The Crusty Old Baptist
Church meetings were like armed camps...
By Murray Montgomery
Staff Writer
There wasn't supposed to be but one religion in Texas, in 1835. But a crusty old Baptist by the name
of Z.N. Morrell had plans to bring the Protestant religion to the settlers anyway, even though it went
against Mexican law.
When Anglo settlers were permitted to colonize Texas, one of the rules was that everyone had to worship
as a Catholic. And although this…
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