Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/884 Title 1863-01-10, Unnamed, Religious Description Enslaved children attended Episcopal Sunday school at the Athens Town Hall. Partial Transcript: "On motion of Warden King, the use of the Town Hall was granted to the Episcopal church on Sunday evenings for the purpose of holding Sunday school for the colored children." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/517 Religious Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1863-01-14 Location 525 Source 839 https://gahistoricnewspapers.galileo.usg.edu/lccn/sn82014669/1863-01-14/ed-1/seq-3/ Issue January 14, 1863; Page 3 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Author 714 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/823 Title 1831, Unnamed, Religious (Communion) Description Enslaved persons that attended the Union Church, north of Athens, Georgia, took communion administered by Alonzo Church. Partial Transcript: "Then [Alonzo Church] dedicated Union Church; there was a very large attendance of negroes of the Baptist and Methodist persussions, and among them several colored preachers. The communion was administered by [Church] and it was remarkable fact, worthy of record, that these humble servants sat down at the Lord's table and partook of the elements." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/519 Religious: Communion Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1831 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/550 Approximate Location 525 Source 821 Page 18 Related Event 824 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Author 524 Additional Participant 640 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/669 Title 1860, Unnamed, Religious Description The enslaved people in Athens held their services at the Presbyterian Church and the Baptist Church. Partial Transcript: "The new Presbyterian Church was built in 1855, by Ross Crane at a cost of $10,000, and the Baptist church by Mr. Carlton in 1860. The negroes were permitted to hold their services in the old churches." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/517 Religious Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1860 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/550 Approximate Location 525 Outcome 670 Source 619 https://archive.org/details/annalsofathens00hull/page/166/mode/2up Page 166 Related Event 670 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Author 618 Organization 782 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/605 Title 1858-05, Lucius Henry Holsey, Male, Religious (Baptism) Description Holsey is baptised and fellowshipped by Reverend H. H. Parks at the Methodist church in Athens, Georgia. Partial Transcript: " I was taken into the church by Rev. Mr. Parks, and baptized and fellowshipped by his uncle, the Rev. H. H. Parks." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/518 Religious: Baptism Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1858-05 Date Certainty https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/550 Approximate Location 525 Cause 603 604 Source 594 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=emu.010001225938&view=1up&seq=26&skin=2021 Page 18 Related Event 604 603 Primary Participant 593 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Enslaver 595 Age 16 Author 593 -- Resource class dctype:Event Url https://onthesegroundsuga.digilabuga.org/s/otg/item/603 Title 1858, Lucius Henry Holsey, Male, Religious Description Holsey converted to Christianity and became a member of the Methodist church in Athens, Georgia. Partial Transcript: "In 1858, in Athens, Ga., I was converted, and became a member of the Methodist church." Event Type https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/517 Religious Action Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/546 Completed Date 1858 Location 525 Outcome 604 605 Source 594 https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=emu.010001225938&view=1up&seq=26&skin=2021 Page 18 Related Event 604 605 Primary Participant 593 Freedom Status https://www.onthesegrounds.org/api/items/553 Enslaved Enslaver 595 Age 16 Author 593 --