Webberville Ebenezer Baptist Church

This church traces its origin to the plight of Anglo American John F. Webber, who along with his African American wife and children, settled in this sparsely populated area of Texas in 1839 to escape the racism they had experienced ...

Silk Culture at Ebenezer

Silk culture began at Ebenezer in 1736, when each Salzburger was presented with a mulberry tree and two were instructed in the art of reeling. Two machines were soon in operation in Mr. Bolzius' yard near

the church, and in ...

Jerusalem (Ebenezer) Church

»— 6 mi.—?

Built in 1767- 69 by Lutheran Protestants who came to Georgia in 1734 after being exiled from Catholic Salzburg in Europe, the church is officially name Jerusalem Church. It stands on the site of a wooden building probably ...

Old Ebenezer

»— .5 mi. ?

About .5 miles East on this Road is the site of Old Ebenezer, the first settlement of the Salzburgers in Georgia. They selected this location and named it Ebenezer -- the stone of help. General Oglethorpe

marked ...

The Town of Ebenezer

Ebenezer was laid off in 1736, after the plan of Savannah, covering an area of a quarter of a mile square. Besides the homes, the plan included a church, parsonage, an academy, orphan house, public storehouse and market places.

A thriving ...

Ebenezer Baptist Church

has been designated a

National

Historic Landmark

This site possesses national significance

in commemorating the history of the

United States of America

May 5th 1977

National Park Service

United States Department of the Interior

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Ebenezer Baptist Church Heritage Sanctuary

407-413 Auburn Avenue

Ebenezer Baptist Church has been a spiritual, social, ...

Ebenezer

The town of Ebenezer was incorporated in 1893. Dr. W.B. Fewell was the first intendant, and the first wardens were J.W. Avery, A.A. Barron, S.A. Fewell, and J.B. Neely. The post office here from 1890-1911 was called Old Point. Earlier ...

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 ...

Ebenezer Baptist Church

"Our Stone of Help."

"Then Samuel took a stone and named it Ebenezer for he said, 'Thus far the Lord has helped us.'"

(I Samuel 7:12.)

The Rev. John A. Parker,

Pastor 1886-1894.

The Rev. Dr. Alfred Daniel Williams,

Pastor ...

Ebenezer (Third) Baptist Church

The Rev. C. Ward organized this church in the home of Mrs. Elisa Hawkins in 1875 as the Third Baptist congregation in Austin. A small frame structure at Catalpa and Curve Streets was the place of worship for ten years. ...