1853

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 voted on June 24, 1853, to employ as pastor Rev. Henry Allen Tupper, a native of Charleston, SC, and then pastor at Graniteville, SC. It is of some interest that on the same date Mr. Ker Boyce of Charleston and Graniteville and father-in-law of Mr. Tupper bought the house next door, now known as the Tupper-Barnett house, for $2,800+ and gave it to Mr.Tupper.

The church had as pastor at the end of the church year Henry Allen Tupper.

The Georgia Baptist Association of churches met at Smyrna Baptist Church in Wilkes County on October  7-8, 10 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: 9, gained by letter: 9, lost  by dismissal: 3, lost by exclusion:  2 ,  restored: 2, lost by death: 3, and total remaining: 180, and of these 47 were white and 133 were black.