Near Henderson in Rusk County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church

Photographed by James Hulse, March 16, 2025

1. Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. Captain Robert W. Smith (1814-51), a veteran of the Texas Revolution, donated land at this site in 1845 for use by a Cumberland Presbyterian Church. The first building here, a log chapel, was also used for school classes. In 1856 the property was traded to a congregation of Baptists from the nearby community of London (4 mi. NW). Organized that year as Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church,the fellowship has continued to worship here. The church and adjacent cemetery were legally separated in 1953 by court decree.

Erected 1980 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 11048.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1845.

Location. 32° 12.637′ N, 94° 53.381′ W. Marker is near Henderson, Texas, in Rusk County. It is on Van Buren Street (U.S. 323) west of Marshall Cox Rd, on the right when traveling west. The marker is located at the entrance to the church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6876 State Hwy 323, Henderson TX 75652, 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pleasant Hill Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Captain Robert W. Smith

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(about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Commemorating The Daisy Bradford #3 (approx. 2.3 miles away); Gaston Public School Complex (approx. 2.3 miles away); The First Well in the East Texas Oil Field (approx. 2.9 miles away); The Joiner No. 3 Daisy Bradford (approx. 2.9 miles away); London Baptist Church (approx. 3.6 miles away); New London School Explosion (approx. 3.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Henderson.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 16, 2025

2. Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church Marker

Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, March 16, 2025

3. Pleasant Hill Missionary Baptist Church and Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 25, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 24, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 228 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 25, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.