County Line Baptist (Butts County, Ga.)

County Line Baptist was built in 1886, but the congregation was formed in August of 1861 in an old school house at this site. One of the elders at the dedication ceremony was John T. Kimball. Rev. Kimball had been a member of Towliga Baptist church where he was licensed to preach in August of 1845. His obituary in the "Jackson Argus" dated July 21, 1899 included "A sketch of his long and useful career", while another "Argus" article dated June 5, 1885 stated "There is not a living man who could command a larger congregation and control it better than he." The County Line cemetery is very large with graves dating back to the early 1860s. In these old cemeteries are many stories of the early history of this part of middle Georgia. For instance, one of the headstones is that of Francis Edalgo (b. 1835 - d. 1872), whose original name was Francisco Hidalgo. He was born in Mexico but later adopted by Major Henry Burroughs Holliday, father of famous John Henry "Doc" Holliday.