Details for Soules Chapel Methodist Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5459011344
Data
| Marker Number | 11344 |
| Atlas Number | 5459011344 |
| Marker Title | Soules Chapel Methodist Church |
| Index Entry | Soules Chapel Methodist Church |
| Address | |
| City | Gilmer |
| County | Upshur |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 305973 |
| UTM Northing | 3634320 |
| Subject Codes | Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; churches |
| Marker Year | 1977 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 10 mi. NW of Gilmer on FM 556 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | The Rev. Joshua Soule (1781-1867), original bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, visited East Texas in 1846. Worshiping in a log cabin across the road from this site as early as the 1850s, settlers gave his name to their church. The cemetery here was in use by 1856. L. E. Harkey and M. T. L. Williams on Dec. 21, 1871, deeded to Soules Chapel trustees James Bryce, Oran Hinson, Peter Hogan and Nathan H. Morris about six acres of land at this site. The present sanctuary was built after a destructive fire in 1977. |