Pleasant Hill Methodist Church and Cemetery

About 1850, near a spring at the foot of this hill, early settlers of this area gathered for Methodist camp meetings. According to local tradition it was at one of these meetings that a lady's remark that "this is a pleasant place," resulted in Gideon edwards, the owner of the land, calling the site Pleasant Hill. The Rev. Carter (McCarter) organized the Pleasant Hill Methodist Episcopal Church in 1854. In that year Gideon and Jane Edwards deeded five acres here to the newly formed Methodist Church for sanctuary and cemetery purposes. a log sanctuary was built in 1854. The first recorded burial was that of Robert L. McGill in 1864. In 1874 Texas Governor Richard Coke spoke to about 1100 people who gathered here to dedicate the placement in the church belfry of a bell made in England. The church built a new sanctuary in 1880 and added board planks to its arbor in 1888. A later church building was razed about 1950, the time the congregation is believed to have disbanded. The bell was subsequently repositioned atop the improved arbor. The beloved bell was sold to a resident of nearby Mt. Vernon in 1974. Pleasant Hill Cemetery, which contains the graves of veterans of the civil War, World Wars I & II, and the Korean Conflict, continues to serve the community. (1993)

Pleasant Hill Methodist Church and Cemetery is a historical marker in Mt. Vernon, Franklin County, dedicated in 1993. It is one of 16 historical markers documented in Franklin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 40 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.0965, -95.2930 near Mt. Vernon. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hastings, Capt. F. Marion (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Purley Cemetery, Liberty Cemetery, and Cypress Church and Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5159009848. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.