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

Harmony Church

 
 
Harmony Church Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, May 5, 2025
1. Harmony Church Marker
Inscription. Stewards Mill people - Bonners, McCrerys, Watsons, Robinsons, Stewards, others - after 20 years of worship in homes, in 1876 built for all faiths Harmony Church. Texas Presbytery, A.R.P., was founded here Dec. 9, 1876.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965

 
Erected 1965 by State Historical Survey Committee.
 
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° 12.214′ 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 833. The marker is located on the front wall of 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,
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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 (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 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, May 5, 2025
2. Harmony Church Marker
The marker is located on the front wall of the church and behind the newer marker
The view of the Harmony Church and both markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, May 5, 2025
3. The view of the Harmony Church and both markers
The inside view of the Harmony Church image. Click for full size.
Photographed by James Hulse, May 5, 2025
4. The 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 124 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 7, 2025, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
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