| Marker Number |
11106 |
| Atlas Number |
5351011106 |
| Marker Title |
Original Site, Burkeville Methodist Church |
| Index Entry |
Burkeville Methodist Church |
| Address |
|
| City |
Burkeville |
| County |
Newton |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
436195 |
| UTM Northing |
3429478 |
| Subject Codes |
churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination |
| Marker Year |
1977 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Burkeville Cemetery, 2 blocks S of Juc. SH 87 & SH 63, on SH 87 in cemetery |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
In 1850 John R. and Mary W. Burke sold for one dollar to the local Methodist Episcopal Church, South, a tract of land at this site for a church building and cemetery. The oldest known grave here is that of Burke (d.1855), a Roman Catholic who founded Burkeville. In that era, circuit riders served the congregation, which included both black and white worshipers. A simple frame church with bell tower and steeple erected here doubled as a schoolhouse in the 1870s and served all faiths as a funeral chapel. The structure was removed from this site in 1948. |
