This list was taken from the Elim Baptist Church (Ludowici--formerly Johnson Station, Long County--formerly Liberty County, GA) website: www.elimbc.com
Pioneer Families
Information was derived from Elim Cemetery records, census records, Liberty County Marriage Records and family histories. "Pioneer families" listed are families with at least one person born prior to 1860, who were members of the church, and/or families related or closely associated to known members of the early Elim Baptist Church living within the Elim, Rye Patch, Johnsons Station (Ludowici), Walthourville, and Jones Creek communities. This list may not be all inclusive of the pioneer families who were closely associated or related to members of the church.
Andrews,
Edward Quarterman (1800-1880) & Margaret Beasley (1805-1881) m. 2-29-1822
Andrews,
Heartwell S. (1832-1900’s) & Catharine Ashmore (1842-1919) m. 12-1-1859
** Atkinson,
William Dawkins (1818-1879) & Elizabeth Jane Loyall (1814-1864) m.
Baggs
, William (1794-1844) & Charity Hope (1798-1885), m. 4-10-1821
Baggs, Sr.
Archibald (1760-1840) & Hannah Esther Dennison (1773-1841) m. 1790
Baxter,
Redden Gentry (1847-1929) & Julia Ann Gany (1848-1910) m. 1867
Beasley,
Joshua Edward (1842-1892) & Sarah S. McGowan (1847-1900) m. 8-30-1869
** Blount
, Rev. George A. (1846-1925) & Emma Ingram (1846-1935), m. 2-9-1871
** Bennett,
Rev. William Braxton (1842-1932) & Lavinia C. Street (1844-1935) m. 5-6-1865
Brewer,
James (1793-1853) & Delilah Simmons (1800–1880’s) m. unk
Brewer
, James Hendley (1844- ) & Maryann Martha Anderson (1847- ) m. 9-16-1869
Brewer,
Jesse (1829-1907) & Georgia Ann (1830- ) m. unk
Brewer
, Jesse Cling (1854- ) & Mary L. Branson ( ) m. 1-11-1878
* Brewer,
William B. (1818-1890) & Catherine Parker (1821-1893) m. 5-7-1840
Brewer
, William Hampton (1850-1931) & Lelia Middleton (1863-1925) m. 1880
** Brinson,
Isaac J. (1827-1867) & Rebecca (1826-1876) m.
** Butler
, William T. E. (1837- ) & Sarah E. (1842- ) m.
Clark,
Nicholas J. (1812-1850’s) & Caroline Hodges (1827-1902) m. 12-17-1845
Clark,
William N. (1852-1916) & Catherine Brunetta Wheeler (1856-1901) m. 12-7-1876
** Daniell
, David Gornto (1808-1884) & Mary J. Bettison (about 1795-1881) m. 7-23-1829
Darsey
, William Baillee (1800-1866) & Naomi Smart (1779-1850) m. 10-13-1824
** Darsey,
William Oscar (1840-1913) & Ann America "Mackey" Miller (1846-1915) m. 1865
Delk,
John (1812-1896) & Jane Hodges (1814-1887) m. 3-6-1834
DeLoach, Jr.
Hardy (1758-1828) & Mary Elizabeth Ross (1762-1830) m. 1782
DeLoach, Sr.
