Lynching in America
Thousands of black people were the victims of lynching and racial violence in the United States between 1877 and 1950. The lynching of African Americans during this era was a form of racial terrorism intended to . . . — — Map (db m97983) HM
The roots of this house of worship date to 1868 when 26 African American members of Mount Gilead Church left to form their own congregation. The present building was constructed in 1901, with several enlargements and renovations throughout the . . . — — Map (db m104068) HM
Creek Stand's earliest African-American pioneers and their descendants are buried here. Oral history indicates that many slaves were buried here generations before the original church was constructed in 1895. These ancestors came to Macon County . . . — — Map (db m227725) HM
Creek Stand Methodist Church
and Historic Cemetery
dating back to about 1850
The original church was dismantled and reconstructed with same material in smaller size during the year 1951 — — Map (db m188777) HM
Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church is one of the oldest Black Missionary Baptist Churches in Macon County. The church was organized in 1860 under the leadership of Rev. M. Eley and the Tuskegee Baptist Association. Between 1860 and 1876, Elizabeth . . . — — Map (db m205266) HM
Franklin School, originally constructed on this lot, was in operation as early as the 1890s teaching grades 1-11. By the mid 1930s, it was downsized to grades 1-6. There were northern and southern classrooms adjoined by a common auditorium. The . . . — — Map (db m68028) HM
The "Little Texas" Methodist Tabernacle and Campground, site of camp meetings since the 1850's. The Tabernacle - a place of worship - was built by black and white settlers of the area.
The original structure was made of hand-hewn timbers, wooden . . . — — Map (db m229084) HM
Union Christian Church began in spring 1897, under a brush arbor approximately 4 miles northeast of this site. Two
acres were donated by future Congressman Charlie W. Thompson, of Tuskegee. Rev. John Allen Branch was the
first minister. The . . . — — Map (db m59636) HM
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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 . . . — — Map (db m95107) HM
Celebrated author Zora Neale Hurston was born in Notasulga on January 7, 1891. Her parents, John Hurston and Lucy Potts met here, at the Macedonia Baptist Church. but moved to Eatonville, Florida where Zora grew up. Through extreme dedication she . . . — — Map (db m95110) HM
The Baptismal located outside and to the rear of the Church on the school side, was used from 1945 until 1988. All members presenting for baptism were baptized here during those years. Prior to 1945, members were baptized in a nearby body of water. . . . — — Map (db m95114) HM
The Church Privies are located behind the church. There are mens and womens, each with three toilets. The toilets are original, and are made of solid metal, with attached closable lids. According to the wording on the lids, they were . . . — — Map (db m95115) HM
It was under this tree that participants in the U.S. Public Health Study of Untreated Syphilis in Negro Males in Macon County, Alabama, met to wait for Nurse Rivers, the Shiloh School nurse, to come and either administer treatment, update health . . . — — Map (db m95113) HM
Shiloh-Rosenwald School
The Shiloh-Rosenwald School, located in Notasulga, was a collaboration between educator Booker T. Washington and Julius Rosenwald, CEO of Sears. Rosenwald schools are landmarks in the history of African-American . . . — — Map (db m95109) HM
Francis Marion Whatley He was born on September 21, 1839 and died on April 22, 1903. He married Matilda Thompson (1842-1877) who died at 35 years of age. He later married Emma E. Radney (1861-1941) he had 14 children with 4 dying as infants. . . . — — Map (db m261580) HM
By this former Indian path
Matthew Parham Sturdivant
came in 1808 as
first official representative
of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
in the territory of
the present State of Alabama,
a missionary from
the South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m78118) HM
Churches within the African American community played an important role during the civil rights movement. They were places beyond control of white power structure, as well as locations where people could express themselves without reprisal. They . . . — — Map (db m139884) HM
Before the mid-1960s, Tuskegees black population faced many challenges when attempting to register to vote. Furthermore, the State of Alabama redrew the towns political boundaries in an effort to prevent registered blacks from voting in local . . . — — Map (db m69048) HM
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church developed out of the Tuskegee Baptist Church, originally organized in 1842. Although both whites and blacks (slaves) initially worshipped at the same location, the white congregants built a new facility in 1858, . . . — — Map (db m139880) HM
. . . I always make it a rule to read a chapter [in the Bible] or a portion of a chapter in the morning, before beginning the work of the day.
