Botsford Church was constituted in 1773 by the Rev. Edmund Botsford as the second Baptist church in Georgia. Originally located 25 miles below Augusta and known as the New Savannah Church, it was moved about 10 miles to this place after the Revolution. This building, erected about 1875, replaced the first church after it burned. The old minute book contains a list of members and a resolution memorializing those who died in Confederate service. Rev. Botsford, born in England and a vigorous missionary, wrote, “In August, 1773, I rode 650 miles, preached 42 sermons and baptized 21 persons.”