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| Our History - Church Histories Boiling Springs |
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| The following church history was written by the late Judge Ernest Houston Boyd Sr. as part of a series of historical articles in the Putnam County Herald. It was published December 17,1953. The articles were compiled by Christine Spivey Jones into a book called Nuggets of Putnam County History. Boiling Spring Baptist Church, located in the 8th district of Putnam County, has had a long and interesting history. It is one of the most active rural Baptist congregations of this County. In 1867, John Grime, a prominent pioneer citizen of Putnam County, gave the land for this church and in that year a church building was erected and the congregation was organized and named the church Boiling Spring Baptist Church. Most of the original members of this congregation came out of the old Pistole’s Baptist Church located on Falling Water river across the county line in White County, which church was constituted in 1851. During a portion of its history, the Boiling Spring Church was affiliated with the Christian Baptist denomination, but since 1888 it has been affiliated with the regular Baptist denomination, as it was for several years after it was instituted. The Boiling Spring Church was the home church of the late Rev. J. H. Grime in his youth and young manhood, and, before he entered the ministry, he served for some time as Clerk of the church. After moving from Putnam County, he became a widely known Baptist minister and author of several Baptist doctrinal books, including a “History of Middle Tennessee Baptist.” He was a maternal uncle of Rev. Sam Edwards, a former Baptist Church of Cookeville, and of Mrs. Jeff Gentry of Cookeville. Among the early deacons and active leaders of the Boiling Spring Church were J. D. Howell, John Grime, J. A. Jones, G. W. Howell, and R. B. Waller. Among the Baptist ministers sent out by the Boiling Spring Church were Elijah Hickey, Alonzo Bennett, J. H. Nelson, J. H. Grime, Samuel Howell, J. D. Howell, Frank Judd, A. D. Thomas and Louis Rice. |
This church is located in Putnam County, TN and was a member of our
association until 1888. It is on Burgess Falls Road just south of Cookeville, TN.
association until 1888. It is on Burgess Falls Road just south of Cookeville, TN.