This Spotlight, Thursday, June 8, 2012, is taken from the Patuxent Trail Park historical marker: Willis J. Carter (1857 – 1906). One of the men who worked in the Guilford quarries was Willis J. Carter, who came from the Richmond, Virginia area. At first he worked at the Waltersville quarry, then was sent to be a foreman in Guilford.
In 1900, Willis J. Carter became the first pastor of the First Baptist Church of Guilford, which initially met in the home of a member. Under Reverend Carter’s leadership, the congregation purchased land for a church and cemetery in 1903. Reverend Carter served as pastor until his death in 1906. He became the patriarch of a distinguished Howard County family. (Photo Courtesy of the First Baptist Church of Guilford)
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