| Marker Number |
8901 |
| Atlas Number |
5147008901 |
| Marker Title |
Indian Creek Baptist Church and Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Indian Creek Baptist Church and Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
Leonard |
| County |
Fannin |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
745984 |
| UTM Northing |
3695819 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; Baptist denomination; churches |
| Marker Year |
1982 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from Leonard take SH 78 west 6.4 miles to R.O.W. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
The oldest readable gravestone in this burial ground bears the date 1870, four years before the founding of the Indian Creek Baptist Church. Worship services were first held in a schoolhouse 1/4 mile south of this site. Dock Holcomb donated this property adjacent to the cemetery, and a church building was completed in 1882 using lumber hauled by wagon from Jefferson. For over a century the burial ground was under the direct care of the congregation. An annual cemetery decoration day was begun in 1900. Historic Texas Cemetery medallion attached to post. (HTC designation 2004) |
