Was organized in 1869. Rev. Berry Ware, it seems, was one of its
leading founders. They have a membership of about 3,000. They have
some excellent men, among whom may be mentioned: Revs. B. M. Mallory,
F. Youngblood, H. D. Leathers, of Childersburg; Rev. D. L. Prentice,
Aldrich; Rev. J. P. Barton, Talladega; Rev. E. E. Perryman, Helena;
Revs. G. R. Nash, F. R. Kenedy, B. F. Singleton, and P. Caddell,
Columbiana; Rev. F. Cahill, Harpersville; Revs. J. L. Looney and P.
Fancher, Fayetteville; Revs. W. C. Owens and J. H. Moseley, Calera.
The minutes of 1890 give the following post offices and churches:
_Childersburg_--Enon.
_Kymulga_--Mt. Olive.
_Aldrich_--Hepzibah.
_Blocton_--Liberty.
_Talladega_--Peace Baptist.
_Wilsonville_--Bethlehem, Scott Grove, Mt. Grove, and Dry Branch.
_Harpersville_--Mt. Olive.
_Helena_--Mt. Pleasant.
_Fayetteville_--Shady Grove, Friendship.
_Columbiana_--Zion, Friendship, and Macedonia.
_Mt. Pinson_--Mt. Bradford.
_Siluria_--Union Hill, Liberty No. 1.
_Shelby_--Providence.
_Long View_--Galilee.
_Calera_--Moseley Chapel, New Mt. Moriah, Bethel.
Rev. D. L. Prentice, Aldrich, is doing a very effective work in the
school room, and the people of his town bear the marks of his pedagogic
labors. Their meetings, I mean associational meetings, are enjoyable
and they give evidence of piety, promise and power.
This body liberally aided in the purchase of Selma University, and has
ever been ready for any and every good work.