Jordan Stream (sometimes spelled Jordon) is an historic African-American congregation near Lyons, best known for its connection to Charles Hicks, a former slave who served his owner during the Civil War before being conscripted into service with the United States Colored Troops. More about him in the next post.

Mr. Hicks was instrumental in establishing the first school for Black children in Toombs County at the original Jordan Stream Baptist Church, which was a wooden two-steeple church. I’m not sure when the present structure was built, but since the school was only established in the early 1930s, it’s likely that this building dates to the 1940s or 1950s. The church was affiliated with the Missionary Baptists at some point. It is no longer active, but the descendants of Mr. Hicks do their best to maintain the building and the adjacent cemetery. They are attempting to have it listed on the National Register of Historic Places.