Historical Marker

Big Buckhead Church

Perkins · Jenkins County · Erected 1956

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The Story

Reconstituted in 1787, Big Buckhead hosted the 1831 convention that resolved to found Mercer University; Bishop Francis Asbury preached here in 1793, and its Black members later left to form Carswell Grove Baptist.

About this site

Big Buckhead Church is a historical marker in Perkins, Jenkins County, erected in 1956. It is one of 16 historical markers documented in Jenkins County, among 44 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.9009, -82.0242 near Perkins. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cavalry Action at Buckhead Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Battle of Buck Head Creek, Big Buckhead Cemetery, and Carswell Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery.

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

📍 32.9009, -82.0242 · Perkins, Jenkins County

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Nearby in Jenkins County

Historical Marker

Cavalry Action at Buckhead Church

Perkins · 1958

Historical Marker

Battle of Buck Head Creek

Perkins

Cemetery

Big Buckhead Cemetery

Perkins

Historic Place

Carswell Grove Baptist Church and Cemetery

Perkins

Historical Marker

Carswell Grove Baptist Church

Millen · 2018

Cemetery

Carswell Grove Baptist Church Cemetery