Sacred Harp Markers, Vilulah Settlement

Text on marker:
VILULAH SETTLEMENT
This marker is erected in memory of those pioneer settlers who laid the foundation of Vilulah Community and built its early progress upon the principles and practices of its Church.
Meeting under a bush-arbor in 1867, seventeen members constituted the Vilulah Baptist Church. They named it after the loved hymn-tune - Vilulia in the old Sacred Harp Song Book - afterward shortening the name to its present spelling.
Land was given for the church by “Uncle Bobby” Knowles. The committee appointed to choose the church name were James N. Bigbie, who lost an arm while serving with the U.S. Army in the Mexican War, and Captain William Forsythe Davis of the Confederate Army. These and the following were honored founders of Vilulah Community: Albert Bailey, who gave land for the school, Jarrett Ragan, Abner Belcher, Judge Irvine Saunders, Baal Smith, Dr. Thomas Bigbie, A.S.A. McLendon, Alexander Morgan, Andrew Blackburn, Benjamin Joiner.
This roadside park was sponsored by the Vilulah Community Improvement Club. Winner of awards in the Chattahoochee Valley Contests of 1952-1953.
120-6   GEORGIA   HISTORICAL   COMMISSION   1955

This marker is located at the intersection of County Road 160 and County Road 153 at the Vilulah Baptist Church at Coleman, Randolph County, Georgia.