WARREN CO., GA - WILLIAMS CREEK CHURCH and the CONNECTION to the REV. WAR--- THE COURTHOUSE RW PLAQUE

Bounty-land grants were made to soldiers who served in Col. Elijah Clark's Regiment after the American Revolution.  These men received the land grants in Wilkes Co., which later became Warren Co., Georgia (50 miles west of Augusta, Ga.) that helped to establish Williams Creek Baptist Church.
WILLIAMS CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
Organized in 1787
This church was built in the 1840s
The original church that was built in 1787 and burial ground were near the flowing stream and during heavy rains, the water of Williams Creek would overflow the banks flooding the cemetery and church building. 



 The church was rebuilt (possibly in the 1840s) on higher ground and a new cemetery was established. 




It's for this reason that graves prior to the 1840s are not found in the present day cemetery. 
For more information about Williams Creek Baptist Church click on this link for --> HISTORIC RURAL CHURCHES of GEORGIA - Williams Creek.


The original courthouse was built in 1809 - burned in 1853, rebuilt and again burned. This present day Warren Co. Courthouse was built in 1910. 
The archives are open for you to look through and to take photos.  



 American Revolutionary War soldiers buried in Warren County as of 1940. Several more men have been identified - including Joel Walker(1756-1800).
Below are the names of the men on the above plaque-
Samuel Alexander
      Elisha Allen
      Thomas Ansley
      James Acheson
      John Baker
      Henry Barksdale
      John Barksdale
      James Barrow
      Reuben Barrow
      Thadeus Beall
      James Beasley
      Richard Beasley
      Col. William Bird
      Jas. Bishop
      Capt. Henry Bonner
      James Brady
      Joseph Breed
      Joab Brooks
      John Brown
      Michael Burkhalter
      Henry Burnley
      Israel Burnley
      Thomas Bush 
      Samuel Camp
      John Carson
      James Carter
      Elphinston Cary
      William Cason
      Jacob Castleberry
      John Chapman
      Isaac Cook 
      Hezekiah Cocksey
      George Cooper
      James Cooper 
      Daniel Culpepper
      William Culpepper
      Cary Currie
      Jacob Darden
      Stephen Darden
      David Davis
      Nathan Davis
      James Dozier 
      James Draper
      Jeremiah Duckworth
      Gibson Flournoy
      Shadrach Flewellen
      Nathan Fowler 
      William Franklin
      Pryor Gardner
      Churchwell Gibson
      John Gibson 
      Peter Goodwin
      James Gray
      Aaron GrierNicholas Harbuck
      Thomas Hardin
      Henry Harp
      Zachariah Harrell
      Abraham Heath
      Joshua Hill
      Richard Hill
      Thomas Hill
      Capt. William Hill
      Ambrose Holladay
      Jacob Horne
      Mathew Hubert
      Ephriam Ivey
      Peeples Ivey
      John W. Jackson
      Arthur Jenkins
      Robert Jenkins
      William Johnson
      Abraham Johnson
      John Kelly
      William Kendall
      Thomas W. Kent 
      Archibald Lacy
      Blake Lasseter
      Richard Lee
      John Linn
      Jonathan Lockett
      David Lockett 
      Solomon Lockett
      Thomas Lockett, Sr.
      William Lowe
      Lieut. William Lucas
      John McCormick 
      Drury McCullers
      Reuben McGee
      John McLaughlin
      Joseph McMath
      John Mayes
      James May
      Lt. Col. Charles Medlock 
      Martin Mimms
      Abner Mitchell
      Samuel Moon 
      Mordecai Moore
      William Morrison
      Edward Murphy
      John Myrick, Sr.
      James Napier
      Capt. David Neal
      Samuel Neal
      Thomas Neal
      Capt. Thomas Neal 
      Benjamin Newsome      
      Solomon Newsome
      Wm. Nichols
      James Norris
      Benjamin Oliver
      Robert Palmer
      Johm Parish
      James Parker
      William Parker
      Joseph Peavy, Sr.
      Peter Perkins
      Henry Persons
      Josiah Persons
      William Pilcher
      Henry Pool
      Philip Pool
      Jesse Ricketson
      Elisha Roberts
      James Rogers
      Reuben Rogers
      James Roguemore
      William Rose
      Samuel Rutherford
      John Sallis
      Abram Sanders
      Jonas Shivers
      William Shurley, Sr.
      Seth Slocomb
      John C. Smith
      Nathaniel Smith
      Thomas Smith
      Joshua Stanford
      Alexander Stephens
      William Strother
      Charles Sturdibant
      Thomas Terry
      Alexander Thompson
      Moses Thompson
      John Torrance
      William Travis
      Capt. Joel Threewits
      John Trent
      Ezemia Verdon
      George Waggoner
      James Waggoner
      Benjamin Wheeler
      William White
      Richard Wiggins
      William Wilder
      David Wilson
      John Wilson
      Nathaniel Wootten
      John Wynne
      Robert Wynne
      James YoungErected by Burkhalter Chapter DAR 
      June 14, 1940 Mrs. J. A. Bray, Regent
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The Records of the Church at Williams Creek, Georgia
(click on title/line above to go directly to this book which is now posted on line)
Warren County, Georgia
1787-1840



Format:  Books/Monographs/Book with Fiche
Publication:  Powder Springs, Georgia : Brantley Association of America, c1995
Physical:  xiii, 182 p. : ill., map.
Subject Class:
Reconstructed and indexed by the Brantley Association of America.
Includes name and slave index.
Also available on microfiche
View this catalog record in WorldCat for other possible copy locations
Information found on Family Search web site- https://familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=751066&disp=The+records+of+the+Church+at+Williams+Cr
 Posted and copied on July 22, 2015



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