Historical Marker reads: In Jan. 1839, the Rev. Isaac Strickland organized a Methodist Church whose members soon built a log meetinghouse on this site donated by founders of the town of Montgomery. The churchyard came into use of burials during the 1840's. When Pastor G.W. Rabb was dying in 1851, he requested burial beneath the altar of the frame chruch then being built to replace the log cabin. His grave and a monument commemorating pioneer circuit riders now mark the orginal Methodist church site. The church and the nearby parsonage, which is said to have been the first Methodist parsonage built in Texas, were relocated in 1908. A tabernacle later erected beside this cemetery has also been demolished. A stone in this cemetery commemorates a soldier of the American Revolution who helped settle this county and died here. Churchyard burials included veterans of the war of 1812, the Texas War for Indedpendence, Mexican War and Civil war, as well as many other pioneers, state and county officials, merchants, ministers and physicians. In some of the unmarked graves are travelers who died here among strangers. Although a new cemetery opening in 1868, this one was also used until no space remained..

This Cemetery is located in Montgomery County, Texas. This cemetery was transcribed by Letty Harrington on June 7, 2000. This transcription is not connected to the Methodist Church or the County of Montgomery. This information is a personal project only. The information herein is given freely for personal use and can not be linked to any commerical sites. *NOTE: This was transcribed using a digital camera. Single requests of headstone images (e-mail, no hard copy) will be fulfilled to the best of our ability.