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Reeves Chapel

Pittsburg, Camp County

Marker Text

When a migrant worker died in 1879, there was no cemetery in this community. Counce Reeves, a Civil War veteran who had come from Hamilton County, Georgia, and his wife Selina gave two acres at this site for a church and burial ground. The Rev. D. Dane of Jefferson led in organizing the Reeves Chapel Methodist Church. The congregation erected a brush arbor and in the fall of 1879 constructed a frame meetinghouse. Later Reeves deeded an additional two acres. After the fellowship grew, members initiated efforts to erect a larger building in 1907.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description 2 mi. SW of Pittsburg on FM 556, then 2 mi. W on FM 1519, then .5 mi. S on CR 3326
Marker # 9806
Dedicated 1979
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code cemetery; churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination
Latitude, Longitude 32.961689, -95.021149

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