Primitive Baptist Church and Family History Research
for Anderson County, Texas
CHURCHES:
PILGRIM (ORGANIZED AT LAMOTTE; FIRST NON-CATHOLIC CHURCH IN TEXAS TERRITORY)
Pilgrim Church was organized July 26, 1833, at Lamotte Church, in Crawford County, Illinois, by the following members, viz., Elder Daniel Parker, Patsy Dixon Parker, John Parker, Pheby Parker, Julius Christy, Rachel Christy, and Sallie Brown. The following formed the presbytery, to wit, Elders Richard M. Newport and Richard M. Highsmith of Glady Fork Church; Elder Thomas Young and Deacon William Griggs of Mt. Zion Church; Elder Joseph Neal and Deacon Jesse Page of Grand Prairie Church; Elder John Wood and Deacon Frank Marshall of Lamotte Church. The next meeting of the church was held at the home of Elder Daniel Parker in Crawford County, Illinois, on August 11, 1833. On October 20, 1833, the church met as a body (enroute to Texas territory) in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, and received seven members by letter. On January 28, 1834, they held their first regular conference meeting in the Austin Colony in Texas. This was the first non-catholic church in Texas territory.
SURNAMES OF MEMBERS:
FORT HOUSTON (1840)
BETHEL (FRANKSTON)(1853)
HOLLY SPRINGS (1860)
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