Moriah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Alabama

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Get directions Butler County, Alabama, USA

Coordinates: 31.94820, -86.58480
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Moriah Primitive Baptist Church and cemetery are three miles south of Fort Deposit and nine miles north of Greenville, Alabama. From Fort Deposit, drive south on Co. Rd. 45 (Hale Street), which becomes Wagon Wheel Road. Three miles south of Fort Deposit, turn right (west) onto Pat Patterson Road. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church and cemetery are on the right.

The Moriah Baptist Church of Christ (Primitive Baptist) was constituted in May 1830, with Daniel Gafford from Fort Dale serving as Clerk Pro-Tem. The church was originally a member of the Alabama Baptist Association, but withdrew in 1838 when the Baptist Churches split into Missionary and Primitive churches. Moriah then became part of the Ebenezer Baptist Association. Early members included Talley, Tillery, Harrison, Butler, Ballard, Dees, King, Whittle, Bargainer, McCoy, Pearce, Wallace, Cheatham, Bell, Powell, Gilcrease, Findley, Balderee, and Norris. An excellent history of the church (including church minutes, early member lists and biographies, and cemetery survey) was published by the late Richard G. Gibson in 1994 as "Moriah Baptist Church of Christ" (463 pages).