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Established as Mt. Pleasant Baptist by Elder James Yarbrough in 1820 with 27 charter members, this church had 150 members by 1834 and was among the oldest in the Demopolis area. Buried in the church cemetery are John Gilmore, Reuben Hildreth, and John Sample, Revolutionary War veterans who founded Jefferson and helped establish this church.
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