Old North Church by clbsmiley

Photography • Historical • posted on Nov 01, 2012

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The Old North Church, originally called Union Church because various religious denominations made up the congregation, was organized on May 6, 1838 and is the oldest active missionary Baptist church in Texas. The founder of Old North Church, Mrs. Massey Sparks Millard, who came to Texas in 1832 and settled near the site of a spring where the church is now located, arranged for the Reverend Isaac Reed to preach the first Baptist sermon to a group of settlers beneath the shade of this ancient post-oak tree. Meeting in the first structure on the site, a one-room log house called the Liberty School House, (so named after the Texan victory at the Battle of San Jacinto), the Reverend Isaac Reed, the Elder R. G. Green, and a group of worshipers organized what is now the Old North Church. The original building, a log structure, was built in 1838 and used until 1852 when the present church was erected on the original foundation stones. In 1933 the church was reoriented to face the historic oak tree. The Old North Church Cemetery, which is part of the original ten acres deeded by Dr. John M. Sparks to the Union Church in 1892, is a chronicle of the early days of Nacogdoches County. Veterans of the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Texas Revolution, and some forty-seven Confederate Civil War soldiers are buried here. "According to legend, the first burial in this cemetery was that of a young girl whose family, traveling through the area in a wagon train when she died, buried her here before continuing their westward journey." Info copied from this site. My Photos. www.pictures-of-historic-nacogdoches.com/170onc.html

Comments (16)

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clbsmiley

2:19PM | Thu, 01 November 2012

The tree was taken down after Hurricane Ike.

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durleybeachbum

2:23PM | Thu, 01 November 2012

So very interesting, Cheryl!

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mikeerson

2:25PM | Thu, 01 November 2012

It's funny, I love old grave stones, but at the same time I thinks it is just a waste of space... it falls in the same catagory as chopping down trees for christmas every year - just a waste. cool picture bye the way... the war of 1812 must be going through some 200 year anniversary right now, you're the second person that has mentioned it in the last few days.

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bazza

2:38PM | Thu, 01 November 2012

Great shot pity about the tree I love old cemeteries love looking at the old headstones and seeing ages and dates people lived and died.. Great capture and info Cheryl.

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