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| Our History - Church Histories Shady Grove |
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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 24,1953. The articles were compiled by Christine Spivey Jones into a book called Nuggets of Putnam County History. The Shady Grove Free Will Baptist Church, in the Sixth District of this county, is one of pioneer churches of Putnam County. This congregation was organized almost one hundred years ago. It was originally a regular Baptist church, but in 1865 it affiliated with the Christian Baptist denomination, which denomination was organized in Putnam County in that year. Since the union of the Free Will Baptist and the Christian Baptist denominations, this congregation has been a Free Will Baptist Church. This church was the home church of a number of the leading early pioneer families of that section, including the Bilbrey, Stamps, Jones and Romines families. This church has a beautiful location and a large and well kept church cemetery, where many of the pioneer residents of that section are buried. Through the long years of its history, this church, at different periods, has been served as its pastor by practically all of the well known Christian Baptist ministers and Free Will Baptist ministers of its Association. |
This church is located in Putnam County, TN. It is currently a member of our
association.
association.