GOSHEN BAPTIST CHURCH 5 LINCOLN CO., GA.
pastor, Rev. J.N. Kirkland, who has served since 1926. Other pastors were:
Hartwell Jackson, two years; Rev. Mr. Palmore, four years; James
Armstrong, six years; Jessie Davis, one year; James Matthews, Jr., two
years; I.W. Bolton, five years; John Hogan, three years; P.F. Burgess, two
years; J.E. LeRoy, two years; V.L. Herndon, one year; and John H.
Fortson, the term of his pastorate not being known.
The following have been Clerks: Robert Harper, Samuel Davis, Wylie
G. Tatom, Stern Simmons, Henry H. Glaze, Alexander Frasier, W.W.
Stokes, Mosely Hawes, H.M. Sale, R.L. Burgess, M.H. Wright, and G.E.
Norman, the present Clerk.
The Deacons have been: Robert Harper, Sheppard Grace, Richard
Prather, Wylie G. Tatom, Grant Glaze, William Florence, Mosley Hawes,
P.W. Sale, John Brown, F.M. Wright, A.N. Glaze, W.A. Drinkard, W.T.
Murray, F.W. Wright, G.T. Chafin, R.L. Burgess, W.E. Norman, P.M.
Norman, George Drinkard and G.E. Norman.
All hail to the noble men and women who made this great church
possible. More power to its present members and friends. Peace, sweet
peace" to its departed dead. May we truly enter into their labors and carry
on to the end of the way for the glory of God and the "good that we can do."
EARLY PASTORS
| From - To | |
| Unknown Prior to 1794 | |
| James Matthews, Sr. | 1794 - 1825 |
| Hartwell (or Wyche) Jackson* | 1825 - 1827 |
| James Armstrong | 1828 - 1834 |
| Jesse Mercer Davis | 1835 - 1835 |
| James Matthews, Jr. | 1836 - 1837 |
| W.H. Stokes | 1838 - 1840 |
| Isaac N. Bolton | 1841 - 1845 |
| Micajah Lane | 1846 - 1846 |
| Isaac N. Bolton | 1847 - 1847 |
| Micajah Lane | 1848 - 1858 |
| I.C. Guner (one Sunday per month) | 1848 - 1848 |
| John Hogan | 1859 - 1862 |
| John H. Fortson | 1863 |
| (He was still pastor at the end of Minutes, 1869) |
* History of Georgia Baptist Association says "Wyche Jackson." Brother
G.K. Norman says "Hartwell Jackson." Minutes say "Brother Jackson."