Roswell in Fulton County, Georgia — The American South (South Atlantic)
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Photographed by David Seibert, June 14, 2013
1. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Marker
Inscription.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church traces its roots to as early as 1836 when Amariah Hembree organized Lebanon Baptist Church in his home near the town of Lebanon, Georgia. Church records show that Burl Hembree, a negro slave, was ordained to preach and his brother was ordained as a deacon. Sometime after 1847, while still in the bonds of slavery, these two men established Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Lebanon on the land given by Archibald Smith. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church worshiped in Lebanon until the early 1900s when the church relocated in Roswell. In 1922 the church purchased land from Brother Murrell Nuckles and, with time and labor contributed by members, completed a new building at the current location which was replaced by a new edifice in 1963. The Pleasant Hill Community Center was opened in 2005.
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church traces its roots to as early as 1836 when Amariah Hembree organized Lebanon Baptist Church in his home near the town of Lebanon, Georgia. Church records show that Burl Hembree, a negro slave, was ordained to preach and his brother was ordained as a deacon. Sometime after 1847, while still in the bonds of slavery, these two men established Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Lebanon on the land given by Archibald Smith. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church worshiped in Lebanon until the early 1900s when the church relocated in Roswell. In 1922 the church purchased land from Brother Murrell Nuckles and, with time and labor contributed by members, completed a new building at the current location which was replaced by a new edifice in 1963. The Pleasant Hill Community Center was opened in 2005.
Location. 34° 1.067′ N, 84° 21.65′ W. Marker is in Roswell, Georgia, in Fulton County. It is at the
Click or scan to see this page online
intersection of Pleasant Hill Street and Pleasant Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Pleasant Hill Street. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Roswell GA 30075, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Georgia’s Piedmont and in Metro Atlanta. It is also in the American South and specifically in the Deep South. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker.
Photographed by David Seibert, June 14, 2013
3. Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and Marker
The Pleasant Hill Community Center is the building to the right.
Credits. This page was last revised on October 26, 2017. It was originally submitted on October 26, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia. This page has been viewed 643 times since then and 44 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on October 26, 2017, by David Seibert of Sandy Springs, Georgia.
