Brief history of Warsaw Church Rev. W. Parker The below on Warsaw Church and Community was written and collected by Rev. W. Parker and other sources. He was the minister at Duluth Methodist Church and wrote the below about 1952. According to the best information availabile, the Warsaw Campground was established in the early 1820's by a group of Moravians. The campground was located on what is now "Foxdale Farms." For many years it was known as the "Tol Loftis Place," from the owner, who lived and was well-known in the commmunity for a long time. Stories of the founding and settlement of Georgia by General Ogelthorpe for the English Crown reach back into all the countries of Europe. Many people were attracted to the new world. Among these was a band of Moravians. They wanted a land where they could enjoy freedom of worship. They settled in middle Georgia, later moving northward across the Chattahoochee River, which had been the dividing line between the whites and indians. Evidently there were memories of their homeland, Poland. And, maybe there was widespread homesickness as the time they gave their new settlement the name of "Warsaw," in tribute to the memory of their home back in the old country. For some reason the settlement did not measure up to their wishes. Perhaps it was the strafe between the whites and the indians. Opposition to slavery was also spreading, and these people might have forsaw the war to come. These were a peace loving people, and concientious objectors to the war. While they did not enter into the war of the states when it did come, later decsendants did serve in world war one. The moravians moved on into the Carolinas and finally established a colony in North Carolina, where they are until this day. During the war between the states the Warsaw campground was a noted meeting place for preparations to fight. Companies of soldiers were organized there and plans were made for troop movements. Captian Cunningham headed one company, and Graham's scouts had their meeting there. There were other well-known companies who were organized at Warsaw Campground. After the war the present members moved the site of the church to the location next to the cemetery and built a house of worship. A schoolhouse was built near the church and Warsaw became the center of a good farming community. The landowners became the leaders of the church, school and the community. Names on many of the gravestones in the churchyard pay silent, but eloquent, tribute to the memories of the early days of the Warsaw Church and Community. There are few living still who hold in tender memory the days of their childhood and the old Warsaw Church.