Antioch Primitive Baptist Church
Organized 1841 in the home of John and Mary Richardson. Nancy Laird, James and John Richardson, and Elders Levi A. Durham, Edward Parsons, and Josiah Wheat acted as Presbytery. Charter members: Elijah Allen, Mary Bolin, Martha Crockett, Jeremiah Day, Hilliard and Sarah Durdin, Olive Hart, Joseph and Nancy Laird; Benjamin, Eliza, James, John, Mary (1), Mary (2), Rebecca and Robert Richardson. Services have been held here regularly since first house of worship (made of logs) was built at this site in 1842. Antioch Cemetery was established 1850. (1972)
30.4788° N, 94.0034° W
Where to Find It
Antioch Road (CR 701), west of FM 1004
Nearby Markers
- 3.1 mi N Thomas Holmes Call Junction
- 4.1 mi SE First United Methodist Church of Buna Buna
- 4.3 mi SE First Baptist Church of Buna Buna
- 5.9 mi S Morse Cemetery Buna
- 10 mi SW Site of Former Settlement of Richardson's Bluff Evadale
- 11.7 mi NE Call Call