History of Prospect Primitive Baptist Church, located near Du Pont, has been hard to come by, but as is often the case, some background can be discerned from the cemetery. The earliest discernible burials date to just before the Civil War, so the congregation was probably established around that time by pioneers of Wiregrass Georgia. There are some nice older graves in the cemetery, so I’m sharing a few examples for their historical interest.
The ledger stone of James Touchton is signed by the carvers, Wilcox & Lamance of Brunswick.
Mathis served as a private in Carter’s Independents, a local regiment in the Indian Wars. “Indian Wars” is a very broad term and can cover a variety of periods.
Skinner was a private in Captain’s Knight’s & Johnston’s Company, 81st Reg, Georgia Militia, during the Indian Wars.
Private Hutto entered service on 15 July 1918, attached to the 4th Company, Coast Artillery Corps Replacement Draft, at Fort Screven. He drowned aboard the HMS Otranto off the Scottish coast on 6 October 1918. He left behind a widow, Norine Essie Woods Hutto, and no children.
I always like finding these wooden markers. They were much more common in the past but many have been lost to the elements or replaced with more permanent markers.
Many of my Dame ancestors are buried here at Prospect Primitive Baptist Church, and the annual Dame Family Association Reunion is held here on Labor Day Weekend.
Love these old churches.
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Great pics. I like seeing the old gravestones. While visiting the cemetery next to the Baptist Church in Lilly (Dooly County), I had to explain to my son in law what CSA on a grave stood for.
Pvt. George H. Hutto drowned in the sinking of the HMS Otranto, along with 24 other of his Berrien County comrades. 470 soldiers, sailers, and crew members died when the Otranto went down
Thanks, Bryan. I’m familiar with the Otranto so this is really fascinating!
These photos of the church& cemetery was touching.i wonder if George H Hutto and I have family history? thanks for the photos
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Any relation to Martha Dame Hutto (b. 1844), m. Jackson Newman Hutto?