—Booker T. Washington, Up From Slavery
The chapel, designed by Paul . . . — — Map (db m100162) HM
The Western Conference, Oct. 1-7, 1808 in Williamson County, Tenn., sent James Gwinn to the "great bend" of the Tenn. River. Gwinn organized at the home of Richard and Betsy Ford, the first Methodist Society of the six in the Flint Circuit. This . . . — — Map (db m78121) HM
This church which had its origins in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was first mentioned at a meeting of the Presbytery on April 7, 1812. It became known as First Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Huntsville, Alabama. In 1828 the first building . . . — — Map (db m27782) HM
Throughout much of the twentieth century, Church Street was the heart of a vibrant black community, filled with movement, color, and sound. Those who lived, worked, or visited there described it as "an experience."
The area was a bustling . . . — — Map (db m154264) HM
Oldest Baptist Church (Missionary) in Alabama organized June 3, 1809 as the West Fork of Flint River Church. Presiding Clergy:
John Canterbury, John McCutchen and John Nicholson.
Renamed Enon Church and called John Canterbury as 1st pastor . . . — — Map (db m30378) HM
Organized June 15, 1818 by the Rev. Gideon Blackburn, D.D. One of the states oldest Presbyterian churches. This site was selected for the first church building, dedicated on Oct. 13, 1822. The second and present, sanctuary was dedicated on May . . . — — Map (db m121846) HM
The Alabama legislature authorized the Seminary on January 15, 1831. A board of trustees
owned stock in the enterprise. It replaced the Huntsville Female Academy organized in 1830. The new teaching staff, hired by Trustee James G. Birney, were . . . — — Map (db m154269) HM
Methodist Society organized at Hunts Spring prior to formation of Madison County, served 1808-1820 by Flint Circuit traveling ministers. First Church built 1821 NW corner Clinton and Gallatin Streets. Present site acquired 1832, church completed . . . — — Map (db m27790) HM
Monte Sano Female Seminary
founded by
The Rev. and Mrs. James Rowe
opened February, 1830
closed December, 1833
Course of Instruction included "English,
Classical, Scientific, and Ornamental
branches of Education usually . . . — — Map (db m154276) HM
Approximately one-half mile north of here is the original site of the oldest Baptist Church (Missionary) in Alabama. This congregation was organized on June 3, 1809 as the West Fork of Flint River Church and renamed Enon Church shortly thereafter. . . . — — Map (db m154286) HM
Marker Front: The Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church purchased this property in 1866, and the congregation erected a frame building with a brick basement in 1867. The Rev. Howell Echols was the first pastor. In 1886, a brick . . . — — Map (db m43072) HM
Organized as a Christian Church, this is the original congregation of what is now the Church of Christ in Huntsville. A gospel meeting was held in the Courthouse in 1883, conducted by James A. Harding, evangelist and founder of Harding College and . . . — — Map (db m27899) HM
Side A
Dr. Joseph Echols Lowery was born in Huntsville on Oct 6, 1921, to Dora and Leroy Lowery. He grew up in Lakeside (Methodist) church. He began his education in Huntsville, spent his middle school years in Chicago, and returned to . . . — — Map (db m85550) HM
Organized 1820 by William Harris, a slave, who was minister more than 50 years. Original church, called Huntsville African Baptist, stood 4 blocks south in Old Georgia Graveyard. In 1870, this church and 3 others formed Indian Creek Primitive . . . — — Map (db m35960) HM
Missionaries served Catholics in Huntsville until 1861, when Father Jeremiah F. Trecy was sent by Bishop John Quinlan to organize this parish. Cornerstone for the building was laid in October 1861. Due to the Civil War the church was not . . . — — Map (db m43207) HM
Organized in 1851 under the direction of the Methodist Episcopal Church, so this institution became one of the finest of its kind in the South in the education of girls from the primary through the college level. Its aim was to "secure the . . . — — Map (db m37842) HM
St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church in Huntsville was organized by Dr. William Hooper Councill and others in 1885. Dr. Councill was an ordained elder in the African Methodist Episcopal Church and the founder and first president of Alabama . . . — — Map (db m234323) HM
The first integrated elementary education classes in the state of Alabama took place quietly and peacefully here September 3, 1963.
