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

Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 23, 2014

1. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Constituted on August 27, 1842 on this site with six charter members including Moses and Sarah Rushton, Susannah Rushton, William and Emily Miley, and James Gardner. First structure built of logs by master carpenter Jesse Yon on land given by Moses Rushton, who moved to Montgomery County from Orangeburg District S.C.

Present Colonial Revival building completed in 1931. Architect was Frank W. Lockwood and landscape architect was Graham M. Rushton.

Erected 1989 by the Alabama Historical Association.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Alabama Historical Association series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1842.

Location. 31° 59.741′ N, 86° 7.066′ W. Marker is in Grady, Alabama, in Montgomery County. It is on Gardner Road (County Road 258) 0.1 miles south of Pisgah Road, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1841 Gardner Road, Grady AL 36036, 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: Orion Institute (approx. 7 miles away); Pioneer Settlers of Ebenezer Community (approx. 7.1 miles away); Ebenezer Primitive Baptist Church

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(approx. 7.1 miles away); China Grove (approx. 10.1 miles away); Fair Prospect Cemetery Montgomery County (approx. 10.1 miles away); Tuskegee Army Air Field Hangar (approx. 11.3 miles away); Town of Petrey (approx. 11.3 miles away); Site of Highland Home College (approx. 11.9 miles away).

Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 23, 2014

2. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Site

Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 23, 2014

3. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church

Photographed by James L.Whitman, November 9, 2024

4. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Marker

looking southwest

Credits. This page was last revised on November 13, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 23, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,471 times since then and 93 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on November 13, 2024, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 2, 3. submitted on June 23, 2014, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 4. submitted on November 11, 2024, by James L.Whitman of Eufaula, Alabama. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.