PLEASANT HILL BAPTIST CHURCH
1890--1899
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
was located in the Dry Fork Community thirteen
miles north of Hamilton. Organized in 1878 by Presley O’Keefe,
W. J. Hicks, Shelby King, and A. A. Hensley, this church was first
called King’s Chapel Baptist Church and
later Dry Fork Baptist Church when
it was located in the Dry Fork community. Before 1890 Dry Fork
Baptist Church became Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
Macedonia
Baptist Church formed by 1885 changed its name to Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church in 1890. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church was
admitted to the Hamilton County Baptist Association on 14 August,
1891. The last year Pleasant Hill Baptist Church submitted a letter
to Hamilton County Baptist Association was 1898.
On 12 August,
1899, Pleasant Hill purchased one acre of land at a cost of $100
out of the P. A. Sublet Survey from Mr. and Mrs. Erastus Kimber
Ridenhower at Crossroads . The
Pleasant Hill Church was moved to the new site (current location) of Olin
Baptist Church and changed its name in 1900 to Olin
Baptist Church.
Some of the pastors of Pleasant Hill
Baptist Church were:
J. H. Vinson,
1891--1893, 1895, 1897
J. B. Vinson, 1894
W. S. Johnson, 1898
Some of the church clerks were:
J. W. Talley,
1891
J. M. Warren, 1892
E. M. Newman,
1893
A. J. Leach, 1894--1898
Messengers to the annual association
meeting were:
1892--Henry
Preachers
1893--W. Pierson, D.
M. Purdue
1894--E. M.
Gamble
1895--J. W. Warren, J. F. Rodgers,
and E. G. Smith
1896--J. M.
Warren, A. J. Leach, H. F. Nance
1897--W. W.
Pierson, A. J. Leach
1898--Rev. W. D.
Vinson