Details for Methodist Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5119006941
Data
| Marker Number | 6941 |
| Atlas Number | 5119006941 |
| Marker Title | Methodist Church |
| Index Entry | Methodist Church |
| Address | 5416 FM 128 |
| City | Ben Franklin |
| County | Delta |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 242804 |
| UTM Northing | 3706979 |
| Subject Codes | churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination |
| Marker Year | 1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | FM 38 and 128 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | Ben Franklin; Founded 1854 by efforts of "local preachers" Dan Clower and John B. Craig (former law partner of John B. Denton, for whom Denton County was named). A circuit rider, Rev. Bennett Elkins, was named Dec. 5, 1854, to serve Sulphur Forks Mission, including this church. Log walls, roof shingles and rafters were cut in sawmill of a settler, Greenville Smith. Present building was erected 800 yards from old site, 1898. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966 |