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6942 Abel Morgan Shiloh Cemetery; off S 24 on FM 1531 about 7 mi. SW of Cooper Star and Wreath Born in North Carolina December 23, 1792. Arrived at Bexar in late December, 1835, as private Thomas Smith in Captain J. O. Blair's ... 6928 Amy Settlement about 3 mi. north of Cooper on FM 128 In 1875 brothers David, Harrison, Madison, and Addison Hobbs left Mississippi and settled here in what was then known as the Big Creek Thicket. A ...

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6929 Brushy Mound CR 4145, 0.2 mi. S of CR 4190, 1 mi. E of SH 19 Community surrounding a Methodist church built 1891. Named for dogwood brush then covering area. In 1885 the Brushy Mound School was founded. Miss ...

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17330 Camp Shed Cemetery 8.8 Miles N.E. of Cooper. Located off of F.M. 1742 approximately 1/2 mile north on C.R. 4715 CADDO INDIANS INITIALLY INHABITED THE REGION AROUND CAMP SHED CEMETERY, NEAR THE NORTH SULPHUR RIVER. IN 1836, EURO-AMERICANS BEGAN COLONIZING THE ... 6931 Chapman Family Home 1 mi. south Cooper, off Liberty Grove Road Pre-Civil War home, built about 1858; restored in 1888. Foundation is of native bois d'arc blocks; set and capped with hand-hewn sills. Three 20-foot ... 18129 Cooper Rail Depot Delta County Museum Built in 1913, this Spanish Revival style brick depot for the Texas Midland Railroad serviced the town of Cooper and Delta County. While the railroad ...

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6932 Delta County FM 154, N side 100 feet E of FM 1529 Formed from Lamar and Hopkins counties. Created July 29, 1870. Organized October 6, 1870. The name describes its position and triangular shape. Cooper, ... 6933 DeSpain Bridge about 4 mi. east of Cooper at SH 154 and SH 19 (Site 4.2 miles Southwest) Located where the Bonham-Jefferson Road crossed the South Sulphur River, this pioneer bridge served the area's rich cotton ...

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6935 East Texas Normal College, Original Site of SE 1st St. Founded 1889 by W. L. Mayo (1861 - 1917), a teacher educated in Kentucky, Virginia and Indiana, who came to Pecan Gap, Texas in 1886. He was a native ... 11842 Enloe United Methodist Church SW corner Lexie St. (FM 198) and Green St. (DCR 4225) According to Methodist association records, this congregation, led by the Rev. W. P. Reed, first assembled as a full station in the early 1870s in ... 12656 Erected in the Centennial Year to Commemorate Founding of Delta County SH 24 near CR 4235. Marker was placed near what had been Lamar-Hopkins county line prior to creation of Delta County. Marker reported missing Dec. 1999. Map dot approximate. Named for shape, resembling Greek letter /\, and for evident origin of its land -- sedimentation at fork of North and South Sulphur Rivers. The ...

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6936 First National Bank Main & B-24 Oldest bank in Delta County. Founded 1889 as private firm operating in a grocery store. Chartered as a national bank 1891. Erected this building ...

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6937 Giles Academy FM 128, about 3 mi. SW of Ben Franklin Early settlers, who came to this area from Giles County, Tenn., founded an academy at this site in 1859. Hired fellow-Tennessean Thomas Hart Benton ... 18668 Giles Cemetery On FM 128, 5 miles East of Pecan Gap Established 1877 Historic Texas Cemetery – 2016

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6944 Hiram Rattan about 3 mi. east of Cooper on SH 154 (homesite 3/10 mi.; grave 4/10 mi. north) Delta County pioneer, born 1805. Settled in Texas, 1835, on brother Larkin Rattan's 1,000-acre land grant; ...

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6934 Leroy Nelson DeWitt, Pioneer Citizen about 8 mi. north of Cooper on FM 1742 (b. Mar. 20, 1840 - d. May 23. 1918) Prosperous merchant and farmer. Native of Virginia; moved here with parents, 1854. Married Miss Mary Collier, ... 13213 Littleton Rattan 3288 FM 895; on the W side of Charleston A native of Illinois and a veteran of the 132 Black Hawk War, Littelton Ratta (b. 1809) came to Texas with family members in 1839. He established ...

