Historical MarkerReeves Chapel
Pittsburg · Camp County · Dedicated 1979 · THC Atlas #5063009806
The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
Marker Inscription
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.
About this site
Reeves Chapel is a historical marker in Pittsburg, Camp County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 26 historical markers documented in Camp County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 45 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.9618, -95.0212 near Pittsburg. The nearest cataloged historic site is Reeves Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include New Mine Cemetery, New Mine Baptist Church, and Hickory Hill Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5063009806. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
