Middleground Church Primitive Baptist was organized in 1897 on land donated by Charley Akins, James B. Rushing, James W. Warnock, and Laura Rushing Warnock. Its first pastor was Elder Daniel R. McElveen. Its charter members were Elder Daniel R. McElveen, Maggie Warnock McElveen, Charley Akins, Maggie Williams Akins, Mikell Bland, Annie Rigdon Bland, James A. Bunce, Georgia McElveen Bunce, William A. Groover, Elias McElveen, Ann Rushing McElveen, and John Warnock.