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Mount Pleasant C.M.E. Church

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Crockett, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 10' 52.84958999988", -95° 17' 35.41993000008"
 
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    Though Methodist worship had long been organized among area African Americans, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of America was founded locally as Mount Pleasant C. M. E. Church in 1885. T. H. Nelms deeded two acres of his former plantation land to church trustees S. Quantrell, J. Oneil, Sr., and A. Berry. The Rev. Peter Steward was first pastor. The Fodice school met in the church building until about 1900. A second building, erected in 1901, served until it was destroyed by a spring tornado in 1941. The Mount Pleasant congregation continues a proud heritage of worship. (1998) Incise on base: In Memory: Louise Jefferson Davis Davis (1927-1995)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Mount Pleasant C.M.E. Church Historical Marker Location Map, Crockett, Texas