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Nails Creek Baptist Church Today as seen from the cemetary where many of my ancestors are laid to rest.
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Toombstone of Willliam Wiley who on January 6, 1835 gave the two acres of land that the church was already located on to Nails Creek Baptist Church.
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| Rev. Moses Sanders (396), an ancestor of Alexander Stephens Garrett , was born in Wiltshire, England, in 1742 and came to Georgia seeking religious freedom as a Baptist. In the early 1770s, he built a log chapel and by Feb. 11, 1787 had became the first pastor of Nails Creek Baptist Church. In May 1802, sixty-two members of that church, including several of Moses' relatives, formed the Groves Level Baptist Church. Moses was chosen as the supply preacher. He established many Baptist churches before his death in 1817. His service as a Revolutionary War soldier from Iredell County, NC left Rev. Sanders with several bayonet scars from hand-to-hand combat with the British. His tombstone, just down the road from Groves Level, reads, "Christ is my anchor." His great-granddaughter Elizabeth Ball (49) married Isaac Garrett . |
