Danville in Gregg County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Gum Spring Presbyterian Church

(New Danville)

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 31, 2019

1. Gum Spring Presbyterian Church Marker

Inscription. Named for nearby spring with gum log curb; organized Oct. 7, 1850, by the Rev. J. M. Becton. The 1850 roll: Mr. and Mrs. Meshack Barber, S. S. Barnett, Mrs. T. C. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Sloan, Nancy Sloan, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Templeton.

Log church of 1849 burned on Dec. 31, 1857; present structure, built in 1858, housed Danville Masonic Lodge No. 101 and (1858-73) Danville Masonic Female Academy, the parent institution of Lon Morris College. Moving in 1874, congregation became the First Presbyterian Church of Kilgore.

[Supplemental plaques]
Before it burned on April 2, 1978 the Gum Spring Presbyterian (New Danville) Church building stood on this site for 120 years. It welcomed congregations of various faiths when they lacked facilities of their own and also opened its doors to community reunions and other worthy uses. (1978)

American Presbyterian and Reformed Historical Site No. 184
Registered by the Presbyterian Historical Society
Philadelphia, PA.

Erected 1970 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 9963.)

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these topic lists: Education • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is December 31, 1857.

Location. 32° 24.113′ N, 94° 49.73′ W. Marker is in Danville, Texas, in Gregg County. It is on County Route 2452 north of Old Highway 26, on the left when traveling north. Located within the Danville Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Kilgore TX 75662, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Danville Community (approx. 0.4 miles away); "Oil City of the World" Kilgore (approx. 2.3 miles away); Kilgore High School (approx. 2.6 miles away); The New Deal Era in Kilgore

Gum Spring Presbyterian Church sub-markers. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 31, 2019

2. Gum Spring Presbyterian Church sub-markers.

(approx. 2.7 miles away); Allis-Chalmers Pumps (approx. 2.8 miles away); First Baptist Church of Kilgore (approx. 2.8 miles away); Site of Alexander Institute (approx. 2.8 miles away); First Presbyterian Church (approx. 2.8 miles away).

Related marker. Click here for another marker that is related to this marker. Marker for the First Presbyterian Church mentioned in the text.

Gum Spring Presbyterian Church Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 31, 2019

3. Gum Spring Presbyterian Church Markers

Gum Spring Presbyterian Church Marker at Danville Cemetery. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 31, 2019

4. Gum Spring Presbyterian Church Marker at Danville Cemetery.

Danville Cemetery entrance with marker just to right of pavilion. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, August 31, 2019

5. Danville Cemetery entrance with marker just to right of pavilion.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2019. It was originally submitted on September 4, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 475 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 4, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.