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Phillips Mill Baptist Church Founded May 7, 1785 in Joes Phillips Grist Mill
Milstones are original from Joel Phillips were imported from the Paris Basin in Europe
Rock are from the First Church Pillow.
Marker given in Memory of Mrs. Matte S. Johnson erected in memory of Silas Mercer

"The Phillips Mill Baptist Church was founded June 10, 1785, by sixteen members who met at the home of George Lea. The first meetings were held at the grist mill owned by Joel Phillips. On August 5, 1786, church member, Joel Phillips (Sr.), conveyed land to pastor, Silas Mercer for a new church site (Wilkes Co. deed book SS, pg. 54). The church was later moved to it’s current location, about four miles from this original site. Silas Mercer, one of the great Baptist preachers in early GA, was the first pastor. Silas came from the church at Kiokee, which was the first Baptist church in GA, established in 1772. It was located about twenty miles northwest of Augusta GA. His son, Jesse Mercer and Robert McGinty were both received into the Phillips Mill church by profession of faith and baptized by Silas in 1787. Jesse was fifteen years old and Robert, about thirty-seven. They remained close associates in the Baptist church for the rest of their lives." Submited by: Jerry McGinty

Phillips Mill Baptist Church, Wilkes County, Georgia was organized on June 10, 1785 at George Lea's home. The early church members present were:

George Lea	Silas Mercer	William Paraker
Owen Fluker	Jesse Tolbert	Dorcas Mercer
Rebekah Turner	Elizabeth Parker	Lucy Lea
Elizabeth Moncreaf	Sarah Flucker	Florannah Winkfield
Anna Winkfield	Nancy Glass	Mary Leverette
According to church minutes from 1875, the list of members are;
Dorcus Mercer	Rebekah Turner	Lucy Lea
Elizabeth Moncrief	Floranna Wingfield	Anna Wingfield
Sarah Fluker	Nancy Glass	Mary Leverette
Marcy Moncrief	Boling Williams	Robert Day
Jacob Mercer	Hart Champion	Joseph Moran
William Osburn	John Mulkey	Samuel Whiting
Samuel Whatley	Thomas Mercer	James Hammitt
James Moris	William Evans	Walton Harris
Jonathan Ragan	? Deans Junr?	Zacharah Glass, Snr.
John Roberson	Zacharah Glass	Rachel Shipley
Nancy Ragans	Rebekah Craft	Mary Fluker
L--- Hammitt	Francis Atchinson	Susanna Talbert
Franky Day	Elizabeth Crafford	Sarah Pope
Lucy Champion	Phiby Foster	--nnis Mercer
Lydda Crabb	Anne Stone	Timprinse Mercer
Nancy Osburn	Sail? Mercer	Elizabeth Moncrief Junr
Tabitha Evans	Grants' Adams	Grants' Ami
Gafford Winny ?	Crafford Anny	D. O. Milly
Deans' Monday	Grants' Philip	Zachariah Glass
Pinkston Lean	Cooks' Stephen	Pinkston's Jack
Dean's Mary	Dermott's Lidda	Cooks' June
Ragin's Bob & Betty	Sextons' Tony	Turner's Jamy ?
Wingfields' Silky	Stephen Gafford	Josiah Moncrief
Asa Atkins	Robirt McGinty	Charles Dean Senr
Nehimiah Edge	Thomas Robertson	William Foster
James Turner	John Lawson	Nathaniel Dean
John Ewards	Binjamin Thompson	Francis Dean
Anna Hendricks	Elizabeth Wilson	Mary Pinkston
Sary Mercer	Elizabeth Dean	--- Lea Nora Jean
Stacy Robertson	Rhoda Mercer	Peggy Rice
Mary Bullock	Deborah McGinty	John ?West?
Jesse Mercer	Wm Watkins	Wm Blanks
John Dean	Samuel Pope	?-ehalah Moran
Moriah Blanks	Bridget ?Justins?	Rebekah - arra
Bridget Mulky	Hannah ?Bassas?	Rhoda Lea
Isbel Davis	Francis Gafford	Anne Gillman
Mary Bays	Hannah Digby	John Leverett Dead
Wm Digby	Thomas Chivers	Wm Fletcher ?Fluker?
Charles Mattox	?Athnial? Weaver	Simon Burney
Samuel Davis	Adam Tarrance	Robert Rowid?
David Allin	Susannah Robertson	Jane Robertson
Delpha Robertson	Martha Harkins	Anne Ragans
Anna Golson	Mary Philips	A_____Pollard Dead
Francis Robertson	Rachel Mattox	Sarah Glass
Jane Chivers	Sarah Weavers	Mary Smith
Elizabeth Mulky	Jimmah Chivers	Sabary Chivers
Dean's Winny	Turner's Sam	Chivers'
Bunney's Benjamin	Robert Harris	Mary Ewand
Mishack Turner's negro woman	Grant's Jack	Binney's Ephraim
Terrel's Grace	Terrels Mat	Hannah Cohran
Silah Terrell	David Welborn	Thos Wingfield Dead
Joseph Bay's	Charles Webb	Jacob Autry
Moses Robertson	Joseph Ketchin	Elizabeth Gethright
Jesse Crenshaw	John Middow	John Bankston
John Perry	Wm Robertson	Edward Butler
Binjamin Ozburn	Jacob Shorter	John Graham
Jacob Car--	Absalom Ramy	Jane Burmels?
Francis Jordan	Elizabeth Autry?	Elizabeth Mattox
Phebe Hubbart	Jane McGinty	Martha Kitchen
Susannah Anderson	Presus Crinshaw	Jane Vandamare?
Eliabeth R---	Anna Robertson	Elizabeth Butler
Rebekah McGinley	Terrell's Patrick	Grants' Charles
Terrell's Fortune	Terrell's Aby	Wm Terrell's boy
Finley's Jude	Grant's Jude	Thompson's Jane
Finley's George	Nelson's Sal	Dermotts' Matt
Cook's John	Philip's Sam	Terrell's Patty
Pinkston's Rachel	Stokes' Aggy	Terrell's Lucy
Crutchfield's James	Terrell's Cuffy	Golson's Sam
Terrell's Sarah	Heard's Aggy	Dermott's Betty