PASTORS OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, 1833-1933
CANTON, GEORGIA
100th ANNIVERSARYp. 46
August 23, 1833-Church organized and constituted, ten members, Jeremiah Reeves and William Manning acting presbytery
1834 Jeremiah Reeves (till March)
1835 Evan Pearson
1837 Alfred Webb
1841 John Washington Lewis (Francis M. Hagood ordained to the ministry by Rev. Lewis Swinford and A. Webb, July 24, 1847)
1851 Jefferson Barton
1852 John W. Lewis
1853 R. B. Brooks
1854 Jefferson Barton
1855 John W. Lewis
1856 Jefferson Barton
1858 Benjamin F. King
1859 Jefferson Barton
1860 S. M. Pyles
1861 Noble Timmons
1862 -
1864 No pastor
1865 James Kincaid
1866 William W. Worley
1868 Milton B. Tuggle
1869 T. Gibbs Underwood
1870 Milton Bennett Tuggle (January 8, 1870, M. B. Tuggle was ordained to the ministry, having been licensed May, 1867)
1872 Francis M. Williams
1875 Milton B. Tuggle
1877 W. H. Dean
1878 J. A. McMurry (October 8, 1881, Elias A. Cochran licensed to preach)
p. 47
1883 N. N. Edge
1884 P. E. Hawkins
1885 Thad Pickett
18'86 A. B. Vaughan (Aquilla Chamlee ordained to the ministry September 13, 1896. Emmett Stephens ordained to the ministry December 2S, 1897)
1899 G. A. Bartlett
1899 A. B. Vaughan (December, 1899 - July, 1902)
1902 L. T. Reed (November, 1902 - November, 1905)
1905 B. D. Ragsdale (November, 1905 - November, 1907)
1908 B. F. Hunt (January - July, 1908)
1908 W. L. Cutts (November, 1908-June, 1917. W. Lee Cutts, April 1, 1911, ordained to ministry. Warren G. Cutts, December 27, 1914, ordained to ministry)
1917 EdwardS. Reaves (August 1, 1917-September 1, 1918)
1919 W. H. Moody (March 1, 1919-July 1, 1926. Joe Frank Barton ordained to the ministry January 23, 1921)
1926 J. J. Bennett (September 10, 1926 - 0ctober 1, 1927) 1928 T. Baron Gibson (March 1, 1928 - Mack Goss ordained to the ministry March 29, 1931)========================== [From 100th Anniversary of First Baptist Church, Canton, Georgia booklet. Scanned and formatted by Jim Duvall.]
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