Near this spot was located the Pioneer
Pilgrim's Rest
​ Primitive Baptist Church

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Marker No: 10371

18 x 28 Aluminum Subject Marker

Geographic: ​32° 10.389′ N, 95° 45.992′ W

Location: intersection of CR 4203 and CR 4204 about 1 mile west of FM 807 in Baxter, 5 miles southeast of Athens

Marker Text: ​Constituted in Randolph County, Ala., Nov. 23, 1850; opened services here on Baptist Branch, Jan. 1851, during resting of 150 pilgrims in covered wagon caravan led by Samuel Tine Owen, a brother, John Bunyan Owen, and brother-in-law, K. K. Knight. Inspired by beauty of this locality to cancel planned trek to California gold fields, group settled and built a log cabin church here. Thomas Britton was their first pastor.
​     Congregation disbanded shortly after relocating a mile south in 1892. From Pilgrim's Rest sprang several churches of this area. (1972)