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Little Flock Cemetery and Primitive Baptist Church

Temple, Bell County

Marker Text

On land donated by J.W. and Mary Moore, owners of a pioneer gristmill and cotton gin. First burial (about 1860) was a stranger who died on a wagon trip from West Texas to Arkansas. Other old graves: fever victims and faithful Moore family servants. Little Flock (named for text in Luke 12:32) was a meeting place for seven congregations camping here annually on first Sunday in May to worship with ritual foot washing. Sunshine Church, founded before 1848, moved here in 1879. (1969)

Marker Details

Address
Location Description From Temple, take FM 53 east about 1 mile to Cemetery Road and follow about .75 mile SE.
Marker # 3097
Dedicated 1969
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery; Baptist denomination; churches
Latitude, Longitude 31.07559, -97.287982

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