Marker Inscription
Henry Warren Payne (1833-1898) and W.M. Conner gave this land for a church and a cemetery. In 1871 a church house used as a school was erected. The custom of fencing cemetery plots began in 1872 with the burial in the first marked grave of the son of James E. and Ann Payne Ashby. After a fire, Payne rode door-to-door raising money for a new church house which was built in 1884. The Mt. Vernon Baptist Church officially organized in 1888. Land from Louisiana and Texas Lumber Co. enlarged the Cemetery. In 1960 this building was erected.
About this site
Mt. Vernon is a historical marker in Houston County, Texas, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 185 historical markers documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 361 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.4110, -95.0862. The nearest cataloged historic site is Mt Vernon Baptist (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Walker #1, Enon Cemetery, and Enon Chapel #1.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5225010965. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
