Portal in Bulloch County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)

Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery

Bulloch County, Georgia

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

1. Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery Marker

Inscription. Organized circa 1829, the church was originally located at the home of Absolom Parrish and called Parrish Meeting House. Following a fire of the log structure on the Parrish farm, the congregation built a second log structure one and one-half miles west on the bank of Big Lotts Creek. The name was changed to Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church. The current church building was constructed in 1881.

The cemetery contains remains of Revolutionary War Soldiers Henry Parrish, John Tillman and Civil War Soldiers Theadore H. Griffin, Zachariah Taylor Deloach, Robert William Deloach, Ephraim H. Edenfield, Griffin W. Parrish and Henry Parrish.

The church and cemetery were listed in the National Register of Historic Places December 4 2008.

Erected 2008.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 32° 29.291′ N, 81° 58.373′ W. Marker is in Portal, Georgia, in Bulloch County. It is at the intersection of Portal Highway and Westside Road, on the right when traveling north

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on Portal Highway. Portal Highway is also known as Rocky Ford Road and Metter Road in different sections. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1804 Upper Lotts Creek Church Rd, Portal GA 30450, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Coastal Plain. It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Old Portal (approx. 4.2 miles away); Dr. James A. Stewart House (approx. 4.3 miles away); Willow Hill Elementary School for Negroes (approx. 4.7 miles away); Banks Dairy Farm (approx. 6.7 miles away); Pulaski, Georgia (approx. 6.8 miles away); Metter's Fountain (approx. 8.1 miles away); Candler County War Memorial (approx. 8.2 miles away);

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

2. Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery Marker

American Legion Armed Forces Tribute (approx. 8.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Portal.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Willow Hill School and Community (was approx. 5.1 miles away but has been permanently removed).

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

3. Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery Marker

A very small portion of the cemetery can be seen at the left rear of the church building.

Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by David Seibert, April 10, 2014

4. Upper Lotts Creek Primitive Baptist Church

This building dates from 1881.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 3, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 876 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 15, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.