Copied from: "A History of Johnson County Churches Compiled for the Johnson County Historical Society" (Magnolia Press, Swainsboro, Georgia, 1986; ISBN 0-916369-06-4), pages 58-59.

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GUMLOG
(MOUNT PLEASANT PRIMITIVE BAPTIST CHURCH)
COMPILED BY RELATIVES OF ELDER H.G. BRANTLEY, Sr.

Mount Pleasant Primitive Baptist Church, better known as
“Gumlog,” located in Johnson County, two miles north of Kite off
Highway 221, was constituted in July 1880 by Brother S.L. Fortner
and wife, Brother E.S. Fortner and wife, Sallie. Elder B.G. Fortner,
Elder Jordan Norris and Elder S. Meeks were the ministers who of-
ficiated at the constitution of said church.

Gumlog was built on land donated by Sheriff Lewis Davis. Sheriff
Davis’ grandson, Lewis Davis, is presently serving as a member of the
Board of Deacons of Gumlog. Elder Jordan Norris served as pastor of
the church for around twenty-five years.

In the beginning, services were held once a month on the second
Saturday and Sunday at 11:00 a.m. In the late seventies the church
voted to have worship services every Sunday of each month.

During the past ninty-six years, Gumlog has been served by eleven
pastors. They include: Elder John Steptoe, Elder Henry Stephens,
Elder Tol Thomas, Elder C.E. Hunnicutt, Elder Gilbert Hudson, Elder
Bennette Davis, Elder Blass Copeland, Elder Grady Brantley (served
sixteen years as pastor and whose son, Midas, follows), elder Neal
Wall, Elder Midas Brantley (son of H.G. and Linnie Lee Wheeler
Brantley, served as pastor for eight years), and Elder Jack Holder.

Elders Midas Brantley, Jack Holder, Wimp Rowland, and Felton
Johnson are men who grew up in the church and were ordained to
preach the Gospel.

In 1959 we built a Sunday School building of which we are very pro-
ud. In 1967 a deep well was dug and in 1968 rest rooms were built. In
1971 we had our church bricked and redone inside. In 1978 we had our
church centrally heated and cooled and this year we are having our
cemetery fenced and our picnic shelter remodeled. We have also had
our parking area extended, a new brick sign erected and purchased ad-
ditional land across from the present church.

Clerks of Church have been: J.I. Wiggins, S.L. Fortner, J.B. Davis,
C.T.J. Claxton, A.G. Wheeler, M.O. Davis, George W. Holder, Z.W.
Claxton, Midas R. Brantley, C.L. Claxton, B.Y. Flanders, H.T. Meeks,
H.G, Brantley, Sr., Buren Claxton, and Annette C. Ivey.

One of the things that Gumlog has been known for over the years is
its singing of the Gospel songs. Our members and visitors have made
singing here seem different from anywhere else. Everyone seems to
receive a spiritual uplift and blessing after singing at Gumlog.