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Sketches, historical and biographical, of the Broad River and King's Mountain Baptist Associations. By John Randolph Logan 1887 ANTIOCH CHURCH is situated in York County, S. C, about four miles nearly due west from the King's Mountain battle grounds and two miles southeasterly from Whitaker's station on the air-line railroad. This church was constituted in the year 1815. In 1814 it became an arm of Buffalo church, and through the ministerial labors of Elder William Martin, (Cedar Billie,) and others the membership became sufficiently strong for a constitution. A presbytery was convened of Elders G. Wm. Martin, Drury Dobbins and other ministers together with the deacons of the adjacent or nearest churches, and the several persons baptized and dismissed from other churches for this object, were declared by the presbytery convened, a regular church of the Baptist faith an order to be known by the name and style of Antioch Baptist Church. Elder W. Martin was the first pastor, and Abraham Hardin, Edward Bird and Sherrod James were selected the first deacons. Edward Bird was appointed church clerk. Antioch joined the Broad River Association at her session in 1815, and remained a constituent member of that body until 1873. She was then dismissed, and joined the King's Mountain at her session the same year. This church has been a nursing mother to many of the Baptist family, and at times has had enrolled on the pages of her church book a very large membership, many of whom adorned the Christian profession with orderly and profitable lives. Many of her members have emigrated to other States, while many others have paid the debt of nature and gone to their final rewards, while many others yet remain within her folds to call her blessed for the fostering care she has been enabled to extend to them from time to time in their travail and sore trials to escape the wiles of the great adversary. Elder George Wilkie was ordained in 1819 and was chosen pastor of the church in 1820, and remained in that relation eighteen years, till 1837, when he emigrated to the State of Georgia. Elder T. K. Pursley was pastor in 1838 to '40, Elder R. P. Logan in '41, T. K. Pursley again in '42'43, Elder W. Hill in '44 to '48, Elder L. McCurry in '49-'50, Elder W. Hill again in '51. The King's Mountain Association was formed this year but Antioch still remained with the Broad River until 1873. Elder P. R. Elam became her pastor in '74-'76, Elder J. G. Carter in '76-'77, Elder T. Dixon in '78-79, Elder J.A. White in '80 to '82. Antioch church has at present 193 members and a Sunday School of fifty scholars, superintended by E. Hardin in good working order. The contributions to pastor and other objects for 1882 is reported $258.55. Her present corps of deacons are H. Borders, D. R. Bell, E. Hardin, F. H. Dover, J. R. Dixon and D. R. Bird. J. R. Dixon, church clerk, Whitaker, S. C. Antioch can
claim the honor under God of being the foster mother of Elders T. Dixon
and R. P. Logan, two ministers of some prominence in the Broad River and
King's Mountain Associations. Return to York County, South
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