Pleasant Hill Baptist Church

This Black congregation was founded by Burl Hembree, an enslaved man ordained to preach, who established the church near Lebanon while still in bondage. It later moved to Roswell, a rare faith community born under slavery.

Pleasant Hill Baptist Church is a historical marker in Roswell, Fulton County. It is one of 357 historical markers documented in Fulton County, among 643 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 34.0178, -84.3608 near Roswell. The nearest cataloged historic site is Roswell's Historic Presbyterian Cemetery (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Roswell’s Distinguished Men, Roswell Presbyterian Church, and Roswell Factory.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.