Powelton Baptist Church
In this church on this site the General Baptist Association of Georgia was organized June 27, 1822, by messengers from the Georgia and Ocmulgee Associations, and certain other Baptists, including Adiel Sherwood, whose motion in the Sarepta Association called for organization of the General Association. Jesse Mercer was elected president and Jabez P. Marshall was elected secretary. Adiel Sherwood preached the sermon, Luke 3:4. Name changed to The Baptist Convention of the State of Georgia in 1827.
This marker erected in 1950 by
GEORGIA BAPTIST CONVENTION
Plaque courtesy Lat34North.com.
Original page, with additional info, here.
Photo credit: Ken Moser.