Location: Whatley, Alabama

Indian Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery is a historic African American Cemetery that was officially listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register on February 4, 2020 by the Alabama Historical Commission.

Indian Ridge Baptist church Cemetery is located on Indian Ridge Road, Whatley, Clarke County, Alabama. The nearest large city is Grove Hill, Alabama, from Hwy 43 in Grove Hill take US hwy 84 east for about 8 miles, turn north on Clarke Co. Rd 35 for 2 miles and the church and cemetery are on the left. The cemetery is divided into 4 sections (south, east, central and north) with the south section having the most unmarked graves. The most recent graves are in the north section. There are veterans representing all branches of the US military service and service from WWI to Vietnam. In 1882 the Trustees of the Indian Ridge Church Colored purchased two acres of land for the church and cemetery.

According to the church cornerstone and descendants, slave holders permitted the slaves to worship at nearby Amity Baptist Church which was a white only church but only at designated time each month. After freedom was granted the Blacks continued to use Amity as their church until 1881. Through a white citizen of the area the Blacks were deeded land for their own church they called Indian Ridge due to the Indians that lived along the ridge line the church sits on and more land was added later. In the early years the members used the Rodgers Cemetery about one mile to the south on the Hill Old Mill Road until the new cemetery was established. For many years this church was considered as having the largest membership of any Black church in Clarke County. The present building was constructed in 1954. Abstracted from the Application for registry in the Alabama Commission of Higher Education Alabama History Cemetery registry.