St. Joseph's Mission, church and school, was founded by the Society of the Divine Savior (Salvatorians) to serve . . . — — Map (db m154263) HM
Huntsville's first Jewish citizens arrived during the 1840's. Congregation B'nai Sholom ("Sons of Peace") was founded July 30, 1876 by 32 families.
They affiliated in 1877 with the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Reform Movement. . . . — — Map (db m27898) HM
The Church of the Nativity congregation was organized December 17, 1842 - the name chosen because of the approaching Christmas season. The Convention of the Diocese of Alabama, Protestant Episcopal Church, approved the congregation on February 16, . . . — — Map (db m27858) HM
On October 4, 1933, Union Chapel Missionary Baptist Church was organized in the home of Reverend O. D. Boone on Blue Springs Road in Huntsville. Reverend Boone served as the first pastor. Temporary worship services were located on Winston, Compress, . . . — — Map (db m279552) HM
West Huntsville Baptist Church was offically chartered on October 29, 1899,
as a local assembly of committed believers in the West Huntsville
Cotton Mills Village. The original structure still stands at the corner
of 7th Avenue and 9th Street. A . . . — — Map (db m278726) HM
The first public school for African-Americans in the city of Huntsville was named for the founder of the Alabama A&M University. The site, selected by a committee headed by the Rev. W.E. Gaston, was donated by the Davis-Lowe family. Founded in 1867 . . . — — Map (db m36065) HM
Side A
On July 19, 1847, Chistopher and Mary Harless Sears deeded two acres (with meeting house, brush-arbor, and camp-stand) to the Elders of the Walnut Grove Society of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for one penny. The Union Army . . . — — Map (db m71343) HM
"A holy place: symbol of eternity. strength, and stability within the wilderness."
One of the earliest known Cumberland Presbyterian campgrounds in Madison County, Mount Paran Cemetery is the resting place for many of the county's pioneer . . . — — Map (db m154293) HM
Mary Miller deeded land in 1849 to serve both Methodist and Cumberland Presbyterian congregations. The original building burned and the Methodists in 1882 sold their interest in a second building. This second church destroyed by a tornado in 1884. . . . — — Map (db m31658) HM
Front Alabama's oldest Baptist church was constituted by Elder John Nicholson on October 2, 1808 in the home of James Deaton in Killingsworth Cove. It was named "The Flint River Baptist Church of Christ." The original building was built . . . — — Map (db m39765) HM
Commemorating the first organized church in Alabama. Established Oct. 2, 1808, upon the Doctrine of Salvation by Grace, as attested by her Articles of Faith. The first building was erected 1 mi. N.E. Articles of Faith
We believe: 1. In only . . . — — Map (db m85842) HM
In October, 1808, the Western Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church sent James Gwinn, a circuit rider, to the "great bend" of the Tennessee River to formalize existing Methodist Societies. He organized the Flint Circuit to serve frontier . . . — — Map (db m39767) HM
The Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church was established in 1878 beneath a weeping willow tree in Triana, Alabama under the leadership of Elder Eli Patton. On June 20, 1905 the present site was purchased in the New Haven community and a new sanctuary . . . — — Map (db m40164) HM
on Marengo Circuit, 1826-1839
church founded 1840, great revival 1843
first building erected 1840-43 (remodeled 1848)
on lot donated by the Rev. A. J. Crawford
two early pastors became bishops:
John C. Keener (1843-44) and Holland N. . . . — — Map (db m38065) HM
Side A Charter members 1839:
John B. Cook (first elder)
Mary S. Cook
Elmira Gaither
Eleanor L. Lucy
Mariah S. Tillinghast
Benajah P. Whitlow
Eliza A. Whitlow
Ira Patterson
Sarah Young
First resident pastor (1846-53);
. . . — — Map (db m38010) HM
Catholicism was first introduced to this
region in 1540 by the priests who accompanied
Hernando DeSoto. Napoleonic exiles of the
Vine and Olive Colony held religious services
and attempted to establish a Catholic mission
in Demopolis in 1817. . . . — — Map (db m37994) HM
Congregation Bnai Jeshurun dedicated its first temple on this site on Thanksgiving Day, November 30, 1893 with Rabbi Edward Levy of Selma officiating. The perpetual lamp was lighted by Isaac Marx, the first Jew to settle in Demopolis. The larger . . . — — Map (db m85844) HM
The first church building, a frame structure
built in 1857, was burned by Federal troops
during their occupation of Demopolis.
