HEBRON
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Banks County, Georgia
Organized 1796 by John Newton.
Founding members:
James Ramsey
James McCarter
Anthony Story
Major Edward Story
William Thomas
Richard Woods
Robert Mercer
William McCracken
Davic Clark
Benjamin Love
Berry Battles
_____ Trimble
William Robinson
Andrew Caruthers
James Caruthers
Richard Kain
Colonel James Little
Thomas Story
William Little
James H. Esq.
*Note-The wife of William Thomas was Nancy Caruthers, sister
of Andrew and James Caruthers. The
Caruthers brothers, as well as William Thomas, were from North Carolina, and
had been Revulolutionary Soldiers. A few years after their settlement at Hebron, Andrew and James Caruthers
moved to Tennessee, where Andrew joined the Baptist Church and became a Preacher.
Source: Hebron and It's People by Rev. Groves H. Cartledge
Pastors and Students of Hebron Presbyterian Church
Thomas Newton
1799-1817 (Brother of John Newton)
John Harrison (Supply)
1819-1823
David Humphries
1823-1825
David Hazelit
1825-1829
Robert McAlpine (Supply)
1830-1834
H. C. Carter
1835
James C. Freeman
1836-1841
Henry Newton
1845-1851
Groves H. Cartledge
1852-1899
W. L. Barber
1899-1906
J. D. McPhail (Supply)
1911-1914
I. W. Waddell
1914-1922
W. E. Crane (Supply)
1924
J. C. Blackburn
1925-1927
Willie H. Dendy (Supply)
1927
Walter H. Arnold
1927-1928
Burns Gibbs (Supply)
1928
Harry R. Foster
1929-1943
Elders of the Church
John McEntire
1796-
Samuel McKie
1796-
Thomas Mayes
1796-
William Fleming
1796
John Mayes
James H. Glasure
James S. Alexander
John M. Alexander
William F. Neal
Archibald McDonald
John E. Caldwell
1848
William B. Burns
Pierce C. Key
1854-
Daniel Gill Candler
1854-
Lindley A. Baker
1858-
Walter Carson
1859-
James M. Mayes
1859-
Franklin S. Smith
1866-
Sumner J. Smith
1866-
David W. McWhorter
1866-
Joseph W. Cartledge
1866-
James A. Hall
David P. Freeman
Crawford H. Little
T. A. Mayes
1875-
George L. Carson
1877-
James D. Martin
1877-
J. H. Cartledge
David Mitchell Burns
David P. Carson
Thomas M. Henley
E. C. Carson
M. M. Echols
John Irenus Turk
P. N. Little
1934-
William E. Carson
J. R. Brewer
Arthur Little
1922
Hoyt Little
1922-
Omar Bellamy
1922-
Historical Notes on Hebron Presbyterian Church
Memorial Plaque
"First Grave in This Cemetery
E. McWhorter Ash
Born November 20, 1802
Infant Son of
William and J. (Jane) Fleming Ash.
Erected by the children of the late Gabriel S. and Alice
Key Martin. 1967"
There are two cemeteries, the oldest contains the family
of James McCarter. It is located near the orginal log church site
established in 1796.
The first Sunday School in North Georgia was organized in
1819 at Hebron Presbyterian Church by Reverend John Harrison. There were classes for white and black participants
and many slaves were taught to read and write.
This practice continued until it was halted by the Georgia Legislature
prior to the War Between the States.
Hebron Presbyterian Church is listed on the American Presbyterian/Reformed
Historical Sites Registry by the Presbyterian Historical Society.
All sites considered for the Registry are historically authenticated
to the satisfaction of the respectives Presbytery/Classes and of the Historical
Sites Commitee of the Historical Society.
These sites are unique and related to important events, institutions,
and personalities in American Presbyterian/Reformed history.
Source: Presbyterian and Reformed Church, Historical Foundation,
Montreat, North Carolina
Copyright 2004 by Jacqueline King