Charter Member and Pastor of Red Oak Baptist Church
42nd Alabama Infantry Co. E CSA
Pastor of Chapel Hill Baptist Church in Florala, Alabama and New Hope Baptist Church in Red Level , Alabama and Red Oak Baptist Church in Andaulusia, Alabama.
Reverend P. D. Bulger was founder and first pastor of our church. He was the son of Brigadier General Michael J. Bulger of the Confederate States of America and his wife the former Parmela Donald. General Bulger was an attorney, ginner, and cotton broker in the Montgomery area and he owned a plantation in Dadeville, Alabama. Reverend Bulger was born in Tennessee April 14, 1828. He had one full sister and several half siblings. His Mother died during an Indian attack a few days after his sister Parmela was born. Reverend Bulger married Sarah Cockroft in Union Springs, Alabama in the year 1850. Rev. Bulger served in the CSA and fought at Shiloh and Chichamauga. After the war he settled in Panther Creek south of Lawrence. He delivered his first sermon at New Hope Baptist Church in 1871. After moving to Florala, where he also taught school, Rev. Bulger organized several churches in Covington County and North West Florida. Rev. Bulger died February 2, 1923 and was buried in the Red Oak Church cemetery.
"Upright and just he was in all his ways, a bright example in degenerate days."
42nd Alabama Infantry Co. E CSA
Pastor of Chapel Hill Baptist Church in Florala, Alabama and New Hope Baptist Church in Red Level , Alabama and Red Oak Baptist Church in Andaulusia, Alabama.
Reverend P. D. Bulger was founder and first pastor of our church. He was the son of Brigadier General Michael J. Bulger of the Confederate States of America and his wife the former Parmela Donald. General Bulger was an attorney, ginner, and cotton broker in the Montgomery area and he owned a plantation in Dadeville, Alabama. Reverend Bulger was born in Tennessee April 14, 1828. He had one full sister and several half siblings. His Mother died during an Indian attack a few days after his sister Parmela was born. Reverend Bulger married Sarah Cockroft in Union Springs, Alabama in the year 1850. Rev. Bulger served in the CSA and fought at Shiloh and Chichamauga. After the war he settled in Panther Creek south of Lawrence. He delivered his first sermon at New Hope Baptist Church in 1871. After moving to Florala, where he also taught school, Rev. Bulger organized several churches in Covington County and North West Florida. Rev. Bulger died February 2, 1923 and was buried in the Red Oak Church cemetery.
"Upright and just he was in all his ways, a bright example in degenerate days."
Charter Member and Pastor of Red Oak Baptist Church
42nd Alabama Infantry Co. E CSA
Pastor of Chapel Hill Baptist Church in Florala, Alabama and New Hope Baptist Church in Red Level , Alabama and Red Oak Baptist Church in Andaulusia, Alabama.
Reverend P. D. Bulger was founder and first pastor of our church. He was the son of Brigadier General Michael J. Bulger of the Confederate States of America and his wife the former Parmela Donald. General Bulger was an attorney, ginner, and cotton broker in the Montgomery area and he owned a plantation in Dadeville, Alabama. Reverend Bulger was born in Tennessee April 14, 1828. He had one full sister and several half siblings. His Mother died during an Indian attack a few days after his sister Parmela was born. Reverend Bulger married Sarah Cockroft in Union Springs, Alabama in the year 1850. Rev. Bulger served in the CSA and fought at Shiloh and Chichamauga. After the war he settled in Panther Creek south of Lawrence. He delivered his first sermon at New Hope Baptist Church in 1871. After moving to Florala, where he also taught school, Rev. Bulger organized several churches in Covington County and North West Florida. Rev. Bulger died February 2, 1923 and was buried in the Red Oak Church cemetery.
"Upright and just he was in all his ways, a bright example in degenerate days."
42nd Alabama Infantry Co. E CSA
Pastor of Chapel Hill Baptist Church in Florala, Alabama and New Hope Baptist Church in Red Level , Alabama and Red Oak Baptist Church in Andaulusia, Alabama.
Reverend P. D. Bulger was founder and first pastor of our church. He was the son of Brigadier General Michael J. Bulger of the Confederate States of America and his wife the former Parmela Donald. General Bulger was an attorney, ginner, and cotton broker in the Montgomery area and he owned a plantation in Dadeville, Alabama. Reverend Bulger was born in Tennessee April 14, 1828. He had one full sister and several half siblings. His Mother died during an Indian attack a few days after his sister Parmela was born. Reverend Bulger married Sarah Cockroft in Union Springs, Alabama in the year 1850. Rev. Bulger served in the CSA and fought at Shiloh and Chichamauga. After the war he settled in Panther Creek south of Lawrence. He delivered his first sermon at New Hope Baptist Church in 1871. After moving to Florala, where he also taught school, Rev. Bulger organized several churches in Covington County and North West Florida. Rev. Bulger died February 2, 1923 and was buried in the Red Oak Church cemetery.
"Upright and just he was in all his ways, a bright example in degenerate days."
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