Primitive Baptists at Ray City

May 10, 2010 at 1:59 am (Clements Family, Faith and Begorrah, Knight Family)
Tags: Aden Boyd, Alfred F. Fender, Arrin Horn Guthrie, Berrien, Burnt Church, Cassie Lee Hall, Effie Shaw Clements, Georgia, Levi J. Knight, Minnie Clements Sirmans, New Ramah, primitive baptist, Ray City GA, Ray's Mill, Union Church, William A. Knight

A recent document discovery at Ray City Community Library, Ray City, GA was the minutes of the 1962 Union Primitive Baptist Association.

The settlers of the Wiregrass in Lowndes and Berrien county, Georgia were predominantly of the Primitive Baptist faith.  Union Church (aka Burnt Church) on the Alapaha River served the families of early settlers like William A. Knight and his son Levi J. Knight. Primitive Baptist churches became a part of many communities. In 1913, the Knight descendants built New Ramah Primitive Baptist church at Ray City.

Just a few of the Ray City People who were Primitive Baptists:
Cassie Lee Hall, Arrin Horn Guthrie, Effie Shaw Clements, Alfred F. Fender, Minnie Clements Sirmans, Aden Boyd, Elizabeth Skinner Register.

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