W.L.
Sprayberry, 1943; C.J. Whitley, 1945; W.L. Sprayberry, 1946.
1858-1946, Providence Baptist Church, Tallapoosa County, Pinkneyville Post Office (now
Goodwater Post Office).
Pastor: H.L. Harlan, 1858; M. Hudgens, 1871; H.L. Harlan, 1877; R.E. Conger, 1880; J.F.
McLeod, 1882; I.A.J. Nelson, 1885; C.S. Johnson, 1889; J.R, Conger, 1893; C.J. Bentley, 1899;
J.R, Conger, 1901; C.C. Heard, 1902; J.R. Stodghill, 1903; J.R, Conger, 1904; J.W. Jones, 1905;
J.C. Dunlap, 1908; J.W. Jones, 1909; J.L. Ingram, 1910; M.E. Mathews, 1913; W.D. Rogers,
1914; D.L. Riley, 1915; J.M. Worthy, 1919; J.W. Jones, 1923; W.N. Haynes, 1924; C.I. Wesley,
1925; Paul Jones, 1929; Carl McKee, 1934; Paul Jones, 1938; J.V. Daugherty, 1943.
1858-1921, New Salem Baptist Church, Tallapoosa County, New Site Post Office.
Pastor: H.L. Harlan, 1858; H.G. Smith, J.W. Wood, M. Hudgens, A. Rains, H.G. Smith, 1859-
1867; H.J. Hickey, 1868; J.P. Rowe, 1869; E.B. Gunn, 1874; H.M. Horsley, J.C. Motley, E.J.
Wilson, 1874-1878; R.E. Conger, W.M. Scarborough, 1879-1882; John Moore, 1884; T.B.
Cooper, 1885; A.S. Brannon, 1887; J.N. Moore, 1891; J.L. Gregory, 1893; J.A. Dunn, 1894;
M.A. Johnston, 1896; J.R, Conger, 1902; J.W. Dean, 1903; J.A. Dunn, 1909; L.W. Nelson, 1913;
B.F. Pierce, 1914; W.M. Worthy, 1916; E.E. Laney, 1920.
1858-1915 Mt. Calvary Baptist Church,(dissolved), Tallapoosa County, Emuckfaw Post Office
(Mellow Valley, Alabama).
Pastor: M. Garrett, 1858; G.W. Joiner, H.J. Hickey, Harvey Wood, C.P. Sisson, G.M. Adamson,
T.B. Fargason, J.P. Rowe, 1859-1869; D.S. Duffee, 1874; T.B. Fargason, W.M. Worthy, 1875-
1882; R.M. Allen, 1886; A.S. Brannon, 1887; W.M. Worthy, 1888; R.M. Allen, 1889; J.C.
Motley, 1890; W.T. Davis, 1894; R.M. Allen, 1897; J.A. Dunn, 1898; C.C. Heard, 1899, J.R.
Conger, 1902; R.M. Allen, 1904; B.W. Matthews, 1906; R.M. Allen, 1909; A.W. Gregory,
1912.
1858-1916, Springhill Baptist Church (later Daviston Baptist Church 1897), Tallapoosa County.
Pastor: C.P. Sisson,1858; H.G. Smith, D.S. Moon, 1859-1867; J.C. Motley, 1884; R.A.J.
Combie, 1889; G.E. Brewer, 1893; J.L. Gregory, 1894; J.R. Stodghill, 1898; C.C. Heard, 1899;
J.A. Dunn, 1901; G.L. Bell, 1904; R.M. Allen, 1905; J.N. Moore, 1907; J.A. Dunn, 1908; A.C.
Yeargen, 1913; W.D. Rogers, 1915.
1858-1876 Antioch Baptist Church (dissolved), Randolph County, Almond Post Office.
Pastor: T.P. Guinn, 1858; H.J. Hickey, 1869; W.M. Teague, 1870; W.M. Hent, 1875.
1858-1947, Crooked Creek Baptist Church, (later Lineville Baptist Church 1881), Talledega
County (now Clay County), County Line Post Office.
Pastor: Samuel Henderson, 1839-1843; John Wood, 1843-1844; D.E. Pace, 1845-1852; W.
