Verbena Church in Garza County, TX
Garza County's First Church
The cornerstone of the church is inscribed:
- VERBENA CHURCH
- FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
- ORGANIZED IN GARZA COUNTY AUG 24, 1902
- PASTOR REV J.V. BILLBERRY
- CHURCH CLERK J.B. COTTON
- DEACONS; J.B. COTTON, R.I. SELI, J.B. BARROW
- CHARTER MEMBERS; J.B. COTTON, M.C. COTTON,FORD COTTON, ISABEL NICHOLS, RAE NICHOLS, IONA NICHOLS, ANNIE COTTON, MAMIE GRAHAM, VIRGINIA BARROW
- THIS CORNER STONE IS DEDICATED TO THESE AND TO THE OTHER FAITHFUL ONES WHO HELPED TO PROMOTE THE GROWTH OF THIS CHURCH
Henrietta Nichols born 1896 in Garza County, daughter of Milford Riley Nichols and Isabel Graham Sowell, wrote the "History of Verbena Church" from her personal memories of growing up in Garza County and the Verbena Church. She says, "In 1902, August, an arbor was built of poles and covered with schinnery brush and that was Garza County's first Church, built without hammer or nails." Read her account of this time in the history of Garza County: Henrietta's HISTORY
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