Old Buckhead Church stands 4.3 miles west of this point. The present structure, built around 1845, housed one of the oldest Baptist congregations in the United States. Buckhead Church was organized prior to the Revolution under the leadership of Rev. Matthew Moore and was re-organized in 1787. The Georgia Baptist Convention met here in 1831 to pass the initial resolution that founded Mercer University. During the War Between the States, the churchyard became the scene of a skirmish on Nov. 28, 1864, between the 3d Cav. Div. of Gen. J. Kilpatrick (USA) and the Cav. Corps of Gen. Joseph Wheeler (CSA).