| Marker Number |
8430 |
| Atlas Number |
5471008430 |
| Marker Title |
Black Jack Methodist Church and Cemetery |
| Index Entry |
Black Jack Methodist Church |
| Address |
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| City |
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| County |
Walker |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
264298 |
| UTM Northing |
3392973 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination |
| Marker Year |
1988 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Take U.S. Highway 705 S approximately 6.5 mi. to FM 2296; then N on FM 2296 approximately 3.7 miles to Black Jack Cemetery Road; then NE on Cemetery Rd. approximately .7 mi.
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| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Settlement of this area began in the 1830s. Black Jack Methodist Church was organized in 1871 and a sanctuary was built about four miles west of this site. The congregation moved here in 1886, and land for a new sanctuary and cemetery was given by Mrs. Sophronia Jane Warren. Trustees of the new church were Henry Lee Taylor, A. W. McKenzie, and Stephen Johnson. The first burial in the cemetery occurred in 1887. The church was also used as a community school until 1916. Regular church services were discontinued during the Great Depression. |
