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McMahan's Chapel

Geneva, Sabine County

Marker Text

The oldest Methodist church having a continuous existence in Texas. Organized as a "religious society," 1833, at the home of Colonel Samuel McMahan by the Rev. James P. Stevenson (1808-1885). As a Methodist Church, July 1834, by the Rev. Henry Stephenson. First building was completed in 1839 by the Rev. Littleton Fowler and given the name of McMahan's Chapel. Displaced by a new building in 1872 and again in 1900. Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Marker Details

Address Spur 35
Location Description McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, 2.6 mi. W of Geneva on SH 21, 1.3 mi. S on Spur 35 (McMahan's Chapel Road)
Marker # 11042
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Texas Centennial monument (pink granite and bronze)
Code churches
Latitude, Longitude 31.455224, -93.965061

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