Near Ramer in Montgomery County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church

Montgomery County

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 5, 2021

1. Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church was established in 1837 after a separation from Bethel Baptist Church of Pintlala. Elders John Robertson, William Pouncey, and brethren Fielding Hogan, Simon Russell, and John Gardner, and their spouses founded the church. None of these founding members are buried here. In August 1836, members considered several locations before this site was chosen including Tucker's Store, Stoddard, and Stoddardville, now known as Grady. In a church report filed with the Conecuh River Baptist Association in 1914, members changed the church name from New Ebenezer to Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church. The church is now known as Ebenezer Church. This church is a wonderful example of vernacular architecture influenced by chapels in England and New England. Buried in this cemetery are descendants from Jamestown, Va., Plymouth, Ma., and the Carolinas.

Erected 2019 by E. Wayne Russell, Jr. and Ebenezer Burial Descendants.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical month for this entry is August 1836.

Location. 32° 1.012′ N,

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86° 14.152′ W. Marker is near Ramer, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is at the intersection of Naftel Ramer Road (County Road 61) and Smiley Ferry Road, on the right when traveling north on Naftel Ramer Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7538 Smiley Ferry Rd, Ramer AL 36069, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Tri-Counties River Region.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Black Belt.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

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 Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pioneer Settlers of Ebenezer Community (within shouting distance of this marker); Fair Prospect Cemetery Montgomery County (approx. 3.2 miles away); Site of Highland Home College (approx. 6.4 miles away);

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 5, 2021

2. Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church & Marker

Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church (approx. 7.1 miles away); Historic Freemon Family Home (approx. 9.2 miles away); Lynching in America / Lynching in Letohatchee (approx. 9.3 miles away); Tankersley Rosenwald School (approx. 11.2 miles away); Town of Petrey (approx. 11.7 miles away).

Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 5, 2021

3. Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church

Nearby memorial to the Ebenezer settlers. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, January 5, 2021

4. Nearby memorial to the Ebenezer settlers.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 5, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 882 times since then and 73 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 5, 2021, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.