Hardy (1735-1820) & Elizabeth Hart (1738-1800) m. 1757
Devereaux,
Karon (1815-1860’s) & Delilah Lily Johns (1844-1901) m. 1-1-1844
Devereaux,
John Z. (1849-1918) & Narcissa Adella (Andrews) Shaw (1847-1916) m. unk
Devereaux,
Patrick B. (1847-1920) & Amanda E. Gany (1850-1926) m. 1-12-1868
Devereaux,
James M. (1851-1909)
Devereaux,
Owen C. (1853-1923) & Laura A. Butler (1859-1935) m. 1883
Dreggors
, Daniel W. (1836-1878) & Laura C. McGowan (1844-1910)
Dunham
, William B. (1852- ) & Sarah Jane Hodges (1849-1916) m. 1875
Easterling
, Joel (1823- ) & Sarah A. Shaw (1823- ) m. 2-10-1853
* Foster
, Doctrine Hampton (1831- ) & Sarah Smith (1832-1912) m. 9-20-1854
Foster
, John H. (1795- ) & Margaret A. Reddish (1820- ) m. 12-29-1840
Foster
, John R. (1850- ) & Sarah J. Lang (1849-) m. 1880
Gaskin
, Manly J. (1855-1894) & Lilava W. Lee (1868-1941) m. unk
Gordon
, Artemus (1830-1895) & Nancy Brewer (1833-after 1900) m. 6-9-1853
Groover,
Charles A. (1829-1873) & Rebecca Robinson (1835-1887) m. 8-13-1851
Herbert
, Richard Michael (1817- ) & Jane Brewer (1827- ), m. 19 Jan 1843
*** Herbert
, George Richard (1857-1922) & Mary L. C. Gordon (1854-1916) m. 12-27-1876
*
+ Hodges, Elias Robert (1820-1901) & Eleanor Smith (1825-1889) m. 1-12-1843
+ Hodges
, William Elias (1852-1873) & Nicey Elinor Stewart (1848-1912) m. 1-2-1873
Hodges
, James Luther (1856-1926) & Martha Corrine Wheeler (1857-1926) m. 7-8-1875
Hodges
, John Gideon (1854-1923) & Sarah Eugenia Wheeler (1859-1951) m. 2-10-1876
Holland,
James ( ) & Laura Frances Brewer (1858- ) m. unk
Hope
, William (1770-1850) & 1st wife Sealia Wright (1770-1820) m. 1793
& 2nd wife Bathsheba Davis (1803- ) m. 5-22-1822
Hope,
Jeff ( ) & Louise Delilah Brewer (1842-1919) m. unk
Horne
, Hendley Foxworth (1814-1899) & Susan Parker (1816-1844) m. 10-2-1832
*
Howard, John Hall (1824-1878) & Sarah Ann Brewer (1835-1909) m. 4-7-1853
Howard
, James Richard (1854-1922) & Rebecca Jane Wheeler (1861-1918) m. 4-6-1881
Howard
, James Solomon (1857-1911) & Emmaline Smart (1852-1909) m. 11-3-1878
Howard
, John Archibald (1858-1939) & Miriam E. Zorn (1859-1939) m. 1-10-1874
Howard,
John (1798- ) & Rachel DeLoach (1795-1855) m. unk
Howard
, William Henry (1856-1936) & Susan Jane Baggs (1864-1953) m. 1-21-1885
Keaton
, Kader Lawson (1826-1902) & Julia Anna Shaw (1827-1897/98) m. 1-9-1847
Keaton
, Henry Clay (1849-1913) & Martha Jane Flowers (1851-1915) m. 1873
Lee
, Thomas Benjamin (1833-1913) & Caroline (Hodges) Clark(1827-1902) m.5-27-1860
Maulden
, Andrew Fraser (1822-1913) & Mary Jane Dreggors (1833-1917) m.10-15-1857
Maulden,
William Washington (1858-1925) & Julia Ester Gordon (1859- ) m. 2-7-1878
McGowan
, Gideon Alonzo (1814-1856) & *Nancy Smith (1818-1894) m. unk
McGowan
, John (1802- ) & Sarah Middleton (1805- ) m. 1-4-1819
McGowan
, Joseph Edward (1851-1907) & C. Pauline Parker (1848-1902) m.12-13-1871
McVeigh,
James ( ) & Mary Brewer (1825-1854) m. 4-2-1844
Middleton
, Richard Benjamin (1830-1897) & Mary Emily McGowan (1841-1905) m.10-20-1857
Middleton
, William (1801-1871) & Elizabeth Ryals (1808-1889) m. 1821
Miller,
Elbert (1833-1863) & Susan Catherine Floyd (1837-1901) m. 4-3-1859
Miller,
Edward Payson (1840-1910) & Melissa Edwards (1846- ) m. unk
Mobley
, Hendley Washington (1854-1929) & Harriet Elizabeth Foster (1861-1927) m. unk
Mobley
, Albert (1830-1864) & Cynthia Scott (1835-1905) m. 8-22-1850
Murray, Jr.
