The Rev. William Stevenson
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member txoilgas
N 33° 36.676 W 095° 03.006
15S E 309803 N 3720939
Located at the location of the old Red River County courthouse which is now a commemorative park.
Waymark Code: WM7TN9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/02/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 10894

Marker Text:
(October 4, 1768 - March 5, 1857) Frontier minister; friend of Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas. A circuit rider in Missouri Conference, Methodist Church, Mr. Stevenson in 1815 made a pastoral trip to Pecan Point, home of Claiborne Wright, member of newly-arrived Anglo-American colony on Texas side of the Red River. Records indicate that his preaching to Wright and friends in 1815 constituted the first Protestant sermons ever given in Texas, then part of Catholic "New Spain." He thus established a beachhead for religious freedom in Texas at this point of entry.

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