Rev. Joseph P. Sneed
Maysfield, Milam County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(Jan. 10, 1804 - Nov. 21, 1881) A Methodist minister. Licensed 1828, Tennessee. After a Texas visit in 1834, volunteered as a missionary to Texas Republic in 1838. Organized many churches. Once was circuit rider for 7-county area. Prospered as a farmer, rancher, preacher.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Joseph P. Sneed, born in 1804, was licensed as a Methodist minister in Tennessee in 1828 and, after a visit in 1834, volunteered as a missionary to the young Republic of Texas in 1838. He organized many churches and once rode a circuit covering seven counties, while prospering as a farmer and rancher. He died in 1881, having helped plant Methodism across frontier Texas.
Why it matters
Sneed represents the circuit-riding preachers who carried organized religion into the sparsely settled Republic of Texas, knitting scattered communities together.
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