Organized in 1877 and operating chiefly in Wilcox county, presents the
following roll of churches:
Antioch, Magnolia, New Hope No. 2, New Hope No. 4, Ruk West, Emanuel
Street, and Union Baptist, Camden Post Office; Cedar Grove and
Starling, Furman; Little Rock, Tilden; Little Zion, St. Emanuel,
St. Peter, Nellie; Mt. Gilead and Magnolia, Bell’s Landing; Morning
Star and Shady Grove, Miller’s Ferry; New Hope No. 3 and St. Wisdom,
Canton’s Bend; New Hill, Butler’s Springs; Oak Valley, Monterey; Pine
Flat, Tinela; St. Francis, Caledonia; St. Peter, River Ridge. Antioch
of Camden, Cedar Grove of Furman, and Little Rock of Tilden, are the
oldest churches in this body, having been organized in 1868.
Their number is between 1,700 and 2,000. Their pastors are Revs. S. B.
McCall, George Earl, M. Boykin, V. Pruit, K. Wolfe, F. Williams, W. H.
Ray, Jr., L. D. Johnson, M. Lewis, L. Jefferson, S. Boyd, C. L. George,
J. C. Blackburn, John Poe, N. Hill, George Earl, M. Ervin, W. G. King,
J. A. Lawson. The venerable Henry Allen has been in this section as “a
father in Israel.”
They are trying to support a high school at Camden. Rev. J. A. Lawson
is especially active in educational matters, and all seem ready for any
and every good work.