Black Jack Methodist
Church and Cemetery
Historical Marker Text
Settlement of this area began in the 1830s.
Black Jack Methodist Church was organized in 1871 and a sanctuary was
built about four miles west of this site. The congregation moved here in
1886, and land for a new sanctuary and cemetery was given by Mrs.
Sophronia Jane Warren. Trustees of the new church were Henry Lee Taylor,
A. W. McKenzie, and Stephen Johnson. The first burial in the cemetery
occurred in 1887. The church was also used as a community school until
1916. Regular church services were discontinued during the Great
Depression.
Location: Take U.S. Highway 705 S
approximately 6.5 mi. to FM 2296; then N on FM 2296 approximately 3.7
miles to Black Jack Cemetery Road; then NE on Cemetery Rd. approximately
.7 mi.
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