| Marker Number |
11625 |
| Atlas Number |
5349011625 |
| Marker Title |
Prairie Point Church and Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Prairie Point Church and Cemetery |
| Address |
|
| City |
Kerens |
| County |
Navarro |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
757732 |
| UTM Northing |
3565409 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; churches |
| Marker Year |
|
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
From Kerens, take FM 636 about 5 mi NW to CR NE 3140, go E about 1 mi. to CR NE 3130, go N. to cemetery |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Pioneer area settlers met in 1855 to organize a Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Five years later, the congregation built a sanctuary at this site on land donated by charter member Zachariah Westbrook (1809-1878) and his wife, Mary (Agnew) (1813-1896). The Westbrooks' donation also included the original tract of the adjacent cemetery. The earliest marked grave there is for A. J. Morgan, who died in 1871. Prairie Point Methodist Church disbanded in 1910, but the building continues in use as a community center for the surrounding rural area. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986 |
