Founded in 1870, the First Baptist Church of Dahlonega, Georgia, was a historic Black congregation founded with funds from the Freedman’s Bureau. Residents approached the Bureau to help fund the building of a school on Crane’s Hill, land that was given to them by William Price. Price named Daniel Keith, Henry Castleberry, and Thomas Samuels as trustees of the land.

The Freedman’s Bureau donated $900 for the construction of a school building that the First Baptist Church would also use.

Note: I’ve tried to determine if the current building was rebuilt in the same location as the original church building, but I can’t do so with the maps I can find online.

Reference:

Lund Smith, J. (2001). Negotiating the Terms of Freedom: The Quest for Education in an African American Community in Reconstruction North Georgia. In J. Inscoe (Ed.), Appalachians and race: The mountain South from slavery to segregation (pp. 220-234). The University Press of Kentucky. https://archive.org/details/appalachiansrace0000unse_r2z2/page/n1/mode/2up