Wayfair Primitive Baptist Church, Cox

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An old, rustic wooden cabin with a weathered metal roof, surrounded by tall pine trees and grassy terrain.

Wayfair Primitive Baptist Church is the only representative congregation of the Alabaha Association Crawfordites in McIntosh County. It was established in 1873 but little else is known about it. It is no longer active but the cemetery is still used for burials.

Interior of an old wooden building with brown wooden beams, benches arranged in rows, a blue rocking chair, and a wooden counter in the foreground.

Like all of the Crawfordite meeting houses, Wayfair is free of ornament and any modern creature comforts.

Interior of a rustic wooden structure featuring benches, a wooden counter, and windows, with two brooms leaning against the wall.

Members of this faith believed that such enhancements distracted from worship.

Interior view of a wooden ceiling with exposed beams and a sloped design, showing weathered wood and some spider webs.

The carpentry skills of the members are on full display in each of these meeting houses, and Wayfair is no exception.

An old, wooden cabin with a rusty roof, surrounded by pine trees and open grassland.

These photographs were made in 2012; they were originally posted on Vanishing South Georgia.

4 thoughts on “Wayfair Primitive Baptist Church, Cox”

  1. Josephine Ryals Jeffers's avatarJosephine Ryals Jeffers

    I went to this church when I was a small girl…I remember running in and out with the other children playing while the elders worshipped. I am now 78 years old and Yes it is the original structure. My parents are buried in the cemetery.

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  3. James Campbell's avatarJames Campbell

    Love this old primitive type church building.  Simple, basic purpose fulfilled when built.  Wonder if this is the original structure.  Thanks.

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