Floyds' Hill Church - Cemetery

On Oct. 9, 1854, Killis S. Floyd donated a four-acre tract to three trustees of the Missionary Baptist Church, afterwards known as Floyds' Hill Church. The Rev. John Massey and the Rev. C. G. Stephens organized the congregation on Dec. 10, 1854, with 15 charter members. Worship services were held at the Frifogle house, former home of a pioneer family, until a log church was completed in 1855. About 1858 the log building was replaced by a one-room frame structure, erected with the help of slave labor. Blacks worshiped here until Floyd gave land for a separate black church. The adjacent Floyds' Hill Cemetery, which contains about 200 known graves, served the pioneer families who migrated to this locality from Alabama and Georgia in the 1850s. The oldest stone marks the grave of Mary Bryan (1850-1858). The farming community of Floyds' Hill declined after World War I, and regular church services ended in 1926. When a storm damaged the church building in 1932, volunteers erected a new frame structure on the original foundation. Floyds' Hill Church - Cemetery Association, established in 1948, sponsors an annual homecoming for descendants of early settlers.

Floyds' Hill Church - Cemetery is a historical marker in Linden, Cass County, dedicated in 1977. It is one of 28 historical markers documented in Cass County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 45 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 33.1453, -94.4400 near Linden. The nearest cataloged historic site is Heard, John Robin, Cemetery (historical marker), about 0.9 miles away. Others within a short drive include Corinth Cemetery, Heard, John Robin, and Methodist Episcopal Church of Douglassville.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5067009818. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.