| Marker Number |
8285 |
| Atlas Number |
5349008285 |
| Marker Title |
Chatfield United Methodist Church |
| Index Entry |
Chatfield United Methodist Church |
| Address |
4937 FM 1603 |
| City |
Chatfield |
| County |
Navarro |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
744187 |
| UTM Northing |
3570174 |
| Subject Codes |
churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination |
| Marker Year |
1976 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
FM 1603, about 12 miles north of Corsicana in Chatfield
|
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
In 1846, the Rev. J. E. Ferguson, whose son was to be a governor of Texas, preached to Methodists in this area. Robert Hodge, who founded Chatfield, built a brush arbor and let camp meetings be held at his spring. In 1858 he donated a site for a lodge hall, where all faiths worshipped for years. In 1886, Mr. and Mrs. Nail McMullan gave the Methodists a site for a church of their own. Peak membership came in 1896 under the Rev. George Clark. The original building was destroyed by a storm in 1937; the present one was completed in 1938. (1976) |
