Marker Inscription
Congregation organized in 1867 by the Rev. J. Hill Bounds, an immigrant from Mississippi who brought his family to Texas by ox-wagon in 1865. At first this church, as well as others in Wortham, shared a two-story building with the local Masonic Lodge. T. A. Bounds (son of J. Hill Bounds) donated this present, centrally located site. Bishop Kenneth Copeland (born 1912) of the Texas Conference joined this church as a boy, and at 17 held a revival here. A 1930s revival leader was Bishop John C. Broomfield. Present edifice was built 1925.
About this site
United Methodist Church of Wortham is a historical marker in Wortham, Freestone County, dedicated in 1970. It is one of 57 historical markers documented in Freestone County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 145 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7897, -96.4643 near Wortham. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bounds, Rev. G. W. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Wortham, Wortham Oil Boom, and Allegre, Judge.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5161009908. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