The present church building was erected in
1870 and forms the nave. The transepts were
added in 1896 and the bell . . . — — Map (db m38004) HM
Interred in the north section of this cemetery were many slaves who had labored on Faunsdale Plantation since its founding in 1843. The earliest identified burial in the black section of the cemetery is that of Barbary (Harrison), a house servant on . . . — — Map (db m72965) HM
1844 - Dr. Thomas & Louisa Harrison gave acre of their Faunsdale Plantation for a log church designated Union Parish.
1852 - name changed to St. Michaels Parish.
1855 - slave artisans Peter Lee and Joe Glasgow built Gothic Revival-style . . . — — Map (db m72964) HM
established as
Mt. Pleasant Baptist
by Elder James Yarbrough in 1820
with 27 charter members.
By 1834 it had 150 members.
Church among the oldest in Demopolis area.
Buried in church cemetery are John Gilmore, Reuben Hildreth and . . . — — Map (db m72974) HM
Built on two acres of land deeded by John D. Catlin, May 30, 1842, to Daniel E. Ellis, James Turner, David Compton and John Besteder, trustee of Methodist Episcopal Church known as Asbury Meeting House.
This early Greek Revival building was . . . — — Map (db m72973) HM
Edd Shields was born into slavery on June 15, 1853, on the Steele plantation in Wilcox County. At age 4, his owner brought him to Marengo County where he remained enslaved until age 12. From 1867-1873, he worked as a farmer, and was educated by . . . — — Map (db m306130) HM
Constituted June 6, 1821 from the fruits of labor of the venerable Solomon Perkins, For four years after their constitution they enjoyed almost a continual revival. Home of Miss Willie Kelly, a missionary to China from 1894 to 1936. This church was . . . — — Map (db m72968) HM
Following the Civil War and emancipation, newly freed African Americans, who had worshiped in the Bethel Church in McKinley while enslaved, established their own Bethel Church in a wooden house at the rear of the current church site. In the . . . — — Map (db m72969) HM
The original building was located about three miles east of the present site near the village of Shiloh. It was used as a union church until it became a Baptist Church in 1842. A new building was erected at the present site and the first bodies were . . . — — Map (db m72970) HM
On March 29, 1896, a presbytery consisting of
Reverend J.T. Cain, R.M. Roden, I.A. White, and
J.J. Pipkin met in a little school house south of the
J.W. Buck home for the purpose of establishing a
church. Along with seventeen charter . . . — — Map (db m288221) HM
In the early 1800s, Jacob Cody and his family settled in an area
that became the Cody Mountain/Friendship Community.
