Salem Predestinarian Baptist Church
and Cemetery
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Marker No: 9901
Aluminum 20 x 20 Subject marker
Geographic: 31.571712, -96.264832
Location: From Teague, take FM 80 south about 5 mi. to CR 731, go east about 1 mi. to church and cemetery
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Marker Text: Among oldest in county. Founded Dec. 3, 1853, by the Lee families, Elders Thomas Dossey and C. T. Echols certifying to constitution of church. Elder Dossey named it. Five-acre site given by W. H. McSwane family. First building of logs was replaced later by frame structure. The present chapel was erected in 1961. (1967)
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