Jehu Jackson Styles (1831-1882) & Amanda Fullwood (1835-1869) m.7-1-1853
Murray
, Francis M. (1859-1941) & Lee Hampton Foster (1865-1935) m. 1880
** Norris
, John Gordon (1842- ) & Sarah "Sallie" E. (1850- ) m. 1876
** Parker, Jr.
William Hall (1811-1887) & Sarah Jane Carter (1814-1900) m. about 1833
Parker
, George Washington (1814-1869) & Arsenath Sena Baxter (1825-1864) m.12-15-1840
Pinholster,
David E. (1797-1852) & Lubedia Maulden (1812- ) m. 4-29-1829
Pinholster,
John E. (1834-1862) & Amanda Maulden (1839-1870) m. unk
** Price, Jr.
Reverend Lewis (1828-1894) & Susan F. Geiger (1840-1890) m. 12-23-1858
Ray
, Elias Still (1832-1906) & 3rd wife Eliza Gertrude Sanders (1853-1882) m. unk
*
+ Shaw, John (1796-1860’s) & Sarah Ann Harnage (1809-1883) m. unk
Shaw
, George Washington (1838-1874/5) & Narcissa Adella Andrews (1847-1916) m.1-7- 1868
Shaw
, Jeremiah Landrum/Lamar (1832-1898) & Mary Abelle Smart (1845-1911)
Sheppard
, Edmond Jackson (1815-before 1870) & Mary Martin-Dreggors (1822-1890) m. 4-9-1844
Simmons,
Isaiah (1849-1925) & Elenor Florilla Wheeler (1847-1929) m. 12-17-1869
Sloan
, John R, (1843- ) & Nancy Elizabeth Sophronia Hodges (1845-1919) m. unk
Smith
, James Madison (1823-1893) & Mary Louisa Baggs (1822-1897) m. 12-16-1847
Smith
, William Baxter (1815-1856) & Mary Ann Hodges (1818- ), m. 12-21-1837
Smith, Jr.
William (1789-1867) & Mary Ann Baxter (1790-1856) m. 8-10-1810
Stewart
, William Frederick (1848-1935) & Martha Ann Hodges (1843-1918) m. unk
Tidwell
, John J. (1839-1898) & Jane L. Devereaux (1846-1925) m. unk
++ Way
, John E. (1832-1922) & Margaret Robinson Fennel (1834-1913) m. 6-11-1852
Way, Jr.
John (1790-1850’s) & *Sarah Ann DeLoach (1806-1880’s) m. 8-19-1828
Way
, William Fleming (1844-1924) & MaryAnn Holland Zorn (1853-1940) m. 1870
Way,
William Byron (1858-1934) & Alice Theodora Devereaux (1860-1955) m. 5-16-1880
Wells
, Evan (1827-1902) & Georgia Ann Price (1834- ) m. 3-13-1851
Wells,
William S. (1855-1904) & Mary D. Devereaux (1856-1934) m. 1856
Wheeler
, Capers B. (1855-1890) & Alice C. McGowan (1854-1900’s) m. 7-19-1877
Wheeler
, Henry John Ripley (1822-1881) & *Zilpha Brewer (1822-1896) m. 9-12-1844
Wheeler,
Rev. Jacob (1808-bef 1870) & Mary (1816- ) m. unk
Wheeler
, James Ferman (1836- ) & Harriet Amanda Hodges (1848-1882) m. unk
*
Wheeler, Robert John (1780-1874) & Catherine P. Bacon (1781-1879) m. 6-12-1806
Wheeler
, Thomas B. (1816-1893) & Sarah A. (1829-1896) m. unk
Wheeler
, Edmond Bacon (1854-1943) & Emily Elizabeth Flowers (1861-1941) m. 2-17-1881
Yarbrough
, Elijah (1853-1935) & Mary C. (1853-1927) m. 1872
Yarbrough
, Needom M. (1812-1895) & Rebecca (1822-1904) m. unk
Zorn
, Daniel W. (1856-1929) & Sara Ursula Long (1867-1945) m. 11-27-1884
++ Zorn
, James Daniel (1835- ) & Mary Jane Surrency (1838-1913) m. 2-27-1859
Zorn
, William Thomas (1826-1906) & Nancy Dubberly (1830-1910) m. 10-28-1852
++ Zorn
, William Washington (1824-1900) & Emiline A. Shaw (1834-1870’s) m. 8-10-1865
2nd wife Mary Elizabeth Darsey (1854-1898) m. 12-24-1872
* Charter Members of Elim Baptist Church organized in 1857
** Pastors of Elim Baptist Church
*** Clerks of Elim Baptist Church
+ Deacons of Elim Baptist Church
++ Served both as Clerk and Deacon of Elim Baptist Church