Friendship Baptist Church and Corine Cemetery
Jacksonville, Cherokee County, Texas
Cemeteries of Texas Coordinator: Dolores I. Bishop
Information provided by the State of Texas Atlas Site
Location:
7 miles west of Jacksonville via CR 3055 at intersection of CR 3111 and CR 312
Marker :
The church and cemetery nearby have served the rural Corine
area for more than a century. Founded in 1872, the church held early
worship services in a log building, which also housed the community
school. Early baptisms were held in nearby Neches River or in Carey
Lake. The church met in three locations through the years. The cemetery,
which bears the name of the community, marks its origin with the burial of
John Mixon in 1866. Veterans of several wars are buried here. The church
and the cemetery continue to serve this part of Cherokee County