The dates are when the church was constituted or in case no
record was available the date the deed was recorded.
1877 Bethel Baptist Church, Macclenny.
1878 Episcopal, Chapel of the Holy Cross, Margaretta.
1878 North Prong Primitive Baptist Church N. Sanderson.
1880 Episcopal, St. Mary's Cedar Creek, Glen St. Mary.
1881 Pine Grove New Congregational Methodist Church Taylor.
1882 Methodist Episcopal Church, Sanderson.
1883 First Baptist Church, Macclenny.
1884 Macclenny Methodist Church, Macclenny.
1887 Olustee Baptist Church, Olustee.
1889 Macedonia Methodist Church, Macclenny.
1889 Methodist Church (near Lon Dugger place).
1892 Pleasant Grove Primitive Baptist Church.
1893 Glen St. Mary Methodist Church.
1896 Mount Carmuel Primitive Baptist Church.
1896 Mount Olive Methodist Church, Glen St Mary.
1898 Mount Zion Primitive Baptist Church, Sanderson.
1905 Cedar Creek Primitive Baptist Church, Sanderson.
1906 First Congregational Church, Glen.
1907 Macclenny Church of Christ, Macclenny.
1907 Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church.
(Bethelehem meeting house is mentioned in the minutes of the Board of County Commissioners 11-5-1877 at this same location.)
1908 Dinkins New Congregational Methodist Church.
1911 Cypress Grove New Congregational Methodist Church.
1912 Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church
1915 Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Olustee.
1916 Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Glen St Mary.
1918 Congregational Methodist Church near Steel bridge.
1917 Oak Grove Primitive Baptist Church.
1919 Oak Branch Missionary Baptist Church, Manning.
1919 Glen St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church.
1921 Cuiler Church of God.
1927 Pine Level New Congregational Methodist Church.
1927 Olustee Church of God.
1929 Macclenny Church of God.
1929 Church of Christ of Latter Day Saints.
1931 Mt. Calvary New Congregational Methodist Church.
1935 Mt. Olive Holiness Congregational Methodist church.
1936 Taylor Holiness Cong.
1936 Sanderson Congregational Holiness Church.
1940 Pleasant Rock Congregational Holiness Church.
1948 Mt. Zion Neu Congregational Methodist Church.
1950 Raiford Road Church of Christ.
1950 Faith Baptist Church.
1950 Macclenny Primitive Baptist Church.
1951 Baxter Church of God.
1959 Catholic Church, Macclenny.
History of the organization and development of Macedonia Methodist Church
In the year 1889, Rev. J. B. Wilkins and Rev. R. C. Bramlet members of the Georgia Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church were invited by the people of the Garrett, now known as the Macedonia
Community, to come over from Georgia and Preach in their Community. Which invitation these
brothern accepted and held a protracted meeting of a few days, which resulted in the conversion of
several souls to Christ and the organizing of these new converts with others who had previously
professed faith in Christ, into a Methodist Church membership, but with no church to worship in.
In the latter part of the year 1890, the writer, Rev. E.F. Dean was sent by the Georgia Conference to
serve this people as pastor. And soon after my going the proposition to build a church house began to be
agetated and after the question of location was settled, a board of trustees was appointed and approved
by the first Quarterly conference for the new organization, consisting of J. R. Barnes, W. A. Hodges, G.
W. Garrett, W. E. Phillips, and S. M. Lyons. The track of land selected for the Church Lot, consisting of
two and one half acres, on which the church now stands. At that time there had been three men buried in
what is now the Cemetery. They had been killed by the Indians. Two of them were buried in the same
box which was removed from an ox cart and used for a coffin. Today there are nearly two hundred
graves in this well fenced and well kept Cemetery. The lot was bought from C. B. Macclenny and a deed
was made January 12, 1892 to this board of trustees in trust for the Methodist Episcopal Church. An
application for a donation of $100.00 and a loan of $100.00 more was made to the board of church
extension of the M.E. Church Philadelphia, Pa. which was granted. The lumber and other necessary
material for the building of the church was paid for with this money leaving but little to pay for labor and
other necessary expenses. But the writer being a carpenter and with help of the community, the church as
it stands, was built with the exception of Re-Roofing with metal roofing. replacing the old shingle
roofing which went into decay. The church was painted a few years after it was built. My recollection
serves me that I received $ 1.00 per day and community board for four weeks service. Later the section
of land in which the church lot stands, was sold without any reservation of the church lot. Which
involved the necessity of procuring a new deed for church lot, which was done and an additional two and
one half acres was procured making the Church lot, as it now stands five acres. the deed to which is on
record.
From the time the church was built and several years following, Macedonia had remarkable success.
Congregations filled the house on ordinary meeting days. Many precious souls found peace with God
and many were added to the church and a large membership was enrolled. But death and removals have
reduced the membership to a small few who still hold the old home place sacred, because of precious
memories and having loving ones buried there. Fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, and friends whom they
hope to meet in Heaven. At the invitation of the present pastor, Rev. H.T. Foley, the writer went back to
this church this past fifth Sunday in January 1944, and preached morning and afternoon. We had a real
home coming and a great day. At night I preached for Brother Foley in Macclenny church. I just passed
my 91st birthday January 5th.
Very Respectfully
E. F. Dean
Former Pastor
February 24, 1944
(Brother Dean passed to his eternal reward March 16, 1946)