Site of Organization of the First Baptist Church of Mart
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Geographic: 31.511345, -96.819160
Location: In Mart City Cemetery, off Johnson Street in Mart
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Marker Text: In Jan. 1878 local Baptists met at H. J. Breland's home to hear to Rev. C.C. Hardwick preach. Three months later, on April 28, 1878, eighteen baptists gathered under a large Elm Tree at this site to organize the First Church in the Community of Willow Springs, later renamed Mart. The Rev. T.D. Suttle was the first pastor. Near the tree, the congregation built a frame church and established a burial ground, which became Mart City Cemetery. The church moved from this site n 1893. (1977)
Marker No: 1653
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
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