In 1836 Dr. Daniel Rowlett, a Kentuckian, came to Texas with his wife and six other families and settled near present Bonham. A physician, lawyer, surveyor, and politician, he located much of his large 1838 land grant in the fertile area along present Rowlett Creek. After meeting in homes and outdoors, seven charter members organized the Wilson Creek Church of United Baptists in 1848 under the leadership of the Rev. David Myers, and in 1852 the name became Rowlett Creek Baptist Church. George White deeded six acres at this site in 1861 for a meetinghouse, and the following year Shadrick J. Jackson and his wife Sophronia deeded an adjacent four acres. Soon lots were set aside for the cemetery. The earliest marked grave is that of pioneer Alfred Harrington in 1862, and the second interment that year was Charles Gough, who was on furlough from the Confederate Army. In 1895 the Rowlett Creek Cemetery Association was formed. Rowlett is believed to be the earliest Baptist church in Collin County, and although it became inactive in 1935, it had been influential in establishing many early churches, a number of which are still prominent in the north Texas area.