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6941 Methodist Church FM 38 and 128 Ben Franklin; Founded 1854 by efforts of "local preachers" Dan Clower and John B. Craig (former law partner of John B. Denton, for whom Denton County ... 14751 Methodist-Episcopal Church South Ben Franklin 17331 Mount Joy Cemetery 9.5 miles N.E. of Cooper. Continue 2.3 miles from where F.M. 198 intersects F.M. 1742. Then when F.M. 1742 turns into C.R. 4730 the cemetery is located to the north approximately 50 yards from the road. SETTLERS FIRST CAME TO MOUNT JOY IN 1836 AND THE TOWN DEVELOPED INTO A THRIVING FARMING SETTLEMENT. PRESBYTERIAN AND BAPTIST COMMUNITY MEMBERS ESTABLISHED ...

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18906 Nathaniel L. Corbet Northwest corner of West Dallas Avenue and Northwest Second Street in Cooper, Texas.

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17285 Oaklawn Cemetery FM 1529 South, Cooper THE FIRST BURIALS IN THE CITY OF COOPER WERE MADE ON A HILL WEST OF DR. J.A. BLACKWELL’S OLD HOME. THE FIRST BURIAL WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE ... 6930 Old Camp Rusk Marker reported missing Aug. 2009. (Southern Boundary, 1861) A training camp of Texas 9th Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. Named for Gen. Thomas Rusk, early Texas ... 6938 Old Klondike Cemetery near junction of FM 1528 and FM 2890 John Hunt (1814 - 1853) and Nancy Allard (1813 - 1911) came to Texas from Missouri in 1849. Married in 1850, they gave land for a grave site when ...

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6945 Pioneer Smith Brothers about 3.5 mi. west of Cooper on FM 64 Tall, strong men who helped to carve Delta County out of Texas frontier. Benjamin, Charles, Gilford and Mira J. Smith came to Texas from Arkansas ...

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6948 Texas Livery Stable Delta County Courthouse grounds, SE corner at NW corner of W. Dallas Ave. (SH 24) and NW 2nd St. Had animal-drawn vehicles and saddle horses for hire. Served doctors on calls; people arriving on or meeting trains; lawyers attending court;"drummers" ... 6939 Thomas A. Lambeth Oaklawn Cemetery; on FM 1529 and Sherman Rd. Joined Confederate Army at 16; was captain in escort of General John B. Magruder, Commandant, District of Texas. Became sheriff of Delta County in ... 6946 Thomas Wilson Stegall FM 198 and CR 4620 (July 28, 1832 - April 25, 1900) First promoter of Lake Creek community, Stegall was born in North Carolina. He served as a private in the Confederate ... 6949 Turbeville, Sam B. Oaklawn Cemetery; on FM 1529 and Sherman Rd. (July 4, 1856 - July 8, 1925) Born in Mississippi. He and his wife, former Saluda Chapman, came to Lamar County, Texas 1879. Moved to Delta County ...

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6950 Union Cemetery, Old about 8 mi. southwest of Cooper at FM 1528 and 2068 (0.75 mi. S) This graveyard served the farm and ranch communities of Gough, Yowell, and Antioch. The earliest recorded burial is that of W. H. Henderson ...

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6951 Wilson, John William about 2.5 miles east of SH 24 on FM 198 (October 3, 1841 - September 8, 1920) Beloved Methodist minister of early Delta County. Lived and farmed on land surrounding this site. Born in Tennessee. ...

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6952 Yates and Methodist Protestant Cemeteries about 1 mi. from center of Cooper, 11 blocks east, 5 blocks south of the town square on CR 1010 George Yates (1807-1886), his wife Mary Polly Wallace Yates (1809-1886), and their family migrated to Texas in 1846. They settled in an area of the ...