Details for Reeves Chapel
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5063009806
Data
| Marker Number | 9806 |
| Atlas Number | 5063009806 |
| Marker Title | Reeves Chapel |
| Index Entry | Reeves Chapel |
| Address | |
| City | Pittsburg |
| County | Camp |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 311095 |
| UTM Northing | 3648853 |
| Subject Codes | cemetery; churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination |
| Marker Year | 1979 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 2 mi. SW of Pittsburg on FM 556, then 2 mi. W on FM 1519, then .5 mi. S on CR 3326 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | When a migrant worker died in 1879, there was no cemetery in this community. Counce Reeves, a Civil War veteran who had come from Hamilton County, Georgia, and his wife Selina gave two acres at this site for a church and burial ground. The Rev. D. Dane of Jefferson led in organizing the Reeves Chapel Methodist Church. The congregation erected a brush arbor and in the fall of 1879 constructed a frame meetinghouse. Later Reeves deeded an additional two acres. After the fellowship grew, members initiated efforts to erect a larger building in 1907. |