Community of Royal/Ebenezer African Methodist Episcopal Church

When slavery was abolished in 1865, the Royal community was founded by former slaves from the old Green Plantation located near the Withlacoochee River. Moving further inland to farm for themselves, the former slaves built log cabin homes and dug ...

Old Ebenezer Church

This Gothic Revival church was built circa 1900 by the congregation of the Ebenezer United Methodist Church. When the congregation moved, the structure became home to the Greater Refuge Church of Our Lord.

Information provided by Florida Department of State.

Ebenezer AME Church

This church is part of the African Methodist Episcopal congregation, the oldest independent black institution in the country. The origins of the A.M.E. church date back to the late 18th century, when blacks withdrew from the parent Methodist Church in ...

Deacon Ebenezer Sheldon's Fort

1630 - 1930

The Lieutenant's son Ebenezer, later deacon of the church and first town treasurer, built a fort ten rods east of here in 1740/41. It was unsuccessfully attacked by Indians in 1746 during King

George's War.

Marker is on Huckle ...

Site of Ye Ebenezer Avery House

Shelterwas afforded our wounded and

dying soldiers within this house

after the massacre at Ft. Griswold

Sept. 6, 1781

Moved in 1971 to Ft. Griswold

State Battlefield Park

Marker is at the intersection of Thames Street and Latham Street, on the right when traveling north on ...

Ye Ebenezer Avery House

Shelter was afforded our wounded & dying soldiers within this house, after the massacre at Fort Griswold, Sept. 6, 1781.

Marker is on Fort Street, on the right when traveling east.

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Lieut. Ebenezer Sheldon's Fort

1630 - 1930

Built in 1740 on this site. The first Proprietor's Meeting in Fall Town was held here in 1741. The Lieutenant's son Eliakim was shot by Indians in 1747 while working west of the fort walls.

Marker is on Northfield ...

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Goodwill Presbyterian Church

These bricks from the old sanctuary of the

Goodwill Presbyterian Church, along with

the new sanctuary, commemorate the

special grace of God that was visited upon

this community when Hurricane Hugo

swept through the state on September 21,

1989. There was terrible ...

Ebenezer Fiske House Site

Minute Man National Historical Park

Minute Man National Historical Park was the starting place of the American Revolution: here the resolve of citizens willing to risk their lives for the ideals of liberty and self-determination was instrumental in the formation of ...

Ebenezer Fiske House Site

Minute Man National Historical Park

Minute Man National Historical Park was the starting place of the American Revolution: here the resolve of citizens willing to risk their lives for the ideals of liberty and self-determination was instrumental in the formation of ...