Richard, 1858; H.J. Hickey, 1859; H.L. Harlan, 1861; J.C. Beverly, 1862; H.G. Smith, 1864;
John P. Shaffer, 1865; W.T. Davis, 1874; John A. Davis, 1883; Andrew J. Preston, 1887; R.A.J.
Cumbie, 1888; William I. Feazell, 1892-1893; W.R. Whatley, 1893; W.J.D. Upshaw, 1894; J.R.
Stodghill, 1897; J.P. Shaffer, 1906; W.A. Lusk, 1909; H.B. Woodward, 1911; C.N. James, 1913;
J.O. Colley, 1916; J.H. Oakley, 1918; J.J. Smiley, 1920; W.C. Henson, 1922; H.B. Woodward,
1925; R.T. McLeod, 1931; J.D. Willingham, 1932; W.T. Edwards, 1934; W.H. Cook, 1937;
D.W. Burson, 1941; J.D. Pickens, 1943-1946.
1859-1881, Mt. Ararat Baptist Church, Talladega County, now Clay County, Bluff Springs Post
Office. Disolved in 1881 and members went to Sardis and Mt. Zion churches.
Pastor: G.W. Joiner, 1859; H.G. Smith, 1861; H.L. Harlan, 1865; John Wood, 1868; H.L.
Harlan, 1870; I.A.J. Nelson, 1879-1881.
1859-1878, New Hope Baptist Church, Tallapoosa County, Bluff Springs Post Office.
Pastor: H.J. Hickey, 1859; H.L. Harlan, Jacob Nelson, H.G. Smith 1859-1867; H.L. Harlan,
1871; Reverand Barnett, 1874; R.E. Conger, 1877.
1859-1946, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, (later Millerville Church), Talladega County, (now
Clay County), Hillabee Post Office.
Pastor: M. Hudgens, 1859; H.G. Smith, 1861; H.L. Harlan, 1865; H.G. Smith, 1869; I.A.J.
Nelson, 1874; J.R. Ramsey, D.S. Moon, I.A.J. Nelson, 1874-1877; R.E. Conger, 1881, I.A.J.
Nelson, 1883; W.J.D. Upshaw, 1895; J.R. Stodghill, 1900; J.R. Conger, 1902; J.D. Johnson,
1904; J.C. Motley, 1909; W.D. Rogers, 1911, F.J. Ingram, 1913; S.J. Ingram, 1914; R.S. Wood,
1920; W.R. Ingram, 1921; F.J. Fleming, 1926; Secelar Claxton Ray, 1929; T.G. Burgess, 1933;
B.S. Franklin, 1936; F.J. Ingram, 1937; W.R. Ingram, 1941; T.G. Burgess, 1942; O.R.
Montgomery, 1943; T.G. Burgess, 1944; W.E. Wellborn, 1945.
1861-1847, Spring Hill Baptist Church, Talladega County (now Clay County), Ashland Post
Office.
Pastor: W.T. Davis, 1861; W. Woodall, 1867; W.H. Barton, 1868; M.M. Driver, 1869; W.T.
Davis, 1871; L.S. Weaver, 1873; W.T. Davis, 1874; I.A.J. Nelson, 1877; John Knowles, 1878;
W.M. Scarborough, 1884; R.A.J. Cumbie, 1888; W.M. Scarborough, 1889; E.M. Moore, 1891;
W.H. Johnston, 1894; C.J. Bently, 1897; W.T. Davis, 1899; J.A. Dunn, 1902; F.J. Ingram, 1905;
R.E. Owens, 1911; F.J. Ingram, 1914; S.J. Ingram, 1916; ; T.G. Burgess, 1922; J.L. Ingram,
1923, F.J. Fleming, 1926; S.J. Ingram, 1931; H.L. Ray, 1932; F.J. Ingram, 1934; T.D. Stovall,
1940-1946.
1863-1890 Shady Grove Baptist Church (dissolved), Talladega County, Hillabee Post Office.
Pastor: I.A.J. Nelson, 1888-1890,
1865-1871, Mt. Tabor Baptist Church, Tallapoosa County, Daviston Post Office.
