Near Brundidge in Pike County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Williams Chapel United Methodist Church
Pike County
Photographed by James L.Whitman, May 19, 2023
1. Williams Chapel United Methodist Church Marker
Inscription.
Williams Chapel United Methodist Church. Pike County. In 1824, Jonathan and Sarah Williams and their sons Simeon and Elisha, and their daughter Elizabeth and her husband Richard Bowden migrated from North Carolina to Pike County, Alabama. Methodist circuit rider Rev. Daniel C. McDane organized the church the same year at the log cabin home of Jonathan Williams located a half-mile north. Simeon and Elisha Williams were immediately ordained as ministers and Elisha became the first pastor. In 1833. Williams Chapel joined the Alabama Methodist Conference. The church met in Williams' home and under a brush arbor until 1830 when members built a log church less than a mile north of this present site under the supervision of Richard Bowden. In 1860, the congregation constructed a new wooden church at this location. The church added a solid brick enclosure over the 1860 wooden building between 1957 and 1959, which followed directions in the will of the late Robert L. Williams. At that time, Edwin R. Sells served as pastor and church Trustees were W.C. Calloway, Fox Carter, and Fred Carter. Harry W. Gibson, Jr. served as the Estate Trustee. Many of the current members of Williams Chapel are descendants of the original families.
Listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on September 18, 2019.
In 1824, Jonathan and Sarah Williams and their sons Simeon and Elisha, and their daughter Elizabeth and her husband Richard Bowden migrated from North Carolina to Pike County, Alabama. Methodist circuit rider Rev. Daniel C. McDane organized the church the same year at the log cabin home of Jonathan Williams located a half-mile north. Simeon and Elisha Williams were immediately ordained as ministers and Elisha became the first pastor. In 1833. Williams Chapel joined the Alabama Methodist Conference. The church met in Williams' home and under a brush arbor until 1830 when members built a log church less than a mile north of this present site under the supervision of Richard Bowden. In 1860, the congregation constructed a new wooden church at this location. The church added a solid brick enclosure over the 1860 wooden building between 1957 and 1959, which followed directions in the will of the late Robert L. Williams. At that time, Edwin R. Sells served as pastor and church Trustees were W.C. Calloway, Fox Carter, and Fred Carter. Harry W. Gibson, Jr. served as the Estate Trustee. Many of the current members of Williams Chapel are descendants of the original families.
Listed in the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on September 18, 2019
Location. 31° 41.879′ N, 85° 46.252′ W. Marker is near Brundidge, Alabama, in Pike County. It is at the intersection of Tennille Road (County Route 4421) and County Route 4418, on the right when traveling south on Tennille Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2362 County Rd 4421, Brundidge AL 36010, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in the Black Belt, and in the Wiregrass. 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.
Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 19, 2023, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. This page has been viewed 639 times since then and 37 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on May 19, 2023, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
