Historical Marker
Dixie Baptist Church
Historical marker location:
Jasper, Texas
( take FM 2799 W 9 mi. to Indian Creek Rd. (across from FM 1747 S) then 1 mi. N to church)
Marker installed: 1966
Founded about 1850 under beech trees at this site, by a Negro slave, Rev. Richard ("Uncle Dick") Seale (1798-1875), a respected, beloved leader of his people. Church built 1853 by his master, Joshua Seale, veteran of American Revolution, early settler.