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Collin County, Texas, History
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ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH Historical marker, 1978 ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH ONE OF COLLIN COUNTY'S OLDEST BLACK CONGREGATIONS, THIS CHURCH WAS ORGANIZED IN 1872 BY THE REV. JEFF SHIRLEY OF KENTUCKY. MEMBERS WORSHIPPED BENEATH A BRUSH ARBOR BEFORE CONSTRUCTING THEIR FIRST CHURCH BUILDING N 1885 ON LAND PURCHASED FROM T. E. SHIRLEY. THREE YEARS LATER, SHIRLEY SOLD THEM ACREAGE ADJACENT TO MELISSA CEMETERY FOR A CHURCH BURIAL GROUND. AFTER THE ORIGINAL SANCTUARY WAS DESTROYED BY A TORNADO ON APRIL 13, 1921, A NEW FRAME BUILDING WAS ERECTED. FOR OVER 100 YEARS, THIS FELLOWSHIP HAS HELD AN ANNUAL HOMECOMING CELEBRATION IN MAY. Incised on back: FAITHFUL FAMILIES SANDERS CLAYTON THOMAS HAWKINS PERRY THORNTON JOHNSON CROCKETT FRAZIER CARTER JACKSON |
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