Pastor: H.G. Smith, 1865; C. Walls, 1869.
1865-1945, Union Baptist Church, later Ashland Baptist Church, Talladega County (now Clay
County).
Pastor: M. Hudgens, 1865; J.W. knowles, 1874; W.M. Scarborough, 1876; J.D. Jordan, 1878;
J.R. Ramsey, 1881; W.T. Davis, 1882; W.M. Scarborough, 1884-1886; R.A.J. Cumbie, 1887;
C.S. Johnson, 1890; J.W. Hammer, 1893; W.J.D. Upshaw, 1894; C.J. Bently, 1896; J.R.
Stodghill, 1902; H.T. Crumpton, 1903; J.W. Dean, 1904; F.J. Ingram, 1905; W.M. Garrett, 1906;
J.P. Shaffer, 1907; J.W. Hamner, 1908; J.W. Dean, 1910; James Allen Smith, 1911; W.J. Ray,
1914; A.A. Hutto, 1916; P.C. Walker, 1920; F.J. Fleming, 1922; J.E. Franks, 1932; J.F. Ray,
1939; U.L. Higgins, 1945.
1867-1925, Rocky Creek Baptist Church, Tallapoosa County, Goldville Post Office.
Pastor: H.G. Smith, 1867; H.J. Hickey, 1869; I.A.J. Nelson, 1874; J.F. McLeod, 1877; Z.T.
Thomas, 1878; E.J. Wilson, 1879; L.W.H. Walker, 1880; J.R. Conger, 1885; G.W. Holbridge,
1889; J.J. McCord, 1893; J.N. Moore, 1897; G.W. Holbridge, 1889; J.N. Moore, 1901; J.W.
Jones, 1905; L.W. Nelson, 1906; A.C. Johnston, 1910; J.W. Jones, 1911; L.W. Nelson, 1913;
B.F. Pierce, 1914; H.R. McCoy, 1919; E.E. Laney, 1923.
1868-1947, Bethyl Baptist Church, Clay County, Bluff Springs Post Office.
Pastor: H.G. Smith, 1868; M.M. Driver, 1876; G.W. Cheaney, 1878; John N. Moore, 1880;
W.M. Scarborough, 1883; John N. Moore, 1884; M.A. Johnston, 1890; J.C. Motley, 1894; John
N. Moore, 1896; H. Clay Knight, 1897; M.A. Johnston, 1901; John N. Moore, 1905; J.W. Dean,
1906; R.E. Owens, 1910; W.M. Worthy, 1912; J.L. Ingram, 1914; B.F. Pierce, 1917; J.B. Rice;
1919; T.G. Burgess, 1921; W.M. Garrett, 1925; E.E. Laney, 1926; L.A. Profit, 1928; W.R.
Ingram, 1931; Secelar Claxton Ray, 1937; W.L. Sprayberry, 1942; H.G. Birchfield, 1943; J.A.
McWhorter, 1945; W.R. Ingram, 1946.
1868-1947, Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Clay County, Cragford Post Office.
Pastor: W.M. Scarborough, 1868; G.L. Hamlin, 1871; J.C. Motley, 1875; W.M. Scarborough,
1876; W.M. Worthy, 1878; J.C. Roberson, 1893; W.R. Rotton, 1896; H.R. Moore, 1898; J.W.
Dean, 1901; A.C. Johnson, 1904; J.L. Jordon, 1905; R.E. Owens, 1910; J.L. Jordon, 1912; J.W.
Wellborn, 1921; R.B. Moncus, 1928; H.R. McCoy, 1929; J.A. McWhorter, 1932; Preston
Moncus, 1939; C.J. Whitley, 1942; W.R. Ingram, 1944; W. Eldridge Wellborn, 1946.
1871-1875, Bathsadia Baptist Church (dissolved), Tallapoosa County, Pinkneyville Post Office.
Pastor: H.L. Harlan 1871-1875.
1874-1915, Pole Ridge Baptist Church (dissolved), Clay County, Chandler Springs Post Office.
