Mount Gilead Baptist Church
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N 32° 56.927 W 097° 13.252
14S E 666306 N 3647013
Marker in front of the church whose history it summarizes. On Bancroft Road, Keller, Tarrant County.
Waymark Code: WMWXY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2006
Views: 20
Index Entry: Mount Gilead Baptist Church
Address: SW corner of Bancroft & Ottinger Roads
City: Keller
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: BP; CH;
Year Marker Erected: 1981
Designations: na
Marker Location: SW corner of Bancroft-Ottinger Road, Keller
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 3490
Marker Text:
The earliest religious meetings here began in the late 1840s as part of Lonesome Dove Baptist Church. The Mt. Gilead Congregation was chartered in 1850 under the direction of the Rev. John Allen Freeman (1821-1919) with 8 members, including 2 slaves. It was the first church started after the formation of Tarrant County in 1849. Early services were held in homes and in a log schoolhouse at this site on land owned by Daniel Barcroft (1812-81). Except for a time in the late 1870s and early 1880s when meetings were held elsewhere, the church has worshiped at this site. (1981)
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