Black plaque № 23355

Crockett, TX, United States

Mount Pleasant C.M.E. Church. Though Methodist worship had long been organized among area African Americans, the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church of America was founded locally as Mount Pleasant C. M. E. Church in 1885. T. H. Nelms deeded two acres of his former plantation land to church trustees

S. Quantrell, J. Oneil, Sr., and A. Berry. The Rev. Peter Steward was first pastor. The Fodice school met in the church building until about 1900. A second building, erected in 1901, served until it w

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