First Presbyterian Church (Camden County)

Camden County · dedicated 1957 · At the intersection of Osborne and Conyers Streets in St. Marys.

Built by public subscription in 1808 as a place of divine worship for the inhabitants of St. Marys and its vicinity. Reverend Horace Southworth Pratt was ordained and installed as the first pastor by the Presbytery of Georgia in June, 1822. Incorporated under the name of the Independent Presbyterian Church of St. Marys Dec. 20, 1828. On Dec. 5, 1832 the Independent Church was incorporated as the First Presbyterian Church of St. Marys in the Georgia Presbytery.

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