Old St. Stephens Masonic Lodge No. 9
St. Stephens Lodge No. 81

Saint Stephens, Alabama

The Historical Marker is located in St. Stephens, Alabama, on St. Stephens Avenue (County Road 34) 0.2 miles north of Smith Road, on the right when traveling north. GPS coordinates: 31° 32.392′ N, 88° 3.272′ W. This marker was erected in 1973 by Alabama Historical Association.

Inscriptions

Old St. Stephens Masonic Lodge No. 9 (1821-1834)
CHARTER AND EARLY MEMBERS WERE: Gov. Israel Pickens, Col. Silas Dins more, Thomas Eastin, R. Chamberlain, Thomas Malone, J.F. Ross, Daniel Coleman, John Womack, W.D. Gaines, James Roberts, James K. Blount, Ptolemy Harris, F.S. Lyon, Micah Brewer, and John F. McGrew.

One of the nine Lodges that organized the Grand Lodge of Alabama at Casaba in 1821, but Masonry existed here as early was 1811.

St. Stephens Masonic Lodge No. 81
After the decline of Old St. Stephens, a Masonic Lodge was organized and chartered here in 1854. Minutes kept and meetings held continuously since charter date at this site.

CHARTER AND EARLY MEMBERS WERE: T.P. Ashe, W.A. Bailey, Thos. H. Bailey, F.W. Baker, James K. Blount, R.O. Bowling, W.F. Brunson, John W. Carpenter, E.H. Gordy, Jackson W. Faith, James G. Hawkins, F.C. Koen, T.S. Parker, Daniel Rain, Benton C. Rain, John A. Richardson, James White, and Walter Woodyard.