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The Texas Historic Marker section of the Texas Historical Commission's Texas Historic Sites Atlas contains the following information on the First Baptist Church in Hearne:
| Marker Number: | 10922 |
| Marker Title: | First Baptist Church of Hearne |
| Index Entry: | First Baptist Church of Hearne |
| Address: | Davis and Magnolia |
| City: | Hearne |
| County: | Robertson |
| UTM Zone: | 14 |
| UTM Easting: | 730066 |
| UTM Northing: | 3418558 |
| Subject Codes: | BP; CH |
| Year Marker Erected: | 1969 |
| Designations: | na |
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| Marker Size: | 18" x 28" |
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| Marker Text: | Organized April 18, 1869, as "Hearne Station Baptist Church," with 11 charter members. After great revivals under the Rev. "Major" Penn, and gift of a site by incorporators of Southern Pacific Railroad, a sanctuary was built in 1877. Pastor H. R. Carroll and congregation laid cornerstone Sept. 2, 1907, for a new auditorium, adopting name "First Baptist Church." On Jan. 23, 1966, present church was dedicated under leadership of the Rev. James Scirratt. This congregation organized and in 1969 erected a building for a Mexican Baptist mission. |