Historical Marker

Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery

Portal · Bulloch County · Erected 2008

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The Story

Rooted in an 1829 frontier meetinghouse, this Primitive Baptist congregation reflects the early-1800s split that defined Georgia's hard-shell Baptists. The 1881 church and its cemetery — holding Revolutionary and Civil War veterans — made the National Register in 2008.

About this site

Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery is a historical marker in Portal, Bulloch County, erected in 2008. It is one of 40 historical markers documented in Bulloch County, among 134 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.4882, -81.9729 near Portal. The nearest cataloged historic site is Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Hendrix and Welsh Cemetery, Franklin Cemetery, and Nichols Cemetery.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 32.4882, -81.9729 · Portal, Bulloch County
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