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LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH

Historical marker, 1979

LIBERTY BAPTIST CHURCH

SETTLERS MET FOR WORSHIP IN

HENRY COOK'S REMOTE LOG CABIN

KNOWN AS "LONESOME HOUSE". LIBERTY

BAPTIST CHURCH WAS FORMED ON

FEB. 16, 1850. ELDER ELI WITT SERVED

UNTIL 1856 AS THE FIRST PASTOR. IN

A FEW YEARS THE CONGREGATION

BUILT A LOG MEETINGHOUSE ON THIS

LAND WHICH BELONGED TO J. F.

PURCELL. IN 1885 A NEW WHITE

FRAME STRUCTURE WAS ERECTED.

THE FOLLOWING YEAR PURCELL

DEEDED THIS ONE-ACRE TRACT TO THE

FELLOWSHIP. THIS BRICK STRUCTURE

WAS ERECTED IN 1976. LIBERTY

BAPTIST CHURCH IS THE OLDEST

BAPTIST CONGREGATION IN CONTINUOUS

SERVICE IN COLLIN COUNTY.

Churches Index

Recommended citation:

"Liberty Baptist Church, Collin County Churches," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc.

Last modified: June 30, 2009