GRAYSON, GEORGIA Est. 1881 |
Grayson's name originally was Trip, Georgia. In 1881 J. P. McConnell was appointed postmaster of Trip. John E. Jacobs also served as postmaster and later as mayor. Trip was the center of a thriving farming community. Among the prominent families who first settled Trip were: McConnell, Jacobs, Ford, Cooper, Williams, Tribble, Brownlee, Cates, Kennerly, Petty, Hawthorne, Rawlins, Roberts, Yancey, Langley and others. When the railroad was extended to Loganville, the town's name was changed first to Berkely, which turned out to be already taken by another Georgia town, and then to Grayson. Chestnut
Grove
Church
was organized in 1850 with the following
founding members:
John Carroll, J.G.H. Herring, Nathan Fowler,
James Johnson, James
Young,
J. North, Seaman Moore, Isaac Petty and George
Petty. Two years
later
two acres of land were purchased from John Davis
for five dollars, and
a log building was erected which was used also
as a school house until
1873. At that time a frame building was
erected. Link
to Chestnut Grove history
page. See 2005
photographs of Chestnut Grove.
The Grayson Methodist Church, originally called Asbury Methodist Church, was organized in 1884. The charter members were: Mr. and Mrs. James Conner, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Frisby, Mr. and Mrs. R.E. Browning, Miss Mary Langley, Mrs. Carrie Johnson, Mrs. Jane Head, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. Cates, and Mr. and Mrs. G.M. Brand. The building was constucted in 1885. Grayson
Baptist
Church
was organized April 4, 1913, with Rev. Chancey
Foote, Rev. J. J.
Stephenson
and Rev. C. P. Ewing acting as a
presbytery. The charter members
were O. A. Jacobs, J. A. Jacobs, H. A. Nix, Eula
Pate, Zelma Jacobs,
Mr.
and Mrs. F. H. Nix, Marinda Nix, W. E. Roberts,
Mrs. Addie Roberts, A.
S. Briscoe, Mrs. Della Jacobs, Mrs. Snowy
Jacobs, Rev. E. L. Langley. This history is a work in progress. I
will be
adding more
information and photographs, so be sure to
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or refresh! Sources: Dynamic Gwinnett, text by Bill Kirby, copyright 1993, published by Longstreet Press, Inc. Related Links: Grayson Gazette - Online News Chestnut Grove Baptist Church History TOP OF PAGE
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