Pastor: M.M. Driver, 1874; J.W. Knowles, 1878; J.D. Quarles, 1881; W.C. Brooks, 1883; I.D.
Rainwater, 1884; J.A. Shadix, Sr., 1885; J.A. Shadix Jr., 1889; W.H. Johnston, 1891; W.T.
Davis, 1892; Alex Allen, 1894; W.C. Brooks,1897; W.H. Johnston, 1898; W.C. Brooks, 1899;
T.B. Gravett, 1902; J.W. Walker, 1905; J.C. Motley, 1909; C.I. Wesley, 1910; J.W. Walker,
1911; J.M. Moncus, 1913; M.A. Johnston, 1914.
1874-1895, Liberty Hill Baptist Church, Clay County, Hillabee Post Office. Methodist Church
after 1895.
Pastor: W.M. Scarborough, 1874; J.R. Ramsey, 1875; M. Hudgens, 1876; M.M. Driver, 1878;
J.R. Ramsey, 1880; J.N. Moore, 1881; J.W. Knowles, 1882; J.N. Moore, 1883; W.M.
Scarborough, 1884; J.G. Robertson, 1885; E.M. Moore, 1887; W.C. Brooks; W.T. Davis, 1893.
1874-1947 Friendship Baptist Church (later Clairmont Springs Baptist Church), Clay Copunty,
Idaho Post Office.
Pastor: J.J. Shadix, 1874; J.A. Shadix, Sr., 1881; W.H. Johnston, 1887; J.A. Shadix Jr., 1888;
W.H. Johnston, 1891; A.J. Moore, 1894; B.B. Cotton, 1897; C.I. Wesley, 1898; A.S. Dix, 1900;
J.A. Shadix Jr., 1901; F.J. Ingram, 1926; F.J. Fleming, 1928; H.L. Ray, 1931; C.P. Collins, 1934;
J.H. East, 1938; E.N. Brown, 1940; T.G. Burgess, 1943; T.D. Stovall, 1944; Leon Browning,
1945, Floyd Burgess, 1946.
1875-1946, Rock Springs Baptist Church, Clay County, Millerville Post Office.
Pastor: H.L. Harlan, 1875; J.R. Ramsey, 1877; John Garrett, 1879; M.M. Driver, 1881; John
Garrett, 1883; J.F. McLeod, 1884; I.A.J. Nelson, 1885; E.M. Moore, 1889; W.C. Brooks, 1893;
M.A. Johnston, 1894; C.J. Bently, 1896; S.J. Ingram, 1897; W.H. Preston, 1899; A.J. Preston,
1900; C.T. Culpepper, 1901; W.J.D. Upshaw, 1902; W.M. Garrett, 1904; W.R. Whatley, 1906;
T.M. Nelson, 1907; J.W. Hamner, 1908; M.A. Johnston, 1909; W.D. Rogers, 1911; J.L. Ingram,
1913; S.J. Ingram, 1914; F.J. Ingram, 1916; W.M. Garrett, 1918; R.S. Wood, 1920; W.R.
Ingram, 1921; F.J. Fleming, 1926; S.J. Ingram, 1929; J.H. East, 1932; C.J. Bently, 1934; J.H.
East, 1935; Carl N. Mckee, 1937; H.G. Birchfield, 1940; W.L. Sprayberry, 1943; O.R.
Montgomery, 1944; R.C. Eason, 1945.
1876-1906, Lenanon Baptist Church, Talladega County, Ironation Post Office.
Pastor: M. Hudgens, 1876; J.F. Morgan, 1896; B.B. Cotton, 1898-1902; H.M. Jones, 1905-1906.
1877-1886, Stoney Grove Baptist Church (dissolved), Randolph County, Almond Post Office.
Pastor: William Teague, 1877; S. Henderson, 1879; W.M. Worthy, 1881; W.R. Bugg, 1883-
1886.
1877-1890, Mt Gilliad Baptist Church (dissolved), Randolph County, Blake Ferry Post Office.
Pastor: H. Clay Knight, 1877; W.M. Scarborough, 1882; J.G. Roberson, 1883-1890.
