| Marker Number |
10965 |
| Atlas Number |
5225010965 |
| Marker Title |
Mt. Vernon Church and Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Mt. Vernon |
| Address |
|
| City |
|
| County |
Houston |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
301678 |
| UTM Northing |
3476845 |
| Subject Codes |
churches |
| Marker Year |
1979 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from Ratcliff take CR 1155 east about 3 miles |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Henry Warren Payne (1833-1898) and W.M. Conner gave this land for a church and a cemetery. In 1871 a church house used as a school was erected. The custom of fencing cemetery plots began in 1872 with the burial in the first marked grave of the son of James E. and Ann Payne Ashby. After a fire, Payne rode door-to-door raising money for a new church house which was built in 1884. The Mt. Vernon Baptist Church officially organized in 1888. Land from Louisiana and Texas Lumber Co. enlarged the Cemetery. In 1960 this building was erected. |
