"The sons and daughters of ex-slaves in south Taliaferro County
and North Hancock County had a vision of expanding their freedom
and to shape their own lives as they saw fit. So a group of
courageous pioneers from the Powelton New Hope Baptist Church,
led by Deacon Willie Peak, Deacon Abe Frazier and Deacon Philic Jones
came together and founded the Antioch Baptist Church in Taliaferro County,
outside of Crawfordville, in November of 1886. The deacon board
purchased two acres of land from the Veazey estate and two acres
were deeded to them for a cemetery. The oldest documented grave
in the cemetery is 1898, which indicates the church building
presently on site is probably the original church building."*

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*Quote from http://hrcga.org, Historic Rural Churches of Georgia.