- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- First Ebenezer Baptist Church historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Richmond County
African American churches--Georgia--Hepzibah - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Hephzibah, 33.31403, -82.09679
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ebenezer Rd. at Windsor Spring Rd. north of Hepzibah
Text of marker: "First Ebenezer Baptist Church. This congregation began when a handful of slaves gathered for services on the Rhodes Plantation in August 1812. In 1851 Absalom A. Rhodes sold a quarter acre of land here for two dollars to the deacon board of Ebenezer Baptist Church. The fifty-six-member congregation joined the Georgia Baptist Association in 1867. First Ebenezer's leadership in the Association was paramount in forming the Missionary Baptist Convention of Georgia, the first African-American convention. Two new congregations have sprung from First Ebenezer: Second Ebenezer Baptist Church and Spring Grove Baptist Church. 2003.9 Erected by the Georgia Historical Society and First Ebenezer Baptist Church 121-7" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_first-ebenezer-baptist-church
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_first-ebenezer-baptist-church
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