1878-1945, Bethelehem Baptist Church (later Lystra Baptist Church), Clay County, Ashland Post
Office.
Pastor: John N. Moore, 1878; W.M. Worthy, 1893; M.A. Johnston, 1894; W.M. Worthy, 1896;
W.M. Garrett, 1906, Wyatt W. Wilson, 1906-1907; J.W. Dean, 1908; F.J. Ingram, 1911; S.J.
Ingram, 1917; J.L. Ingram, 1919; T.G. Burgess, 1924; S.J. Ingram, 1925; Secelar Claxton Ray,
1927; T.G. Burgess, 1935; F.J. Ingram, 1936; E.E. Laney, 1940; E.F. Daniel, 1942; C.F.
Harrington, 1944.
1878-1929, Holly Springs Baptist Church (dissolved), Randolph County, Almond Post Office.
Pastor: John Moore, 1878; A.K.T. Tribble, 1881; R.A.C. Ashcraft, 1883; L.W.H. Walker, 1885;
W.M. Worthy, 1889; L. Robertson, 1891; M.A. Johnston, 1893; James Moncus, 1894; A.C.
Johnston, 1897; J.L. Jordan, 1904; T.D. Dawkins, 1910; J.L. Jordan, 1912; B.F. Pierce, 1914;
F.L. Lamberth, 1915; W.H. Griffen, 1917; S.D. Phipps, 1921; J.W. Welborn, 1922; B.R.
Monchus, 1926; O.D. Parker, 1928-1929.
1879-1880, Goodwater Baptist Church, Coosa County.
Pastor: John Garrett, 1879-1880.
1882-1910, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Clay County, Millerville Post Office.
Pastor: R.E. Conger, 1882; J.N. Moore, 1887; M.A. Johnston, 1893; J.J. McLeod, 1894; M.A.
Johnston, 1896; J.W. Jones, 1897; James Moncus, 1899; J.W. Jones,1902; A.C. Johnson, 1907;
J.R. Conger, 1908; A.C. Johnson, 1909.
1884-1945, Good Hope Baptist Church, Clay County, Lineville Post Office.
W.H. Griffin, clerk from 1884-1921. Pastor B.W. Mathews served thirty years and baptized 238
members. Pastors: E.M. Moore, 1884; J.G. Robertson, 1887; W.A. Scott,1890; W.H. Preston,
1893-1902; W.M. Garrett, 1902; S.J. Ingram, 1904; W.H. Preston, 1906; B.W. Mathews, 1908-
1925; Wiley Haynes, 1926; B.W. Mathews, 1931; J.L. Ingram, 1936; B.W. Mathews, 1938;
Secelar Claxton Ray, 1944.
1884-1946, Mt. Springs Baptist Church, Tallapoosa County.
Pastor: J.C. Motley, 1884-1890; J.A. Dunn, 1891; M.A. Johnston, 1897; J.C. Motley, 1899;
R.M. Allen, 1901; W.H. Johnston, 1904; R.M. Allen, 1905; J.A. Dunn, 1906; W.H. Griffen,
1908; E.E. Laney, 1910; D.E. Kimbrough, 1911; E.E. Laney, 1913; J.A. Dunn, 1915; A.B.
Robertson, 1922; E.E. Laney, 1924; G.H. Shadix, 1926; Howell Britton, 1934-1946 (dismissed
from the postion).
1885-1933, Antioch Baptist Church (dissolved), Talladega County, Chandler Post Office.
Pastor: J.A. Shadix Sr., 1885; W.H. Johnston, 1890; C.I. Wesley, 1891-1900; T.B. Gravett, 1901;
A.W. Dison, 1902; J.W. Haynes, 1907; R.E. Owens, 1908; J.W. Haynes, 1911; M.A. Johnston,
1914; D.I. Riley, 1916; C.I. Wesley, 1920; W.M. Garrett, 1923; T.D. Stovall, 1929; J.H. East,
1932-1933.
1885-1945, Corinth Baptist Church, Clay County, Malone Post Office.
Pastor: J.R. Ramsey, 1885; L.W.H. Walker, 1886; Lee Robertson, 1889; J.N. Moore, 1890; R.M.
