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Reeves Chapel

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Pittsburg, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 57' 42.0786", -95° 1' 16.1369599998"
 
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    When a migrant worker died in 1879, there was no cemetery in this community. Counce Reeves, a Civil War veteran who had come from Hamilton County, Georgia, and his wife Selina gave two acres at this site for a church and burial ground. The Rev. D. Dane of Jefferson led in organizing the Reeves Chapel Methodist Church. The congregation erected a brush arbor and in the fall of 1879 constructed a frame meetinghouse. Later Reeves deeded an additional two acres. After the fellowship grew, members initiated efforts to erect a larger building in 1907.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Reeves Chapel Historical Marker Location Map, Pittsburg, Texas

 
   
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