Black plaque № 20688

Kaufman, TX, United States

First United Methodist Church. Organized in February of 1845 as the Kingsborough Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The Rev. Wm. K. Wilson was first pastor. In 1850 Kingsborough (county seat) was renamed Kaufman. Present site was purchased and first building erected 1857, with The Rev. J. A. Scruggs

as pastor. The second building, a traditional steepled, white frame structure, was built 1876 at cost of $400, with The Rev. O. P. Thomas as pastor. Present brick building was erected 1909 at a cost

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