Near Brooklyn in Conecuh County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Brooklyn Baptist Church

Photographed by David J Gaines, March 6, 2022

1. Brooklyn Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Organized by Elder Alexander Travis in 1821 in a log building used as a school and house of worship in mid Brooklyn next to the Methodist Cemetery. Elder Travis served many years as preacher of Brooklyn Missionary Baptist Church. In 1860 Eli Hirchfelder conveyed title to three acres of land up the hill adjoining Brooklyn Academy to the Trustees and Deacons of Missionary Baptist Church Congregation: Charles Floyd, Zechariah Williams, Charles W. Snowden. and Andrew J. Robinson. On this land called Academy Hill the current church sanctuary was completed in October 1861. The Floyd Family gave the land for the cemetery to the church in 1862. Brooklyn Baptist Church was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage Committee in 1983 and continues to provide a place where God's word is proclaimed some 200 years later.

Erected 2021 by Bicentennial Committee.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 31° 15.838′ N, 86° 46.543′ W. Marker is near Brooklyn, Alabama, in Conecuh County. It is on County Road

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6 0.2 miles west of County Road 43, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Brooklyn AL 36429, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 New Spain,

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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brooklyn, Alabama (approx. 0.4 miles away); United States Post Office (approx. 4.4 miles away); Damascus Travelers Well (approx. 7.9 miles away); Dixon Home Place / History of the Dixon Home (approx. 8.2 miles away); Nazarene Cemetery (approx. 11 miles away); Greater Nazarene Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 11 miles away); Maggie Taylor Richardson Ausby (approx. 11 miles away); Dr. Moddie Daniel Taylor (approx. 11 miles away).

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Photographed by David J Gaines, March 6, 2022

2. Brooklyn Baptist Church

Credits. This page was last revised on March 30, 2022. It was originally submitted on March 28, 2022, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. This page has been viewed 553 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 28, 2022, by David J Gaines of Pinson, Alabama. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.