OUR HISTORY

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. . .The year 1821, July 16th in 1823, (month unknown). Marking the birth of "our" existence, two mulatto boys were born to an African slave girl - Sophie, conceived by her owner, Billy Alexander in Ft. Gaines, Georgia. The boys were named King Dock and King Solomon, respectively. Soon, after birth the Alexander boys were sold to another owner - Sconyers. . .

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. . .SCONIERS BROTHERS evidently remaining together throughout adolescence were brought to lower Alabama (via Clayhatchee Village). After the abolition, Dock along with his wife Mariah; and Solomon along with his second wife Minta "squatted" their homestead on the lower Coffee County section, circa 1866 - 68. Today, "that" section is divided by the Coffee/Geneva County lines - Sconiersville and Chancellor/Bellwood and Sconiers Community. . .

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...During the settlement, a church was formulated out of the Providence Baptist Church of Clayhatchee, Alabama, circa 1873. (Prior to the Civil War era, African Americans and whites attended the same churches).  Ironically, the Sconierses were inspired by the doctrine and philosophy of Bishop Richard Allen of Pennsylvania and converted their religion to African Methodism. Their church was named in honor of King Dock's wife - Mariah Bryant Sconiers "hence, the Mount Mariah African Methodist Episcopal Church . . .

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OBI NKA OBIE

I offend no one without a cause

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The work of GOD cannot be destroyed

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http://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2369

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