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On April 11, 1790, a congregation of 32 organized here as the “Baptist Church of Christ on Stanton at the mouth of Black Water.” William Johnson, John Anthony, and Thomas Douglass were the ministers present, and Johnson was chosen pastor. Constructed of logs, the Meeting House measured approximately 30 by 18 feet and rested on a stone foundation. The church developed from Baptist congregations in Franklin County dated to 1787. In 1843, Daniel Saunders deeded “one acre and 30 poles” to the Baptist Society meeting at the Moody Meeting House. It was relocated in 1877 to Pleasant Grove School and in 1884 to the present site of Staunton Baptist Church. The Strawberry Baptist Association met here on October 2, 1802.
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