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Salem Predestinarian Baptist Church and Cemetery

Among oldest in county. Founded Dec. 3, 1853, by the Lee families, Elders Thomas Dossey and C.T. Echols certifying to constitution of church. Elder Dossey named it. Five-acre site given by W.H. McSwane family. First building of logs was replaced later by frame structure. The present chapel was erected in 1961.

  • State Historical Survey Committee
  • 1967
  • # 9901
  • CR-731, 1 mile E. of FM-80, 5 miles S. of Teague,
  • Photo(s): Texas historical Commission
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