McCullough Covenant Baptist Church Cemetery
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McCullough Covenant Baptist Church Cemetery

Burke County, Georgia, USA

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    Coordinates: 32.99381, -82.04007
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MCCULLOUGH COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED ON LAND GRANTED BY ADAM AND HENRIETTA McCullough. ON THE SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY 1876 IT IS SAID THAT AS THEY WALKED THEY CAME TO A PART OF THEIR LAND (ABOUT 900 ACRES TOTAL) WHICH THEY FELT WOULD BE A PRETTY SPOT FOR A CHURCH.THEY MADE A COVENANT TO EACH OTHER THAT THEY WOULD DONATE THAT LAND FOR THE ERECTION OF A CHURCH. MCCULLOUGH COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH WAS A BRANCH OF PINE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH. THE REV. HENRY C. LANE WAS THE FIRST PASTOR. FOUR OTHER MEMBERS THAT CAME FROM PINE HILL WERE: HENRY'S WIFE HENRIETTA LANE, HENRIETTA MCCULLOUGH, GUILFORD CHANCE AND WILLIAMS CAMPBELL.

ADAM WAS A VERY INDUSTRIOUS AND PROSPEROUS MAN AND AT ONE TIME OWNED AT LEAST 900 ACRES OF LAND. THE LAND IS BORDERED BY GRAVES GROVE CHURCH RD. AND PORTER-CARWELL RD. HE OWNED LIVE STOCK, A COTTON GIN AND A LARGE HOUSE ACROSS THE ROAD FROM MCCULLERS CHURCH. HE DIED IN 1906 AND LEFT ALL HIS POSESSIONS TO OLIVE HIS LAST WIFE. HE AND HIS FOUR WIVES ARE BURIED IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY, LOCATED ON GRAYS GROVE RD. HIS TOMBSTONE READS -"THIS IS OLD MAN MCCULLOUGH, FOUNDER AND GIVER OF THE LAND FOR MCCULLERS COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH. THIS HONOR HAS BEEN GIVEN BY HIS GRANDAUGHTER LULA MCCULLOUGH. I LOVED YOU WELL BUT JESUS LOVED YOU BEST"

508 Mccullough Church Rd
Blythe, GA 30805




MCCULLOUGH COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED ON LAND GRANTED BY ADAM AND HENRIETTA McCullough. ON THE SECOND SUNDAY IN MAY 1876 IT IS SAID THAT AS THEY WALKED THEY CAME TO A PART OF THEIR LAND (ABOUT 900 ACRES TOTAL) WHICH THEY FELT WOULD BE A PRETTY SPOT FOR A CHURCH.THEY MADE A COVENANT TO EACH OTHER THAT THEY WOULD DONATE THAT LAND FOR THE ERECTION OF A CHURCH. MCCULLOUGH COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH WAS A BRANCH OF PINE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH. THE REV. HENRY C. LANE WAS THE FIRST PASTOR. FOUR OTHER MEMBERS THAT CAME FROM PINE HILL WERE: HENRY'S WIFE HENRIETTA LANE, HENRIETTA MCCULLOUGH, GUILFORD CHANCE AND WILLIAMS CAMPBELL.

ADAM WAS A VERY INDUSTRIOUS AND PROSPEROUS MAN AND AT ONE TIME OWNED AT LEAST 900 ACRES OF LAND. THE LAND IS BORDERED BY GRAVES GROVE CHURCH RD. AND PORTER-CARWELL RD. HE OWNED LIVE STOCK, A COTTON GIN AND A LARGE HOUSE ACROSS THE ROAD FROM MCCULLERS CHURCH. HE DIED IN 1906 AND LEFT ALL HIS POSESSIONS TO OLIVE HIS LAST WIFE. HE AND HIS FOUR WIVES ARE BURIED IN THE CHURCH CEMETERY, LOCATED ON GRAYS GROVE RD. HIS TOMBSTONE READS -"THIS IS OLD MAN MCCULLOUGH, FOUNDER AND GIVER OF THE LAND FOR MCCULLERS COVENANT BAPTIST CHURCH. THIS HONOR HAS BEEN GIVEN BY HIS GRANDAUGHTER LULA MCCULLOUGH. I LOVED YOU WELL BUT JESUS LOVED YOU BEST"

508 Mccullough Church Rd
Blythe, GA 30805




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