Liberty Baptist Church (Grooverville, Georgia) Explained

Liberty Baptist Church
Coordinates:30.7222°N -83.7281°W
Location:Liberty Church Road, 400 feet NW of Grooverville Road (CR 275), Grooverville, Georgia
Built:c. 1858[1]
Added:August 20, 2013
Refnum:13000609[2]

Liberty Baptist Church is a historic church built about 1858 in Grooverville, Georgia. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 20, 2013. It is located on Liberty Church Road. There is a Georgia Historical Commission historical marker at the site. According to the marker: "In 1841 the Ocklochnee anti-Missionary Baptist Association passed a ruling to dismiss members believing in the 'new fangled institutions of the day.'" One of the excommunicated sisters joined with others in forming the Liberty Baptist Church. The church includes a slave gallery. Freed slaves from the area formed First Elizabeth Church in Grooverville.[3]

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  1. Web site: Messick . Denise P. . Liberty Baptist Church . National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory . July 2013. 5 March 2014.
  2. Web site: Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 8/193/2013 through 8/23/2013 . National Register of Historic Places . . 5 March 2014.
  3. http://vanishingsouthgeorgia.com/2013/09/23/liberty-baptist-church-1858-grooverville/ Liberty Baptist Church