Notasulga in Macon County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Bethlehem

Primitive Baptist Church

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 7, 2016

1. Former Primitive Baptist Church - Bethlehem Marker

Inscription.
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Across the highway
from this point stood the
Primitive Baptist Church
Bethlehem
— • —
from about
1860 A.D. to 1940 A.D.
this marker erected
by the family of
Simon C. and Lou Ellen
Atkins Jackson

Erected by Family of Simon C. and Lou Ellen Atkins Jackson.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1860.

Location. 32° 34.151′ N, 85° 41.198′ W. Marker is in Notasulga, Alabama, in Macon County. It is at the intersection of Tallapoosa Street (Alabama Route 14) and Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east on Tallapoosa Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 801 Cemetery Road, Notasulga AL 36866, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Birthplace of Zora Neale Hurston (approx. 1.2 miles away); Camp Watts (approx. 2½ miles away); Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church "The Tree" (approx. 2.9 miles away); Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church - Church Privies (approx. 2.9 miles away); Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church - Baptismal

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(approx. 2.9 miles away); Shiloh-Rosenwald School / Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church (approx. 2.9 miles away); Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery (approx. 3½ miles away); First Rosenwald School (approx. 5.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Notasulga.

Former location of church (across Highway 14) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 7, 2016

2. Former location of church (across Highway 14)

Bethlehem Cemetery in background. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 7, 2016

3. Bethlehem Cemetery in background.

View of marker at crossroads of Tallapoosa Street & Cemetery Road. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, June 7, 2016

4. View of marker at crossroads of Tallapoosa Street & Cemetery Road.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on June 9, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 697 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on June 9, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.