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French Broad Baptist

2117 Oak Grove Rd, Dandridge, TN 37725

865-397-9054

Pastor: Hartsell McCurry

Email: sarahannhurst@yahoo.com

Website: www.frenchbroadbaptistchurch.org

ORGANIZED 1887

The French Broad Bapist Church (at Oak Grove) was the fourth "child" of the Dandridge Baptist Church. The Dandridge minutes state"Feb. 26, 1887, twenty two members were granted letters of dismission to organize the French Broad Church." The organizational minutes have been lost, however, the church joined the Nolachucky Association with 39 members in 1887. The church located four miles east of Dandridge placed a church building where the former "Lower French Broad Church" had ministered from 1786 to 1845. The community on the banks of the river was a thriving village designated a post office prior to 1834. Property for the church was secured for $75 and later, in 1895, hitching rights were also secured. In 1914 adjoining land was given for a pastorium and cemetery land was secured from an estate. The first building was built in 1887 and the present brick building was erected in 1919 from brick burned on site. The most destructive event in the life of the church was the building of the Douglas Dam. Valuable land was flooded and families driven from their homes. The church was saved by letters written to Senators & the President & Mrs. Roosevelt by Fannie Burnett Swann. She prevailed upon the TVA to build a protective dyke to preserve the church and its first and only site. The church has been faithfully served by thirty pastors. (Data & information from Milestone sixty: History of the Jefferson County Baptist Association 1919-1978 , Glen A. Toomey.1978.

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