Carthage, TX, United States
First Baptist Church of Carthage. Ten years after Carthage became the county seat, a group of pioneers assembled to organize a Baptist church. In April 1858 the Rev. J. H. Whitmore was called as first pastor. By the end of the year, the congregation had agreed to support missions and join the Centra
l Baptist Association; church membership was 21, including a slave named Margaret Moore. The Baptist congregation dwindled during the Civil War and in 1860 remaining members decided to disband. They d
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