Historical Marker
Reeves Chapel
Historical marker location:
Pittsburg, Texas
( 2 mi. SW of Pittsburg on FM 556, then 2 mi. W on FM 1519, then .5 mi. S on CR 3326)
Marker installed: 1979
When a migrant worker died in 1879, there was no cemetery in this community. Counce Reeves, a Civil War veteran who had come from Hamilton County, Georgia, and his wife Selina gave two acres at this site for a church and burial ground. The Rev. D. Dane of Jefferson led in organizing the Reeves Chapel Methodist Church. The congregation erected a brush arbor and in the fall of 1879 constructed a frame meetinghouse. Later Reeves deeded an additional two acres. After the fellowship grew, members initiated efforts to erect a larger building in 1907.