| Marker Number |
11048 |
| Atlas Number |
5401011048 |
| Marker Title |
Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church |
| Index Entry |
Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church |
| Address |
|
| City |
|
| County |
Rusk |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
321914 |
| UTM Northing |
3565356 |
| Subject Codes |
Baptist denomination; churches |
| Marker Year |
1980 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
SH 323 6 mi. W of Henderson |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Captain Robert W. Smith (1814-51), a veteran of the Texas Revolution, donated land at this site in 1845 for use by a Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The first building here, a log chapel, was also used for school classes. In 1856 the property was traded to a congregation of Baptists from the nearby community of London (4 mi. NW). Organized that year as Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church, the fellowship has continued to worship here. The church and adjacent cemetery were legally separated in 1953 by court decree. |
