This is a record of activities of First Baptist Church of Washington, Georgia, during the church year shown in the title above and ending September 30 of that year.
The church had as pastor at the end of the church year L. J. Robert, a native of Robertville, SC and a cousin of Henry Martyn Robert, who wrote the original version of "Robert's Rules of Order", first published in 1876 and still published in 10th edition by his grandson, Henry Martyn Robert, III.
The Georgia Baptist Association of churches met at Grove Baptist Church in Columbia County on October 8, 9, 11 following the end of the church year. This church elected as messengers to attend that meeting members shown after Labels below..
The church letter reported members gained by baptism: 12, gained by letter: 5, lost by dismissal: 2 , lost by exclusion: 2, lost by death: 1, and total remaining: 165, and of these 26 were white and 139 were black.
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