OUR PRESERVATION WORK
Old Suwanee Baptist Church
Suwanee, Gwinnett County, Georgia
Preserving Historic Church Records
In November 2024, the Suwanee Creek Chapter, NSDAR, scanned and transcribed 456 historic documents from Old Suwanee Baptist Church. Many of the records are compiled in five volumes and contain genealogical information about families connected to the church from the middle of the 19th century through the late 20th century.
Notable items include the church’s original 1828 charter and records that reference enslaved people.
The Collection
The collection includes:
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1832–1875: Church Conference Minutes
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1891–1918: Sunday School Records
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1919–1934: Church Roll and Records
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1928–1950: Miscellaneous Documents, including the church’s original 1828 charter
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1935–1949: Convention Church Records
Accessing the Records
A 2025 subgrant from the Digital Library of Georgia made it possible to publish digital images and transcripts of the historic documents online. The original documents may be viewed at Old Suwanee Baptist Church by appointment.
Family Names
The church records include the following family names:
Adams, Bennett, Born, Braziel, Brogdon, Brown, Canup, Chatham, Cross, Crumley, Doss, Durham, Feagins, Howington, Hughes, Martin, Owen, Parker, Robertson, Roberts, Stephens, Stonecypher, Sudderth, Tarpley, Taylor, and Westbrooks.
Preserving the Cemetery
On September 27, 2025, chapter Daughters returned to the church cemetery to clean headstones and document graves. Find a Grave memorials were updated with new photographs and Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates.
As of July 2026, Find a Grave lists 463 memorials for the cemetery. The oldest recorded grave is that of Elizabeth Gilbert Coffee, whose marker is dated March 6, 1833. Researchers can find the cemetery under Find a Grave Cemetery ID 2217108.
Honoring Veterans
During the September 2025 workday, chapter Daughters marked 31 veterans’ graves with flag holders and U.S. Flags. The Flags are replaced each April and October as an ongoing act of remembrance.
Veterans at Rest
Cleveland Adams – World War II
Samuel C. Born – GA Militia, Indian Wars, Seminole
Rev. James Harrison Braziel – Confederate States of America
Cager Bennett Brodgon – U.S. Army Air Force, World War II
Willard Earl Brodgon – U.S. Army, World War II
Clyde Jason Compton – U.S. Army Air Forces, World War II
Paul Marcus Crumley – U.S. Air Force, World War II
Ralph Newton Crumley – U.S. Navy, World War II
Clifford Buman Earl – U.S. Army, Korean War
William M. Hamby – Confederate States of America
Robert S. Hanson – Confederate States of America, GA Infantry
Eli Landress – Confederate States of America, GA Infantry
Arthur Ray Martin – U.S. Air Force, Vietnam
Cline Alfred Martin – U.S. Navy, World War II
Moses Martin – Confederate States of America, GA Infantry
Douglas H. McDaniel – U.S. Army
William Harold O'Kelley – U.S. Air Force
Charlie Lewis Parker – U.S. Army Medical Dept, World War II
Richard Anthony Parker – U.S. Army, Vietnam
Roy Freeman Puckett – U.S. Army, Command, World War II
Dewey Westbrooks Roberts – U.S. Army
Hardy Verner Roberts – U.S. Army, World War II
John Arley Roberts – U.S. Army, World War I
Robert L. Roberts – Co. B. 15th Machine Gun Battalion, World War I
William Wayne Roberts – Quartermaster Corps, World War I
Olin Ray Stone – U.S. Marine Corp, Korea
Herbert L. “Bill” Taylor – U.S. Army, World War II
Jerry Stewart Taylor – U.S. Army
William Eugene “Gene” Vaughn – U.S. Army, World War II
J.C. Whiting – US Army, World War II
John Clive Wigley – U.S. Army
Steve C. Sudderth – 967 AAA Gun Battalion, Coast Artillery Corps, World War II
