Details for Dixie Baptist Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5241010440
Data
Marker Number | 10440 |
Atlas Number | 5241010440 |
Marker Title | Dixie Baptist Church |
Index Entry | Dixie Baptist Church |
Address | 629 CR 099 |
City | Jasper |
County | Jasper |
UTM Zone | 15 |
UTM Easting | 392351 |
UTM Northing | 3421985 |
Subject Codes | African American topics; eccesiastical buildings; churches |
Marker Year | 1966 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | take FM 2799 W 9 mi. to Indian Creek Rd. (across from FM 1747 S) then 1 mi. N to church |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 14" x 9" |
Marker Text | Founded about 1850 under beech trees at this site, by a Negro slave, Rev. Richard ("Uncle Dick") Seale (1798-1875), a respected, beloved leader of his people. Church built 1853 by his master, Joshua Seale, veteran of American Revolution, early settler. (1966) |