Soon after, a log church was built on Cody family land
and named Friendship. Although an exact founding
date is unknown, the . . . — — Map (db m284699) HM
This land was originally part of a land grant claim by Captain Joseph Burleson, a Tennessee Militia Soldier during the War of 1812 and Creek War under Andrew Jackson. By 1820 the Forks of the Buttahatchee Primitive Baptist Church was . . . — — Map (db m309075) HM
Albertville, located in Marshall County in northeast Alabama, was named for Thomas A. Albert, one of the first area residents. It lies on Sand Mountain, a plateau approximately 25 miles wide and 75 miles long. Albertville was hunting ground for . . . — — Map (db m225622) HM
The City of Albertville is named for Thomas Albert, buried here with his wife Sarah Sappington Albert and daughter Sarah. They had three other daughters -- Martha, who married James C. Miller,the city's first postmaster, Elizabeth, and Mary. Albert . . . — — Map (db m143214) HM
A congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church North erected a log church, possibly named Pleasant Hill Methodist Church, adjacent to this cemetery in 1883. The church served as Arab's first school. The earliest marked grave is 1883, though older . . . — — Map (db m42594) HM
Founded on September 5, 1912, by 40 charter members, First Baptist Church is the second oldest church located within Arabs original town limits of one square mile. The church was first located just off South Main Street on Fry Gap Road. The Rev. . . . — — Map (db m40136) HM
Founded in 1892 under the leadership of the Rev. B.O.H. Cochran, this is the oldest church congregation inside Arabs original town limits of one square mile. Twenty-eight names were listed on the churchs original membership roll. Affiliated with . . . — — Map (db m42593) HM
Gilliam Springs Baptist Church was founded by nine charter members on November 25, 1882, under the leadership of the Rev. P.J. Corley in the Gilliam Springs School. The log school was located on the east side of North Main Street in the vicinity of . . . — — Map (db m40133) HM
The church was founded on March 14, 1886 by charter members R.J. Riddle, Julie Riddle, W.J. Wright, A. M. Preston, W.B. Scott and F.E. Scott. It is named after Shoal Creek, which rises up less than a mile from the church grounds and empties into the . . . — — Map (db m68785) HM
Organized by 1847 as one of the first churches on Sand Mountain. First meeting house erected 1855; buildings at present site constructed about 1885 and 1927. Preachers included Samuel Tyler, Levi Isbell, Jacob K. Dowdy, James R. Isbell, James R. . . . — — Map (db m85853) HM
The Blessing of the Fleet is a tradition that began centuries ago in Mediterranean fishing communities. The practice is predominantly Catholic, though sometimes Episcopalian, and a blessing from the local priest is meant to ensure a safe and . . . — — Map (db m117257) HM
The stream near the site, known as Bayou la Batre, was known during the period of French occupation as "Riviere d'Erbane," then as "Rivere la batterie" because of the French artillery battery located on its banks. The town's name consists of bayou, . . . — — Map (db m117255) HM
On December 23, 1784, the Spanish civil-military governor
of Mobile, Don Henri Grimarest, granted a 1,938-acre tract of
land to Dr. John Baptist Chastang for habitation and
cultivation. At that time Dr. Chastang was living at Fuerte San
Esteban . . . — — Map (db m149279) HM
The building on this site has been called many names and served many functions in its long life. Originally known as the "Methodist-Episcopalian Church" and later as the "Little Church in the Pines," the structure was located a few miles from here . . . — — Map (db m146901) HM
This congregation originated in 1842 with a group of slaves who worshipped in their masters' church, a Methodist congregation. They were required to move to a small house provided for them. Their perseverance and faith held them together through . . . — — Map (db m86573) HM
Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception
Parish established in 1703 by John-Baptiste de la Croix, Bishop of Quιbec, while Mobile served as capital of Louisiana. Oldest religious congregation of any denomination in Alabama and the . . . — — Map (db m286687) HM
Established in 1823, the first Episcopal Congregation in Mobile and in the State of Alabama. Cornerstone of present edifice laid in 1835; building completed and consecrated 1842 by Leonidas Polk, Bishop of Louisiana and Alabama, later General . . . — — Map (db m86580) HM
C. First Johnson was an entrepreneur, pastor of St. Louis Street Baptist Church, and lecturer. Johnson ran for political office in the 1890's. He founded the Union Mutual Aid Association, Mobile's first black-owned insurance company. By 1911, his . . . — — Map (db m111317) HM
