- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Rev. Thomas Milton Allen historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Cobb County
African Americans--Georgia--Marietta
Clergy--Georgia--Marietta - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Cobb County, Marietta, 33.9526, -84.54993
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located in the old Marietta Cemetery in Marietta
Text of marker: "REV. THOMAS MILTON ALLEN. Prominent minister who was born a slave 1833. He was a charter member of Zion Baptist at its founding in 1866 and its second pastor (1869-1885). In 1885 he organized Cole St. & later Pleasant Grove and Whitlock Avenue Baptist Churches. In 1890 formed first Asso. for black churches. (As a slave named "Allen" was baptized in 1858.) [The unnumbered and undated marker has the seal of the city of Marietta at the top]" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_rev.-thomas-milton-allen
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_rev
- 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:
-