Allen, 1891; W.M. Worthy, 1893; R.M. Allen, 1895; C.T. Culpepper, 1898; A.C. Johnston,
1902; T.J. Preston, 1905; J.L. Jordan, 1908; J.B. Rice, 1914; J.L. Jordan, 1920; B.R. Layton,
1926; Secelar Claxton Ray, 1945.
1888-1943, New Hope Baptist Church, Randolph County, Cragford Post Office.
Pastor: J.G. Robertson, 1888; W.R. Scott, 1890; R.M. Allen, 1891; A.J. Moore, 1894; W.M.
Worthy, 1896; R.J. Adamson, 1898; C.T. Culpepper, 1900; John William Dean, 1903; J.L.
Jordan, 1908; B.F. Pierce, 1913; J.D. Pickens, 1916; W.H. Griffen, 1918; J.W. Wellborn, 1920;
Otis Fincher, 1922; O.D. Parker, 1924; R.L. Smith, 1928; H.L. Ray, 1929; A.B. Robertson, 1931;
W.L. Sprayberry, 1935; Aubrey Boggs, 1938; Guy Bassett, 1939; J.W. Wellborn, 1940; C.J.
Whitley, 1942.
1889-1899, Bethyl Baptist Church (dissolved), Talladega County, Coleta Post Office.
Pastor: J.A. Shadix Jr., 1890; B.B. Cotton, 1892; C.I. Wesley, 1898.
1889-1900, Union Hill Baptist Church (dissolved), Clay County, Coleta Post Office.
Pastor: I.A.J. Nelson, 1889; R.M. Allen, 1893; W.C. Brooks, 1896; H. Ingram, 1897; C.I.
Wesley, 1899.
1889-1960, Bowden Grove Baptist Church, Clay County, Ashland Post Office.
Pastor: J.W. Knowles, 1890; W.H. Johnston, 1893; E.M. Moore, 1896; William H. Johnston,
1897; J.A. Shadix Sr., 1898; (27 year interval); Frank L. Lamberth, 1928; S.J. Ingram, 1929;
Harlan East, 1932; J.L. Ingram, 1936; Secelar Claxton Ray, 1942; R.H. Lynch, 1944; W.L.
Sprayberry, 1945; Secelar Claxton Ray, 1947-1950, 1951-1955, 1959-1960.
1891-1899, Rocky Hill Baptist Church (dissolved), Talladega County, Waldo Post Office.
Pastor: W.H. Johnston, 1891; B.B. Cotton, 1893; C.I. Wesley, 1895; J.F. Morgan, 1898.
1892-1946, Union Baptist Church, Clay County, Wadley Post Office.
Pastor: R.M. Allen, 1892; W.M. Worthy, 1895; J.A. Dunn, 1899; W.H. Griffin, 1909; R.M.
Allen, 1910; R.E. Owens, 1911; J.W. Dean, 1913; L.W. Nelson, 1915; W.D. Rogers, 1916; J.B.
Rice, 1917; J.A. Dunn, 1923; H.T. Tapley, 1925; R.O. Reynolds, 1938; E.H. Mullis, 1940; B.W.
Mathews, 1942; H.G. Birchfield, 1945.
1893-1916, Zion Hill Baptist Church, Tallapoosa County, Daviston Post Office.
Pastor: J.C. Motley, 1893; R.M. Allen, 1896; J.L. Pursell, 1900; R.M. Allen, 1901; J.A. Dunn,
1902; B.W. Mathews, 1906; L.W. Nelson, 1907; D.E. Kimbrough, 1911; H.R. McCoy, 1914;
W.H. Griffin, 1915.
1895-1946, Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Clay County.
Pastor: M.A. Johnston, 1895; J.M. Monchus, 1900; M.A. Johnston, 1902; R.M. Allen, 1904;
J.L. Jordan, 1907; M.A. Johnston, 1912; R.M. Allen, 1913; J.L. Jordan, 1914; B.F. Pierce, 1915;
A.B. Robertson, 1917; B.W. Mathews, 1930; H.G. Birchfield, 1932; W.L. Sprayberry, 1938;
H.G. Birchfield, 1940; C.J. Whitley, 1942; H.G. Birchfield, 1945.
