Mt. Pisgah Church and Cemetery
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N 31° 32.925 W 095° 48.697
15R E 233086 N 3493848
This post-mounted subject marker stands on the west side of FM 542 about three miles south of Oakwood, Texas. As of this posting, it's leaning to the left.
Waymark Code: WM172C7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/25/2022
Views: 1
Marker erected by the Texas Historical Commission.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry Mt. Pisgah Church and Cemetery
Address
City Oakwood
County Leon
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 233062
UTM Northing 3493877
Subject Codes cemetery; Baptist denomination; churches
Marker Year 1986
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Private Property No
Marker Location from Oakwood, take FM 542 S about 3 mi. to marker on W side at CR 2421
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 9632
Marker Text:
(two miles east)
Although records do not indicate when the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery was started, the earliest marked grave is that of John W. Orenbaum (1852-1854). According to local tradition, the graveyard may also contain earlier unmarked burials. Interred in the cemetery are many area pioneers, veterans of the Texas Revolution, the Civil War, World War I, and World War II, and victims of an early influenza epidemic. Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church was organized in 1855. A building of hewn logs, called the Board Shanty, was erected next to the cemetery. It was moved in 1892.
Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 - 1986
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