Marker Inscription
Born in Virginia in 1802, Nathan Johnson spent his boyhood years near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In 1824 he was licensed to preach and served as a Methodist missionary to the Cherokee Indians and others in the Tennessee Conference. Johnson brought his wife, Sarah, and five children to Texas in 1851. For the next seven years he rode the circuit in the East Texas Methodist Conference, serving towns such as Marshall, Jefferson, Clarksville, and San Augustine. During the last years of his life, Johnson served as pastor of the Daingerfield Methodist Church. He died of pneumonia in 1860.
About this site
Johnson, Rev. Nathan S. is a historical marker in Daingerfield, Morris County, dedicated in 1985. It is one of 21 historical markers documented in Morris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 25 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.0356, -94.7228 near Daingerfield. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hussey & Logan's Mill and Gin Factory (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Thompson, James, Chapel Hill College, and Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5343007849. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
