Stewards Mill in Freestone County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Harmony Church

Photographed by James Hulse, May 5, 2025

1. Harmony Church Marker

Inscription. This historic sanctuary is one of the oldest church buildings in Freestone County. People of the Stewards Mill community held church services in private homes or in the schoolhouse prior to its construction. On Oct. 7, 1876, the Awalts, Bonners, Robinsons, Stewards, Watsons and others met to form an organization to erect a church building to be used by different denominations on different days. On Dec. 9, 1876, Rev. Thomas Joel Bonner preached the first sermon in the newly built church, and afterwards the Texas Presbytery of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church organized here. The front-gabled rectangular plan church features board and batten siding and paired entry doors with transom lights. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965

Erected 1965 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 9882.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical date for this entry is December 9, 1876.

Location. 31° 49.299′ N, 96° 12.216′ W. Marker is in Stewards Mill, Texas, in Freestone County. It is on Farm to Market Road 2547 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road

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833, on the right when traveling north. The marker is located at the entrance to the church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 611 FM2547, Fairfield TX 75840, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Prairies & Lakes Region.

It is also in the American South.

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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Harmony Church (here, next to this marker); Stewards Mill Store (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Homesite and Burial Place of General Joseph Burton Johnson (approx. 3.2 miles away); Grange Hall Community (approx. 3.3 miles away); Bonner Cemetery (approx. 3.3 miles away); Lake Chapel Cemetery (approx. 4.1 miles away); Ward Prairie Baptist Church (approx. 5.4 miles away); Caney Baptist Church

The entrance to the Harmony Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, May 5, 2025

2. The entrance to the Harmony Church and Marker

(approx. 5.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Stewards Mill.

More about this marker. There are two slightly different markers about the church at the entrance to the church

Harmony Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, May 5, 2025

3. Harmony Church

Inside view of the Harmony Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by James Hulse, May 5, 2025

4. Inside view of the Harmony Church

Credits. This page was last revised on May 7, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 6, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 131 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 7, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.