Patton began his hauling business with two mules and grew to become a prominent real estate entrepreneur and contractor, building many area roads and schools. Patton purchased this site in 1900. According to oral tradition, he commissioned architect . . . — — Map (db m111313) HM
Front
Alabama's oldest African-American Episcopal congregation was fostered in Trinity Church by the Reverend J. A. Massey. The Right Reverend Nicholas H. Cobbs, D.D., Alabama's first Episcopal Bishop confirmed the seven founding . . . — — Map (db m112225) HM
Founded, with 21 members, in 1831, by Rev. John B. Warren. This sanctuary erected 1834. Designated by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior as one of America's historic buildings. Presbyterian mother church for Southern Alabama. — — Map (db m116964) HM
Grace is the first Lutheran congregation in the State of Alabama. Organized by German immigrants, the first service was held on October 6, 1867 in the Seaman's Bethel in Mobile. The first Pastor was Theodore Heischmann. The name chosen for the . . . — — Map (db m149320) HM
Jewish Rest, also known as the Old Hebrew Burial Ground, is the oldest Jewish cemetery in Alabama. The land was purchased on June 22, 1841 by the congregation of Sha'arai Shomayim Umaskil el Dol of the Needy), Alabama's first and longest . . . — — Map (db m212911) HM
Organized in 1899 as St. Anthony's Mission by Creoles of African descent. By 1901, Josephite priests Revs. Joseph St. Laurent and Louis Pastorelli had established a small school. The
present church was completed in 1908 and dedicated as Most Pure . . . — — Map (db m111302) HM
Title to this land, part of a Spanish grant and formerly a burial ground, was clarified by the American State Papers in 1828. Michael Portier, Mobile's first Bishop, made this his home from 1834 until his death in 1859. Four subsequent bishops of . . . — — Map (db m86344) HM
Sand Town, the oldest African American neighborhood in the area of Spring Hill, in Mobile, Alabama, was established before 1845 by former enslaved and free, indigenous people of color. Sand Town residents built their own homes, school and places of . . . — — Map (db m179993) HM
Jews have been part of Alabamas economic, social and political life since 1764. It was not until 1841 that Mobiles small Jewish community grew large enough to organize “Congregation” Shaarai Shomayim (Gates of Heaven). The community . . . — — Map (db m27083) HM
Organized in Mobile on January 29, 1844, this Reform Jewish Congregation is the oldest in Alabama and one of the oldest in the United States. Members met in homes until December 27, 1846, when the St. Emanuel Street Temple was dedicated. The . . . — — Map (db m111291) HM
St. Johns Episcopal Church, established and built in 1855, stood at the northwest corner of this block, its rectory adjacent. Between 1860 and 1870, the Church Home, an orphanage and school consisting of three buildings, was constructed. This was . . . — — Map (db m123443) HM
The church was organized in 1853 by ten African-Americans who were former members of Stone Street Baptist Church. It is the second oldest Missionary Baptist Church in Alabama. The first three pastors were Caucasian; however, following passage of the . . . — — Map (db m86578) HM
Stone Street Baptist Church, Alabama's first baptist church, organized in 1806, thirteen years before Alabama became a state and thirty years after this nation was formed the Stone Street Baptist Church, also called "The African Church", was . . . — — Map (db m111395) HM
The congregation of Government Street United Methodist Church, Methodism's Mother Church in Mobile, began in 1826 on Franklin Street. Called "The Bee Hive" because of its activity, it sent "swarms" throughout the city to form new congregations. A . . . — — Map (db m86571) HM
(front side)
The origin of this Cathedral was established on July 20, 1703, by Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrieres de Saint Vallier, Bishop of Quebec at Fort Louis de la Mobile, the citys first permanent settlement. The Bishop also . . . — — Map (db m117245) HM
On this site in 1884 the Sisters of Mercy established the Convent of Mercy. In 1908 the front building, the convent, was constructed and in 1927 the adjacent school building was occupied by pupils attending Convent of Mercy Academy. The school . . . — — Map (db m86584) HM
In the See City of the Diocese of
Mobile - Birmingham
Fifty years ago, on November 7, 1909
The Order of the Knights of Peter Claver
was founded by
Father Conrad F. Rebesher, S.S.J.
Father John H. Dorsey, S.S.J.
Father . . . — — Map (db m111479) HM
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