Details for Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5213010371
Data
| Marker Number | 10371 |
| Atlas Number | 5213010371 |
| Marker Title | Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church |
| Index Entry | Pilgrim's Rest Primitive Baptist Church |
| Address | |
| City | Athens |
| County | Henderson |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 239104 |
| UTM Northing | 3562951 |
| Subject Codes | Baptist denomination; churches |
| Marker Year | 1972 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | intersection of CR 4203 and CR 4204 about 1 mi. west of FM 807 in Baxter, 5 mi. SE of Athens |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Constituted in Randolph County, Ala., Nov. 23, 1850; opened services here on Baptist Branch, Jan. 1851, during resting of 150 pilgrims in covered wagon caravan led by Samuel Tine Owen, a brother, John Bunyan Owen, and brother-in-law, K. K. Knight. Inspired by beauty of this locality to cancel planned trek to California gold fields, group settled and built a log cabin church here. Thomas Britton was their first pastor. Congregation disbanded shortly after relocating a mile south in 1892. From Pilgrim's Rest sprang several churches of this area. |