Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Clarksville, Red River County, Texas
Marker Inscription
In this vicinity the Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized in June 1833 by Rev. Milton Estill
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The Shiloh Cumberland Presbyterian Church was organized near this spot in June 1833 by the Reverend Milton Estill, when this corner of northeast Texas was still frontier under Mexican rule. Congregations like this one were among the first institutions Anglo-American settlers established, anchoring scattered families into communities years before Texas independence.
Why it matters
Frontier churches were the earliest civic building blocks of Anglo settlement in Texas, planting community where there had been only wilderness.
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