Perry County, Churches
SOURCE: W. Stuart Harris "Heritage of Perry County"; pp70-92.
(2) Wilson's Some Early Alabama Churches (before 1870) has also been included; pp134-144 (Jun 99).
This is just a simple listing. In the event you are especially interested in early members, ministers, etc. please contact me, giving me the name of the Church.
- AIMWELL CHURCH , Central Mills
- ANTIOCH CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Uniontown East
- ANTIOCH CHURCH , Scott Station
- ANTIOCH CHURCH , Hogglesville
- ASBURY METHODIST CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Uniontown East
- BETHANY CHURCH , Suttle
- BETHANY CHURCH , Hogglesville
- BETHEL CHURCH , Marion South
- BETHESDA PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Heiberger
- BETHLEHEM CHURCH , Heiberger organized 1868 (2)
- BETHLEHEM CHURCH , Oakmulgee
- CALVARY CHURCH , Marion North
- CANAAN CHURCH , Central Mills
- CHURCH OF CHRIST , Scott Station
- CHURCH OF CHRIST , Marion North
- CHURCH OF GOD , Marion South
- CLEVELAND MILLS CHURCH , Sprott
- COLES CHAPEL , Marion South
- CONCORD CHURCH , Sprott -organized 1820. Located east of Cahaba Rv. near the center of Radfordville Beat. In 1927 moved 2 mi S to Perryville Rd., near Watters Creek. Early records destroyed by fire, but 1873 surnames include Radford, Oakes, Lockett, White, Ford, Suttle, Richardson, Fain, Huff, Bledsoe, Johnson, Cosby, Palmore,Jeffries.(2)
- CRAIG CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH (HISTORICAL) Scott Station
- CROSSROAD CHURCH , Buck Creek
- EAGLE GROVE CHURCH , Marion South
- EPHESUS CHURCH , Sprott -visitor Scott Mitchell writes to include Ephesus Baptist Church, Sprott "My family has been members of this Church for many, many years". Further information from (2): Organized 5 Nov 1865; listing of 28 members of Ephesus' original congregation; frame building ca 1880 still in use.
- FAIRVIEW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Morgan Springs
- FAITH CHAPEL , Marion South
- FAITH CHAPEL , Hogglesville
- FELLOWSHIP CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Hogglesville
- FELLOWSHIP CHURCH , Morgan Springs
- FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH , Uniontown West -formed c 1838. First buildings built 1850-51.
- FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH , Marion North
- FIRST METHODIST CHURCH , Marion North
- FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH , Uniontown West -organized 1848 in home of Col. John Howard Davidson. Name changed to First Presbyterian Church of Uniontown, 1853.
- FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH , Marion North
- FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF UNIONTOWN , Uniontown West
- FOOT WASHING BAPTIST CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Uniontown West
- FRIENDSHIP CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Marion South
- FRIENDSHIP CHURCH , Uniontown East
- FRIENDSHIP CHURCH , Marion North
- FRIENDSHIP CHURCH, Oakmulgee
- GREEN LIBERTY CHURCH , Marion South
- GREENLEAF CHURCH , Scott Station
- HARMONY CHURCH (HISTORICAL), Morgan Springs
- HEALING SPRINGS CHURCH , Marion South
- HEBRON CHURCH , Thomaston East
- HEIBERGER METHODIST CHURCH , Heiberger
- HEPZIBAH BAPTIST CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Buck Creek
- HICKORY GROVE CHURCH , Scott Station
- HOLY CROSS EPISCOPAL CHURCH , Uniontown West
- HOPEWELL CHURCH , Morgan Springs -between Scott's Station and the Folsom cummunity in NW Perry. Organized April 1822, with Charles Crow as first pastor. Its cemetery contains graves of many early residents.
- HOPEWELL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Uniontown West
- IVEYS CHAPEL , Sprott
- LAKE PAYNE CHURCH , Hogglesville
- LILLIE GROVE CHURCH , Suttle
- LITTLE ROCK CHURCH , Heiberger
- LIVING HOPE CHURCH , Uniontown East
- MARIETTA CHURCH , Marion North
- MARION METHODIST CHURCH , Marion North -first listed Methodist records 1832 (Tombecbee Dist.); church erected 1837.
- MARS HILL BAPTIST CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Marion South
- MARY ETTA CHURCH , Summerfield
- MEDLINE CHURCH , Buck Creek -located in far eastern corner of Perry near Dallas Co. line; date of organization given as 1857; some 8 members listed (2)
- MISSIONARY CHURCH , Marion South
- MORGAN TABERNACLE , Hogglesville
- MORNING STAR CHURCH , Morgan Springs
- MORRIS HILL CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Marion South
- MT ARARAT CHURCH , Marion South
- MT CALVARY CHURCH , Uniontown West
- MT CARMEL CHURCH , Morgan Springs
- MT GILEAD CHURCH , Harrisburg
- MT IVAH CHURCH , Heiberger
- MT MORIAH CHURCH , Scott Station
- MT NEBO CHURCH , Marion North
- MT NEBO CHURCH , Heiberger - (located 3 mi NE of Marion), organized 1860; listings of some 108 members, including early Johnston, Scarborough, Nichols, Lagrone, Nichols, Whitman and Leverett. (2)1860 Church Register
- MT OLIVE CHURCH , Suttle
- MT OLIVE CHURCH , Harrisburg
- MT OLIVE CHURCH , Oakmulgee
- MT PILGRIM CHURCH , Sprott
- MT PLEASANT CHURCH , Sprott
- MT TABOR CHURCH , Marion North
- MT ZION CHURCH , Marion North -one of the earliest, if not the oldest in Perry, located several miles NW of Marion, founded 1822; also has churchyard cemetery, earliest burial dated 1830.
