Seibert, David

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Location: Ebenezer Rd. at Windsor Spring Rd. north of HepzibahText 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"

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Digital Library of Georgia

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Digital Library of Georgia