Mount Zion Baptist Church and Jonestown Cemetery
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member txoilgas
N 33° 17.979 W 097° 39.550
14S E 624834 N 3685309
Marker located on the lawn between the building and the cemetery entrance.
Waymark Code: WMAN2Z
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/01/2011
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker Number: 3501

Marker Text:
In 1833 early settler Andrew Jackson Jones deeded four acres of land to be used for a church and cemetery. The earliest marked grave in the cemetery dates from that year. After the first church building burned in 1893, the members of Mount Zion Baptist Church met in the nearby Jones School until 1909 when they erected a one-room church building. In 1950 the lumber from the 1909 structure was used to construct the present building. The membership has supported mission work since 1902, and annual brush arbor meetings are traditional. (1983)

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