Columbus Baptist Association

Columbus Baptist Association is a Georgia historical marker in Harris County, dedicated 1956.

Located at the intersection of Blue Springs Road (Georgia Route 116) and Hill Street in Hamilton.

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The Columbus Baptist Association was organized November 22, 1829 at Mulberry Meeting House (then New Hope), 10 miles from here, at Mulberry Grove. Twelve churches reporting from Talbot. Harris, and Muscogee Counties formed this Association. Churches from Harris County included Bethesda, Mulberry Meeting House, Mount Olive and Hamilton Baptist Church (then Lebanon). Anderson Smith, the only minister in the group, was elected Moderator of this first meeting and Clark Blanford of Hamilton was elected Clerk.

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Historical maps covering this location

1824 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1825 · Georgia and Alabama. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1827 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1831 · Georgia. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1838 · Georgia (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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