Ebenezer Methodist Cemetery is located off Cherry Park Road, a short drive in the country from Vernon/North Vernon, Indiana. The cemetery is the burial grounds for pioneers, including Civil War Veterans. The tiny church, Ebenezer Methodist Church, was started in 1816 the same year Indiana became a state. The log church was replaced by the "new" church in 1860. The current building reflects the Quaker influence of the neighborhood prior to the civil war. "Disciples of Christ, Baptists, Quakers, Methodists, Episcopalians, Roman Cahtolics, Lutherans, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, all have worshipped in this little country meetinghouse over the years." In 2004, a child was baptized there and was the 10th generation of that family to worship in the congregation. "More than one pastor has been born into these founding families. Dr. Willard Patrick was the most recent who remained in the United Methodist tradition. He was the father-in-law to Dr. Kenneth Forbes who was an assistant to the Indiana bishop."

Ebenezer United Methodist Church Cemetery
Vernon Township, Jennings County
East of Vernon on 310E south of 20N.
Ebenezer United Methodist Church began in the cabin of Jennings Judge William Prather in 1816. The congregation traces its beginnings to the 1790's when when curcuit riders from the Salt River Curcuit crossed the Ohio River to "Brother Prather's" cabin in the new Northwest Territory. This "Brother Prather" was William's brother Bazil. William followed his father from North Carolina to the frontier then known as Clarks Grant. In 1816 William moved to Jennings County with his family. Early members of Ebenezer were Bundy's, Pools, Prathers, Clintons, Carsons, and several Patrick brothers.
These families lived in the Cherry Park neighborhood between Otter and Crooked Creeks. A housefire at the Strock farm destroyed the church records in 1929, but deed records say an early log church was built at the present site by the 1840's on land given by James and Ary Prather Hilton. Hilton's and Thomas Francis donated more land in the 1860's and the present simple frame structure was built, influenced by Quakers in the congregation. The original carved window frames, wainscotting, mourners' bench, and built-in pews are still there. A pulpit and pediestals were handmade by Mr. Sinnett.
Ebenezer produced several ministers: the Reverands Frank and Walter Bundy, Clarence Vawter and Willard Patrick. Besides the Patricks, Ola Ferris, the Richardson sisters, Stewart and Fields children grew up at Ebenezer. Their lasting faith and friendships kept the Church going. Many of these families have generations of ancestors buried in the Church Cemetery. A trust given by Mary Silvers Sullivan in the 1980's keeps the church and cemetery well groomed.

---http://ingenweb.org/injennings/ebenezercemetery.html

sign on 20N. turn right on dirt road.