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Baptists -- Georgia

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 37 Collections and/or Records:

Orville Walters Taylor Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0125
Scope and Contents

The collection contains Taylor’s research about Southern Baptist Missionary Thomas J. Bowen and his family, as well as Taylor’s own personal papers and writings.

Dates: 1850-1990s

Oversize Papers Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0204
Scope and Contents

The Oversize Papers Collection contains large materials that were separated from personal papers collections and university records for better storage and preservation. The bulk of the collection is diplomas from institutions other than Mercer, but there are also certificates, decrees/proclamations, and professional licenses. The documents are arranged alphabetically by recipient.

Dates: 1847 - 1959

Prosperity Free Will Baptist Church (Turner Co.) Collection

 Collection
Identifier: GB-CH-275
Scope and Contents The Prosperity Free Will Baptist Church Records contain photocopies of the original records made by Sandra Stratford in the 1980s. The original records were in the possession of descendants of the last clerk of the church at that time, but at the time of donation (April 2025) Stratford did not remember the name of the owner or know if said owner was still living. The records cover most of the existence of the church, from 1905 until 1944. The remaining folders contain Stratford’s research...
Dates: 1905 - 2025

Rufus W. Weaver Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0134
Scope and Contents The Rufus Washington Weaver Collection contains reports, correspondence, and other university-related documents from his time at Mercer University. The folders of the Weaver Papers are not in alphabetical order throughout the collection as a whole, but rather are generally alphabetized in groups of folders. Some groups stretch over several boxes, some groups span only one box or a portion of a box. Additionally, groups of records are not necessarily in chronological order. Items in box 6 are...
Dates: 1841-1947

Sylvan Hills Baptist Church (Fulton Co.) Records

 Collection
Identifier: GB-CH-156
Scope and Contents

The Sylvan Hills Baptist Church collection contains 8 boxes of church conference minutes, notes, and reports. The collection also contains information documenting deacons, memberships, activities, and the church fire.

Dates: 1931-2003

Thomas E. Langley Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0069
Scope and Contents The Langley collection contains one item, the journal of Thomas E. Langley, written from January 1, 1859-December 29, 1860 in Fort Valley, Georgia. The journal contains accounts of routine, daily life, including Langley’s travels in middle Georgia to preach or visit family. Accounts are general, with few details, although he does mention names of churches, Baptist preachers he meets, etc. Three family members donated Langley’s 282-page journal to the Georgia Baptist History Depository in...
Dates: 1859-1860

William Isaac Patrick Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MU-PP-0101
Scope and Contents

This diary documents Patrick’s activities from April 1894 to September 29, 1895. In addition, an unknown person has added a page of genealogical information, probably from either 1922 or 1925.

Dates: 1894-1922 (1925?); Majority of material found within 1894-1895