Black plaque № 17308

Rossville, TX, United States

Sand Branch Baptist Church. Organized under a tree near this site on August 27, 1882, the pioneer Sand Branch Baptist Church began with twelve members from the surrounding rural area. Elder C.B. Hukill served as the congregation's first pastor. Early worship services, conducted once a month, were he

ld under a brush arbor and later in the community schoolhouse, located nearby. By the early 1900s the schoolhouse was no longer adequate for the growing congregation and plans were initiated for the c

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