Dolomite in Hueytown in Jefferson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Bethlehem Church Cemetery

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 4, 2023

1. Bethlehem Church Cemetery Marker

Inscription. The original founders and charter members of Bethlehem Methodist Church are buried in this cemetery, consisting of benefactors, constructors, architects, soldiers, preachers and evangelists. Included are Ebenezer Hearn (1794-1862), James Rutledge (1789-1864), Rev. James Tarrant (1743-1840) and Adam Tarrant, a slave (1797-1885) and the original Mortimer Jordan (1799-1866). Many of the aging wooden markers are long gone. More than 300 children lived less than six months because of the primitive medical care of those times. Today a child-size statue of Jesus rises there, the sacred image fashioned in a small size, representing children. There are 5 Civil War veterans: James Asbury Brown (1844-1913), Jasper L. Butler (1834-1916), Joseph Nathaniel Rutledge (1836-1918), Caleb R. Warnick (1829-1917), Mortimer's son Charles Jordan (1833-1863). Other faithful Christians sharing growth of Methodism were the Sadler families, the Brown families (William Sr. (1769-1852), the Snow families (William Hill Snow (1787-1864). Thirty Snows are buried in the cemetery, thirteen of them young children.

Celebrating the 200th Anniversary on May

Paid Advertisement

Click or scan to see
this page online

20, 2018, as the original Methodist Church in Alabama, this is the only church in Alabama still located at its original site, never burned down or moved.
Cemetery listed in Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage
by Alabama Historical Commission
2018

Erected 2018 by Birmingham-Jefferson Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Cemeteries & Burial Sites. A significant historical date for this entry is May 20, 2018.

Location. 33° 27.492′ N, 86° 57.15′ W. Marker is in Hueytown, Alabama, in Jefferson County. It is in Dolomite. It is at the intersection of Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive and Tin Mill Road, on the right when traveling west on Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1491 Allison-Bonnett Memorial Dr, Dolomite AL 35061, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Birmingham Metropolitan Area.

It is also 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,

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, February 4, 2023

2. Bethlehem Church Cemetery Marker

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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bethlehem United Methodist Church (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named Bethlehem United Methodist Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Lynching In America / The Lynching of William Miller (approx. 1.9 miles away); Hueytown and the Alabama Gang (approx. 2.6 miles away); City of Lipscomb, Alabama (approx. 2.8 miles away); Miles College Leaders, Students Active During Civil Rights Era (approx. 3 miles away); Union Baptist Church And Cemetery (approx. 3.1 miles away); Moving the Mail (approx. 3.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hueytown.

Also see . . . Bethlehem Methodist Church Cemetery. Find a Grave entry on the cemetery includes details on the graves of more than 400 people buried there. (Submitted on February 9, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 9, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 830 times since then and 67 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 9, 2023, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.