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18771 Ashcroft House NW corner College St. and Patton Ave. Charles Franklin (1880-1946) and Ruth (Lynch) Ashcroft (1895-1979) were civic and social Leaders in Sulphur Springs. Charles’ father, B. F. Ashcroft, ... 7302 Atkins House Hopkins County Historical Society Museum and Heritage Park Irish native Sarah Hamilton Crouch and her husband, James Crouch, lived in Texas before the Civil War. After their divorce in 1868 she became a prominent ...

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7303 Black Oak Baptist Church FM 69 at FM 269, 17 mi. SE of Sulphur Springs Named for the black oak trees surrounding it, the Black Oak community was settled in the 1850s by recipients of government land grants. By 1854 a ...

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7304 City National Bank 201 Connally St. The oldest banking institution in Sulphur Springs, City National Bank was organized in 1889. The first board of directors included J. J. Dabbs, John ... 7305 Confederate Refugees in Texas, C. S. A. roadside park on SH 19 / 154, 5 mi. north of Sulphur Springs In the vicinity of Old Tarrant, south of here, the Civil War refugee family of Mrs. Amanda Stone, of Louisiana, was shown great kindness when rescued ... 7306 Cumby on FM \499, between N 2nd and S. FM 275, Cumby The grove of black jack trees which gave this town its original name was near an Indian camping ground. The trees stood atop the highest point in ...

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7328 Early Sulphur Bluff FM 71 at CR 3608, 15 mi. NE of Sulphur Springs First known settlers in area were family of John Gregg. Their cemetery (2 mi. N) has marker dated 1837, from Republic of Texas era. Other early settlers ...

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7307 First Christian Church 207 N. Davis St. at Atkins St. (Disciples of Christ) In the 1850s, Disciples in the pioneer town of Bright Star, also known as "The Sulphur Springs," gathered for religious meetings ... 7308 First Presbyterian Church of Sulphur Springs 129 E. College St. Organized in 1852, this church had eight members with Samuel Davidson as the ruling elder. A sanctuary erected jointly by this congregation and the ... 7309 First United Methodist Church of Sulphur Springs 301 N. Church St. at Atkins St. Established in 1850 by the Rev. Pleas B. Bailey, this Methodist congregation erected the first church building in Sulphur Springs about 1852 on a ... 7310 Forest Academy Cemetery take SH 11 about 7.3 mi. SE to CR 2320, go north 1 mi. to cemetery This cemetery was not formally set aside until 1858. But the land probably was used as a burial ground prior to that time. Settlement of the area ...

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7317 General W. H. King Courthouse lawn, Connally St. at Gilmer St. (Star and Wreath) Home county of Texas Confederate. (1839-1910) Georgian. Moved to Texas 1861. Rose to rank of colonel, 18th Texas Infantry. Led ... 17958 George and Myra Wilson Intersection of Houston Street and Jackson Street Only about a year after they met in 1880, George and Myra (Tuggle) Wilson married and began changing their small town into a bustling city. George ... 7312 Greenview Community and Cemetery Greenview Cemetery, behind Greenview Church, W side of CR 1168, 0.2 mi. N of FM 1567. There is a brown directional sign at the FM 1567 turnoff. In 1839 the Rev. Green Weaver (1795-1863), a prosperous merchant and slave holder from Illinois and Iowa, settled here with his four sons. A Christian ...

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7313 Harmony Methodist Church and Cemetery 3.5 mi. SE of Pickton on SH 11, then north on CR 2403 .5 mi. to CR 2397, then west about 1 mi. to cemetery Local landowner Jesse Odom persuaded an itinerant preacher to hold a revival for settlers in this area in 1877 and again in 1878. A congregation ... 7314 Hopkins County 9 mi. east of Sulphur Springs on the north side of I-30 at 134 Mile Marker (near a cemetery) and service road -- 7315 Hopkins County Courthouse Business 67 (Connally St. at Gilmer St.) The third Hopkins County Courthouse, built in 1882, was destroyed on Feb. 11, 1894 by a fire that also burned the jail and several nearby structures. ... 7316 Hopkins County Echo-Daily News-Telegram 401 N. Church St. Deed records indidcate that a newspaper was being published in Hopkins County as early as 1854. It was known as the "Texas Star" and was located ...

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11695 James Selen Stout 12 miles east of Sulphur Springs on IH-30, then 4 miles south on FM 269 (Weaver Rd.), then east on CR 3310 to Pine Forest Cemetery (August 30, 1818 - July 19, 1897) Born in Arkansas, James Selen Stout was reared in what became northeast Texas. He served three months in the Republic ...

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13432 Long Cemetery 3 mi. S of Cumby via FM 275; W on CR 4120, S on CR 1126 Texas Rangers in the late 1830s camped on a hill west of present Cumby in a grove of black jack oak trees. Settlers established a community near ...

