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Coffeeville in Clarke County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
 

Ulcanush Baptist Church

 
 
Ulcanush Baptist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 6, 2022
1. Ulcanush Baptist Church Marker
Inscription. Oldest continuous church in Clarke County. Organized 1816 as a prayer meeting; constituted full Baptist church 1817. Charter members were Roedy Allen, Michael Miller, John & Elizabeth Pace, William Stringer, William & Nancy Thorton and Joseph Williams.
 
Erected by Clarke County Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1816.
 
Location. 31° 47.159′ N, 88° 4.606′ W. Marker is in Coffeeville, Alabama, in Clarke County. It is on Ulcanush Lane 0.1 miles north of Alabama Route 69, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Coffeeville AL 36524, 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: History of Coffeeville, Alabama (approx. 1.9 miles away); Clarke-Washington Electric Membership Corporation (approx. 2.1 miles away); Clarke County Training School (approx. 2.4 miles away); West Bend (approx. 4.1 miles away); The Mitchell Reserve (approx. 5.2 miles away); Little Place Cemetery / Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Womack Hill Community (approx. 8.6 miles away); Mitcham Beat and the Mitcham War (approx. 9.1 miles away); Creek Indian War (approx. 10.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Coffeeville.
 
Also see . . .  Faith Time: Ulcanush Baptist Church 200th Anniversary. Video and transcript of 2017 interview with Melodye Hooper about the church's history as it prepared to celebrate its bicentennial. (Chad Petri, WKRG-TV, posted Oct. 1, 2017) (Submitted on August 12, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.) 
 
Ulcanush Baptist Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 6, 2022
2. Ulcanush Baptist Church Marker
Ulcanush Baptist Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, August 6, 2022
3. Ulcanush Baptist Church
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 12, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 630 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 12, 2022, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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