1897-1916, Antioch Baptist Church, Tallapoosa County, Truit Post Office.
Pastor: J.A. Dunn, 1897-1904; J.W. Dean, 1905; J.A. Dunn, 1908; E.F. Laney, 1912; J.A. Dunn,
1914.
1898-1946, Big Spring Baptist Church, Clay County, Millerville Post Office.
Pastor: J.L. Joiner, 1898; J.W. Jones, 1900; W.M. Garrett, 1902; J.W. Walker, 1905; M.A.
Johnston, 1909; T.G. Burgess, 1928; W.L. Sprayberry, 1930; T.G. Burgess, 1938; J.L. Ingram,
1936; H.G. Birchfield, 1939; T.G. Burgess, 1942; C.R. Harrington, 1944; W.L. Sprayberry, 1945.
1899-1943, Mellow Valley Baptist Church, Clay County.
Pastor: W.T. Davis, 1899; W.M. Worthy, 1900; J.R. Conger, 1902; J.W. Dean, 1904; T.J.
Preston, 1906; J.W. Dean, 1908; F.J. Ingram, 1911; J.A. Dunn, 1912; W.J. Layton, 1915; S.J.
Ingram, 1917; T.J. Preston, 1918; S.J. Ingram, 1921; B.R. Layton, 1923; W.R. Ingram, 1926;
P.T. Layton, 1928; T.G. Burgess, 1929; E.E. Laney, 1930; H.G. Birchfield, 1942.
1902-1907, Midway Baptist Church, Clay County.
Pastor: J.W. Jones, 1902; J.L. Ingram, 1904; J.R. Conger, 1906.
1902-1922, Maitland Baptist Church (dissolved), Clay County.
Pastor: W.M. Worthy 1902-1922 (located on his farm).
1904-1913, Hackneyville Baptist Church, Tallapoosa County, Hackneyville Post Office.
Pastor: J.R. Conger, 1904; W.D. Rogers, 1910; J.L. Ingram, 1912.
1907-1916, Goldville Baptist Church (dissolved), Tallapoosa County.
Pastor: L.W. Nelson, 1907; W.B. Jones, 1908; J.O. Calloway, 1911; A.W. Gregg, 1913; Rastus
Arber, 1914; W.M. Worthy 1915.
1909-1911, Wadley Baptist Church, Clay County.
Pastor: J.W. Dean, 1909; A.J. Gross, 1910.
1913-1916, Pleasant Hill Baptist Church (dissolved), Clay County.
Pastor: M.E. Matthews, 1913-1916.
1925-1944, Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Clay County.
Pastor: Secelar Claxton Ray, 1925; W.R. Ingram, 1928; C.B. Martin, 1932; Secelar Claxton Ray,
1936; B.W. Mathews, 1938; G.G. Aikens, 1943.
1925-1946, Olive Branch Baptist Church, Clay County, Ashland Post Office.
Pastor: S.J. Ingram, 1925; J.D. O’Keef, 1928; S.J. Ingram, 1929; Harlum East, 1932; F.J. Ingram,
1933; J.L. Ingram, 1938; C.R. Harrington, 1939-1946.
1926-1946, Delta Baptist Church, (formerly Ramah Baptist Church 1863-1926), Clay County,
Delta Post Office.
Pastors at Ramah (no dates): T.H. Howe, W.H. Preston, John H. Ingram Sr., John Garrett, F.J.
Ingram.
Pastors at Delta: F.J. Ingram, 1926; H.L. Ray, 1929; L.B. Jones, 1935; F.J. Ingram, 1939; Clifton
Malone, 1940; E.F. Daniel, 1941, D.W. Burson, 1945-1946.
1938-1946+, Horn’s Memorial Baptist Church, Talladega county.
Pastor: E.H. Mullis, 1938; J.F. Ray, 1942; W.L. Sprayberry, 1944 and (no dates) K.V.
McDonald, Secelar Claxton Ray, Enos Horn and Phillip Oliver.

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