Historical Marker
Salem Predestinarian Baptist Church and Cemetery
Historical marker location:
Teague, Texas
( from Teague, take FM 80 south about 5 mi. to CR 731, go east about 1 mi. to church and cemetery)
Marker installed: 1967
Among oldest in county. Founded Dec. 3, 1853, by the Lee families, Elders Thomas Dossey and C. T. Echols certifying to constitution of church. Elder Dossey named it. Five-acre site given by W. H. McSwane family. First building of logs was replaced later by frame structure. The present chapel was erected in 1961.