Double Branch Baptist Church and Cemetery
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N 28° 14.422 W 082° 19.508
17R E 369993 N 3124540
Historical Marker in Pasco County
Waymark Code: WM2ZFJ
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2008
Views: 65
By 1884 Mary Jane Godwin had applied for a Homestead Patent for 160 acres of land along present day S.R. 54. She received a two-acre parcel of this land on January 27, 1890, one acre for the cemetery and one acre for the church-Double Branch Missionary Baptist Church, now First Baptist of Wesley Chapel. The oldest marked grave is of James Strickland who died on January 30, 1908. Other early graves are of the pioneering families Godwin, Smith, Tucker and Wells. The cemetery is owned and maintained by the church. Church members and their immediate family may be buried here upon request.
Marker Number: none
Date: 2003
County: Pasco
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: The Pasco Board of County Commissioners and The Pasco County Historical Preservation Committee
Website: Not listed
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