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Andice Baptist Church - The
Rev. Freeman Smalley, one of the first Baptists in
Texas, preached in this area about 1850. This church was
organized about 1851, meeting in a log schoolhouse built
by Joshua Stapp and others, 1854-76; in a new school
building, 1876-94; and in a structure of its own at
Pilot Knob, 1894-1936. Successively called "Stapp,"
"White House," and "Pilot Knob" Baptist Church, the
congregation moved to Andice in 1936. It now worships
near the original site, where the first pastor, Josiah
Andrews, used to hand his pistol on a peg on the hewn,
oak-stump Bible stand while he preached.
Williamson County 
