Details for Methodist Church, 1844
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5257008535
Data
| Marker Number | 8535 |
| Atlas Number | 5257008535 |
| Marker Title | Methodist Church, 1844 |
| Index Entry | Methodist Church, 1844 |
| Address | |
| City | College Mound |
| County | Kaufman |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 763834 |
| UTM Northing | 3618796 |
| Subject Codes | Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; churches |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | on FM 429, just S of its intersection with IH-20, about 6 miles SW of Terrell in the College Mound Community |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text | In 1844 A. J. Beck, Henry Beck, Wilson Fogleman, A. H. Henry, W. T. Patton, Ed. King settled in this vicinity. A Methodist church was organized in 1845 with Rev. J. W. Fields as pastor; A. H. Henry, Ed. King, stewards; A. H. Henry, Sunday School Superintendent. In 1865 a frame building replaced the log church. In 1897 the present building was constructed; the land for the church was donated by W.T. Patton |