Texas Historical Marker

Circuit Riders held worship services for Methodists in the Cuero creek area as early as 1841. It was not until after Cuero's incorporation in 1873, however, that a permanent Methodist Church was founded here. Earliest records report eight members on the churchrool in 1876. Within ten years that number exceeded one hundred. By 1981 the fellowship consisted of nearly three hundred members. In 1886 the church building was erected on this site. Electric lights replaced earlier gas lighting in the early 1900s, while the church was heated with coal stoves. In 1929 under the pastorate of the Rev. J.W. Black, the entire building was raised. A basement was built underneath to provide space for Sunday School rooms. At the same time towers were added at the corners and a pipe organ was purchased. Church services were held in the DeWitt County Courthouse during the remodeling. By 1958 deterioration of roof trusses and structural supports had created safety hazards. The building was not used for several months until it was repaired. In later years, memorials and gifts have provided the congregation with new carpet, pew cushions chandeliers, and an electric lift. (1981)

Pastors We Have Known
Name	Date of Service
Morris Evans	1892-1895
L.C. Matthis	1895-1897
Thomas Gregory	1897-1900
Byron Roach	1900-1902
L.B. Ellis	1902-1904
J.T. Morris	1904-1906
W.H. Nelson	1906-1907
J.W. Cowan	1907-1909
A.B. Davidson	1909-1911
J.S. Bowles	1911-1912
C.B. Cross	1912-1914
Nat B Read	1913-1914
J.W. Albritten	1914-1918
Luther Roberts	1918-1919
M.H. Keen	1919-1922
T.N. Barton	1922-1925
A.T. White	1925-1927
J.W. Black	1927-1929
R.S. Pierce	1929-1930
Wood H. Patrick	1930-1933
P.E. Landcaster	1933-1934
M.K. Fred	1935-1936
W.M. Lane	1936-1938
T.K. Anderson	1938-1943
Ewart Watts	1943-1946
A.A. Carter	1946-1950
A.C. Peterson	1950-1953
C.E. Marshall	1953-1955
E.P. Neal	1955-1959
Phillip Riley	1959-1962
W. Boyd Harris	1962-1966
Irving King, Jr.	1966-1968
Calvin Peterson	1968-1974
Allen G. Roe	1974-1978
Roy H. Wold	1978-1981
Robert Allen	1981-1985
Kenneth Kinard	1985-1991
Richard Young	1991-1993
Grant "Tad" Tadlock	1993-Present