| Marker Number |
1374 |
| Atlas Number |
5293001374 |
| Marker Title |
Ebenezer Baptist Church and Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Ebenezer Baptist Church and Cemetery |
| Address |
1 mi. S of Ebenezer Cemetery Rd. off SH 7 |
| City |
Kosse |
| County |
Limestone |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
737973 |
| UTM Northing |
3462071 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; Baptist denomination; churches |
| Marker Year |
1986 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
1 mile S on Ebenezer Cemetery Rd. off of SH 7, 7 mile E of Kosse |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
The Ebenezer Baptist Church was organized in 1865 to serve the Head's Prairie and Headsville communities. Delegates to the Trinity Baptist Association meeting that year were J. R. Bullard, William Samuel Clark, and Thomas Seale Head, with the Rev. J. W. Kinnard as pastor. Membership grew from 41 in 1865 to 210 in 1897, but by 1958 membership had declined so that the congregation disbanded. The adjacent cemetery has served residents in this part of Limestone County since at least 1876, when both B. F. Brooks and Charley Owen were buried there. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986 |
