Rock Hill Baptist Church
Quitman, Wood County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Organized in 1870 in school on Coke Road. First church was built in 1892. Charter members: Joe Bird, John Corley, W. W. Grice, and R. H. Galloway. First pastor: the Rev. Jeff Warlick. L. F. Banks, earliest ordained minister (in 1888). Since turn of century average membership has been 170. (1970)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Rock Hill Baptist Church was organized in 1870 in a schoolhouse on Coke Road, in the Reconstruction-era settlement of Wood County, before building its first sanctuary in 1892. Its charter members and early pastors are remembered by name, and its congregation held a steady membership of around 170 into the twentieth century. The marker preserves the quiet endurance of a rural East Texas congregation.
Why it matters
Small country churches like this one were the social and spiritual anchors of rural communities as they rebuilt and grew after the Civil War.
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Related people
- · Rev. Jeff Warlick
- · L. F. Banks
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