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ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH

Historical marker, 1978

ST. PAUL BAPTIST CHURCH

ONE OF COLLIN COUNTY'S OLDEST

BLACK CONGREGATIONS, THIS CHURCH

WAS ORGANIZED IN 1872 BY THE

REV. JEFF SHIRLEY OF KENTUCKY.

MEMBERS WORSHIPPED BENEATH A

BRUSH ARBOR BEFORE CONSTRUCTING

THEIR FIRST CHURCH BUILDING N

1885 ON LAND PURCHASED FROM T. E.

SHIRLEY. THREE YEARS LATER, SHIRLEY

SOLD THEM ACREAGE ADJACENT TO

MELISSA CEMETERY FOR A CHURCH

BURIAL GROUND. AFTER THE ORIGINAL

SANCTUARY WAS DESTROYED BY A

TORNADO ON APRIL 13, 1921, A NEW

FRAME BUILDING WAS ERECTED. FOR

OVER 100 YEARS, THIS FELLOWSHIP

HAS HELD AN ANNUAL HOMECOMING

CELEBRATION IN MAY.

Incised on back:

FAITHFUL FAMILIES

SANDERS

CLAYTON

THOMAS

HAWKINS

PERRY

THORNTON

JOHNSON

CROCKETT

FRAZIER

CARTER

JACKSON

Melissa

St. Paul Baptist Cemetery

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