Kingsland, Camden County
The Newington Historical Society is working to restore this historic Black church in Screven County. You can read more about this church at Vanishing South Georgia and Historic Rural Churches of Georgia.
You can follow along with the restoration at Walker Grove Restoration on Facebook.
Located on a dirt road in Burke County, I’ve not found much on the church.
This a well cared for church and cemetery in Jefferson County, Georgia. The vernacular headstones and some of the ledgers are incredibly interesting. One of the ledger stones reminds me of stained glass. I wondered as I photographed it if glass was once there.
In doing a doing genealogical search, I am unable to determine why it is Professor Lewis Seabrook. I was hoping to find out that he was a professor for a local college. In census data, he is listed as a farmer. Maybe he was just so knowledgeable that he earned that name.
The church was founded in 1867. It was one of the founding members of the Walker Baptist Association. Members initially all hailed from the plantation of Noah Smith.
Founded in 1865, this church sits on the back of the property of a much larger, flourishing church. This church was one of the first Black churches formed after the end of the Civil War in Jefferson County, Georgia.