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16487 Miller Grove Cemetery 8 miles S of IH 30 (Cumby) on FM 275 South This burial ground has served the Miller Grove community since it was settled prior to the 1846 formation of Hopkins County. Tradition holds that ... 7320 Miller Grove Methodist Church 8 mi. south of Cumby on FM 275 at CR 1142 in Miller Grove Circuit-riding ministers held worship services for Methodists in Miller Grove one Sunday a month as early as 1860. Formally organized in 1870, the ... 17016 Miller Grove School 9 miles south of Cumby, near the corner of Farm to Market Road 275 South and Farm to Market Road 1567 West MILLER GROVE SCHOOL MILLER GROVE, SETTLED PRIOR TO THE FORMATION OF HOPKINS COUNTY, BOASTS ONE OF THE AREA’S EARLIEST SCHOOLS. COMMISSIONERS COURT ... 16501 Morning Chapel Missionary Baptist Church Sulphur Springs, 208 Fuller Street IN 1868, AFRICAN-AMERICAN RESIDENTS BEGAN MEETING FOR WORSHIP IN THE OLD TARRANT SETTLEMENT. UNDER THE REV. MIKE WIGGINS, THEY ESTABLISHED OLD TARRANT ... 7318 Mt. Zion Churches and Cemetery SH 11, 5 mi. SE of Commerce and 5 mi. north of Cumby Mt. Zion Methodist Episcopal Church organized here before creation of Hopkins County, 1846. Also at Mt. Zion, 1849, Harmony Cumberland Presbyterian ...

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17664 Nelta Cemetery From Sulphur Bluff, Tx. go west down FM 71 approximately seven miles to County Road 3605. Turn right and go down County Road about 1/4 mile. Turn right on County Road 3573. Go about 1/10 mile to Nelta Cemetery located on right. In December 1842, a wagon train from Warrick County, Indiana arrived near here, led by two Hargrave brothers. Other families arrived in the following ... 7319 North Liberty Baptist Church on FM 1537 at CR 3511, 5 mi. north of Sulphur Springs No records date the founding of this church, but a meeting led by Elders B. H. Elder and G. L. Smith in the nearby township of Tarrant resulted in ...

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7321 Oakland Cumberland Presbyterian Church FM 2653 ROW, 12 mi. NW of Sulphur Springs After the Civil War (1861-65), during the turbulence of Reconstruction, the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Rising Star, Alabama, was burned. Members ... 22530 Old Jefferson Road 2 miles South on CR 3357, where the old Jefferson Road crosses CR 3357 into the owner's property 22531 Old Saltillo Cemetery 664 CR 3357

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12079 Pine Forest Church and Cemetery 12 mi. E of Sulphur Springs on IH-30; 4 mi. S on FM 269 (Weaver Rd.); E on CR 3310 Founded about 1855 in what was known as the Stout Creek neighborhood, this church was established on a half-acre of land deeded from attorney Thomas ... 7322 Pine Hill Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Cemetery 8 mi. NW of Winnsboro on FM 3019 to CR 2381, then east to church and cemetery about 1 mile Organized in 1864 by J. G. L. Davis and a small group of charter members, this church has served its rural community for well over a century. This ...

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13135 Richland Cemetery Sulphur Springs, 7 mi. E on FM 69 Richland Cemetery Unmarked graves here may date to 1872, the year the Richland Baptist Church bought the site and the Richland School was established ...

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7325 Shooks Chapel Methodist Church SH 154, 1.1 mi. south of Sulphur Springs This church traces its history to 1886, when area settlers organized a congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The church was named ... 7323 Site of Plunkett School 4 mi. east of Cumby on IH-30, then .4 mi. north to Pleasant Grove Cemetery The Hopkins County Commissioners Court established 32 school districts in 1867. District No. 30 became known as Plunkett School in 1903 when a new ... 7332 Site of the Union Stockade 303 Connally St. The Reconstruction era which followed the Civil War (1861-65) was a time of unrest in texas. In this area a gang of outlaws whipped and killed blacks ... 7324 St. Philip's Episcopal Church Sulphur Springs Episcopal missionaries preached in Sulphur Springs as early as the 1860s. This church was founded in 1872 after Bishop Alexander Gregg and Father ... 7327 Stewart Cemetery FM 2653 ROW, 2.5 mi. north of Ridgeway and 12 mi. NW of Sulphur Springs Located on land originally belonging to early Hopkins County settler Zacharias Birdwell (1801-1880), the nearby cemetery was first known as Birdwell's ... 7329 Sulphur Springs Loan and Building Association 306 N. Davis at Atkins St. Chartered on August 13, 1890, the Sulphur Springs Loan and Building Association is the oldest surviving savings association in the state of Texas. ... 7333 Sulphur Springs Volunteer Fire Department and Fire Bell of 1889 627 N. Church St. at Bonner St. Volunteer fire fighters, organized soon after Sulphur Springs was incorporated (1870), used a "bucket brigade" and hand-drawn equipment to control ... 13046 Sunny Point Cemetery 2 mi. S of IH-30 on CR 4133 at int. of CR 4128 In September 1881, A.J. Weathers (Withers) deeded this property for cemetery and school purposes. The first known burial at Sunny Point Cemetery ...

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7330 Townsite of Tarrant SH 19/154 ROW, about 4.5 mi. north of Sulphur Springs Eldridge Hopkins, for whose family Hopkins County was named in 1846, donated this site for the county seat. Named for Gen. Edward H. Tarrant (1796-1858), ...

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7331 Union Communiity from Sulphur Springs take SH 154 about 7 mi. south to CR 1444, go east about .6 mile to Union Cemetery Rich, sandy soil attracted farmers to this area before the beginning of the Civil War. The settlement that developed here was called Union after ...

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14439 Woodland Cemetery Como