- NEBO METHODIST CHURCH , Marion North
- NEW HOPE CHURCH , Uniontown East
- NEW HOPE CHURCH , Suttle
- NEW HOPE CHURCH , Sprott
- NORTH PERRY CHURCH , Hogglesville
- OAK GROVE CHURCH , Uniontown West
- OAK GROVE CHURCH , Uniontown East
- OAK GROVE CHURCH , Summerfield
- OAK GROVE CHURCH , Morgan Springs
- OAK GROVE CHURCH , Sprott
- OAK GROVE CHURCH , Sprott
- OAK GROVE CHURCH , 324842N 0872530W , Hogglesville
- OCMULGEE CHURCH , Summerfield -located 18 miles from Marion in E part of Count; constituted June 1820, with Charles Crow [op cit] as first pastor. Another outstanding minister was Rev. Abner G. McCraw.
- PAYNE CHAPEL METHODIST CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Harrisburg
- PERRYVILLE CHURCH , Suttle
- PINE FLAT CHURCH , Suttle
- PINE GROVE CHURCH , Heiberger
- PINEVIEW CHURCH , Morgan Springs
- PISBAH CHURCH , Buck Creek -located a few miles north of Perryville. has cemetery with many early residents of Perry Co.(2) also spells it "Pisgah" and uses 1835 as date of organization
- PLEASANT GROVE CHURCH , Harrisburg
- POPLAR GROVE CHURCH , Buck Creek
- PROVEWELL CHURCH , Sprott
- PROVIDENCE CHURCH , Hogglesville
- QUINN CHAPEL AME CHURCH , Uniontown West
- REYNOLDS CHAPEL , Scott Station
- SAINT JAMES CHURCH , Marion North
- SAINT MARYS CHURCH , Uniontown East
- SAINT PAULS METHODIST CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Central Mills
- SAINT WILFRIDS EPISCOPAL CHURCH , Marion North -First known as St. Michael's (1838-39); no services 1839-1847; services resumed 1847-1853 when name was changed to St. Wilfrid. First Church building erected 1849.
- SALEM CHURCH , Hogglesville -possibly now known as "Old Salem"? - see news article 8-2001
- SANCTIFIED CHURCH , Uniontown West
- SANTA FELIX CHURCH , Suttle
- SARDIS CHURCH , Heiberger
- SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH , Uniontown East
- SHADY GROVE CHURCH , Central Mills
- SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH (HISTORICAL) , Summerfield
- SILOAM BAPTIST CHURCH , Marion North -deed 4 June 1824. First minister was Charles Crow [op cit]. Considered by some as "mother church" of many of AL's present-day Baptist congregations.
- SIMPSON CHAPEL , Marion North
- SPRINGHILL CHURCH , Marion North -organized 1862 (2)
- STAR BETHEL CHURCH , Uniontown East
- STEPHENS MEMORIAL CHURCH , Scott Station
- TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH , Marion North
- UNION CHAPEL (HISTORICAL) , Marion North
- UNION CHURCH , Marion North
- UNIONTOWN BAPTIST CHURCH , Uniontown West -begun 1809; records 1809; 1838+; present name Uniontown First Baptist Church (2)
- UNIONTOWN CHURCH OF GOD , Uniontown East
According to e-mail from Scott Mitchell quoting from The Sesquicentennial History of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church "... Rev. James N. Moore organized 3 churches in Central AL about 1850. Summerfield in Dallas Co. and Farrer's Church..." [in Perry Co.] "and Fairview in Perry County." - Scott also has a copy of the Fairview Cemetery and would like to hear from anyone who hs information on these Churches.
Uniontown. First services 1844; officially known as Union Parish, 1845. First house of worship 1848. In 1850 Union Parish was divided:
-St. Michael's Church at Faunsdale
-Church of the Holy Cross, Uniontown; further (2) "about 60 people attended the 1845 services".
[unless otherwise cited; quotes are from Harris; (2)Wilson]
NOTE: Townes in his History of Marion, 1844, also mentions "The new, respectable and increasing denomination of christians, called Deciples [sic] or Campbellites, have, under the superintendence of Mr. Alexander Graham, a convenient church in progress to completion." [p31 Townes reprint ed.]
Townes further lists the 1844 Church memberships:
Baptist, 375 communicants
Methodist Church, 78
Presbyterian Church, 213
Deciples[sic] or Cambellite, 15
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