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Home About History Legacies More More Welcome to the Ebenezer Historical Society Moving Ebenezer Forward Into the Past Jefferson City circa 1945 photo courtesy of Brenda Dillard Bolin photo courtesy of Rob Gateley photo courtesy of Rob Gateley Jefferson City circa 1945 photo courtesy of Brenda Dillard Bolin Ebenezer Missouri The Oldest Village in Greene County Located8 miles north of Springfield in southwest Missouri Ebenezer was settled by the pioneering movement of the early 180039s. Most notably by the widow Elizabeth Robberson of Tennessee and her 14 children. Although there were already settlers in the area upon their arrival the Robberson39s became the largest landowners hencethe namesakes of the townshipnamed Ebenezer for the scripture and were instrumental in the organization and establishment of the first Ebenezer Class. It is quitepossiblethey introducedMethodism to the village by way of the circuit rider James H.