>From Carroll County Story by the People: Other churches in the Sand Hill area: Bethany Christian, organized Spetember, 1883. First services held in a brush arbor with James A. PERDUE, minister. Elders were John DYER J.C. SMITH, W.R. MORGAN, C. B. WILLIAMS. Doesn't say where the church was located--1 1/2 miles north of where ever its present location is, but no roads given. A place called Black Gum? For almost 50 years, the church only met on the first Sat. and Sun of the month when Minister Oliver A. MOORE, who served for over 20 years, would drive over in his horse and buggy from his home in Heard Co. ---------------- Old Carrollton Church or Hopewell Church, organized 1837 with 26 charter members--but names not listed. Again, no directions given, but apparently still there--current building erected 1897. "The church didn't own the land it was built on from 1837-1848. At this time Robert S. HAMRICK deeded the church a tract of land." --------------- Sand Hill Church of God organized 1954 with Harold Mecham preaching the first sermon. Building was then located near Hominy Creek on the Hickory Level Road. [I know where that is! My great grandmother, Mary Hager Garst, taught school at Hickory Level during and after the Civil War. Born in 1840, she was ten years older than her husband, Philip Garst, and the standing family joke was that he married her for her books.]