Marker Inscription
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Historical Marker
Reed, Rev. Isaac
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About this site
Reed, Rev. Isaac is a historical marker in Clayton, Panola County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 46 historical markers documented in Panola County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 87 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.0989, -94.4817 near Clayton. The nearest cataloged historic site is Church Bethel (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Williamson, Cedar Grove Baptist Church, and Allison Chapel United Methodist Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5365010843. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Isaac Reed was a Baptist minister who came to Texas from Tennessee in 1834 and in 1835 bought a league of land in southwestern Panola County, near present Bethel, southwest of Carthage. Often called one of the first Baptist ministers in Texas, he organized Bethel Church with fellow minister Lemuel Herrin in 1843. Reed was killed in 1848 and is buried at Old Bethel Cemetery; the State of Texas placed a memorial marker to him in 1936.
Sources: tshaonline.orgwaymarking.com
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