Located at 572 Ebenezer Road, Pennington. 32.22027, -88.06072
Thanks Chet McAteer for sharing this:
Colonel Alman James and Ebenezer Baptist Church
(My GGG Grandfather-Colonel in War of 1812)
Ebenezer Baptist Church was originally organized in the late 1700s and was first constructed near Woodall Cemetery using slave labor. The church was a modest wooden structure, and its first pastor was Reverend Ray. Rev. Ray held services for white congregants on Sunday mornings and for slaves in the afternoons. Beside the church was an area known as “The Ray Patch,” where members cultivated food to compensate their pastor.
In the early 1800s, Colonel Alman James donated land and, with the assistance of his slaves and two hired Swedish carpenters, built a new church at its current location. The black congregation continued to use the old building until it was destroyed by a forest fire. Colonel James then aided the black community in constructing their own church, now known as Millwood Baptist Church in Pennington.
Reverend Wolfe served as the first pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church after its relocation. Throughout the 1800s, several pastors succeeded him, including Rev. A. Yarbrough (1848-49), Rev. T.H. Bankston (1850-57), Rev. J. Wolfe, Rev. E. Brunson (1859), Rev. J.F. Johnson (1864-70), Rev. A. Grissett (1875), and Rev. G.W. Rainer (1876-79).