Details for Salem Predestinarian Baptist Church and Cemetery

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5161009901

Data

Marker Number 9901
Atlas Number 5161009901
Marker Title Salem Predestinarian Baptist Church and Cemetery
Index Entry Salem Predestinarian Baptist Church and Cemetery
Address
City Teague
County Freestone
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 759590
UTM Northing 3496216
Subject Codes cemetery; Baptist denomination; churches
Marker Year 1967
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location from Teague, take FM 80 south about 5 mi. to CR 731, go east about 1 mi. to church and cemetery
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 24" x 18"
Marker Text Among oldest in county. Founded Dec. 3, 1853, by the Lee families, Elders Thomas Dossey and C. T. Echols certifying to constitution of church. Elder Dossey named it. Five-acre site given by W. H. McSwane family. First building of logs was replaced later by frame structure. The present chapel was erected in 1961.

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