Colored Baptist Church

The Second Baptist Church of Paris (colored) was organized in 1867. The pastors here have been James Hawkins, Clay Vaughn, Wm. P. Brooks and James Hawkins, who is now the pastor. The brick church edifice which they occupy is 36x60 feet in dimensions and is valued at $1,200. It was built in 1864 by the Old School Baptists (white) and purchased by the colored church in 1880.