In the Republic of Texas, Isaac Blackman Webb, after moving his family from Missouri to the Peters Colony in the winter of 1843-44, appealed for a visit by a missionary. On March 19, 1844, in the log cabin of his brother-in-law, William M. Cochran, the Rev. Thomas J. Brown held a worship service, the first known by a Methodist minister in the Colony. On May 5, 1845, the Rev. Daniel Shook began circuit services in Webb's cabin, and a society was formed with charter members Nancy Jane Hughes Cochran, M. Franklin and Margaret Fortner, and Isaac and Mary Hughes Webb. In spring 1846, an 18' x 18' log cabin was built on Webb's land as the Colony's first church, and the Rev. Joab H. Biggs served as its first pastor in 1847-48. The hewn-log cabin also served as a schoolhouse, public meeting hall, and post office. In the 1850s, some local Methodists met Cedar Springs members halfway and built Cochran Chapel. Webb Chapel Cemetery marks the site where others built a frame church in 1877. A second frame building of 1903 was used until the present sanctuary was erected in 1955, and the church body has maintained continuous services since 1845.