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13130 Adina Cemetery Lexington, CR 309 off FM 696 Following his service in the Civil War, Alabama native R.L. Cain came to Texas and settled in this area. In 1867, he deeded five acres to Lee County ... 23832 Antioch Missionary Baptist Church marker pending marker pending

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8141 Bethel Union Baptist Church Bethel St. Paul United Baptist Church, NE corner W. Hempstead and S. Dallas streets The La Grange Baptist District Association of Texas was organized in 1874. That same year, land was purchased in Giddings for a church that had recently ...

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8152 City of Giddings Main and E. Richmond St. County seat of Lee County. Named for Jabez D. Giddings (1814-78), of Washington County, one of four brothers from Pennsylvania who were Texas transportation ... 24050 Club 21 (Undertold) 2311 Highway 21 8164 County Named for Beloved Confederate General Robert E. Lee Lee County Courthouse grounds, NW corner at SE corner of US 77 and E. Hempstead St. Led army of Northern Virginia which included famed Hood's Texas Brigade. He said about them "I never ordered that brigade to hold a position that ...

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8142 Dime Box Dime Box Founded 1913. Name derived from the practice of leaving dimes in community mailbox on Old San Antonio Road in return for items from Giddings. Nation's ...

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8144 Early Chapel Cemetery 3.5 mi. east of Lexington on FM 696, then south on dirt road about .2 mile Site bought by Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1850, although some burials had occurred here previously. Buried here are San Jacinto heroes Capt. ... 18813 Edward R. Sinks House 818 E. Hempstead Street Built around 1890, this American four-square house with offset entry was the home of Edward “Ed” R. Sinks (1854-1936), son of George Washington Sinks ...

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8146 First Baptist Church of Giddings Main St., across from Courthouse Founded 1872. In 1873 had 16 members, with J. Budd as pastor. First building (1881) was west of present site. Pastors serving 10 to 15 years in church's ... 8149 First National Bank W. Austin (US 290) and Main St. Lee County's oldest banking institution. An agent for progress in this area. Founded 1891 at merger of P. M. Cuney & Co., private bank, with First ... 8150 First Presbyterian Church Grimes and Hempstead St. Founded 1876, with thirteen charter members, under the direction of Rev. H. B. Burr and Rev. R. H. Byers. Edifice designed and built in 1886 by the ... 8148 First United Methodist Church of Giddings 297 E. Monroe St. at S. Williams Founded 1871 with 24 charter members; first congregation to be organized in community, before platting of town in 1872. The Rev. William C. Lewis ... 8151 Fletcher Home Lee County Museum and Visitors Center, Schubert-Fletcher House Built by August W. Schubert, 1879. Bought 1894 by Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, to house a ministerial college, which closed prior to 1900. Sold ...

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17199 Globe Hill Community and Baptist Church Globe Hill Baptist Church, SW side CR 133, 2.0 mi. NW of FM 180 George Coleman Truitt, founder of this predominantly African American community, bought land in the area and built at least nine box houses for ... 12025 Gloyna School 3 mi. E of Lincoln on SH 21, then .2 mi. E on CR 440 Established as Hannes School No. 43 in 1893 when F. Soder deeded two acres to school trustees, the Gloyna School was renamed in 1900 when Christian ... 14550 Good Hope Cemetery CR 226 German and Wendish settlers founded Good Hope community in the 1880s and established a school by 1887. The earliest marked grave in the community ...

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8163 Helen Knox Giddings City Cemetery. Marker in temporary storage Oct. 2024. (1885-1959) Historian-financier. One of the few women given athletic letters (in tennis) at the University of Texas. Born in Giddings, daughter ... 8172 Henry Prentice Redfield Giddings City Cemetery. Marker in temporary storage Oct. 2024. Texas Soldier Henry Prentice Redfield (May 27, 1819 - February 27, 1900) Born Derry, N.H.; came to Texas, 1831. Joined army, 1835. Fought at Battle ... 8156 Holy Cross Cemetery 7 mi. SE of Giddings on FM 448, then 2 mi. east on CR 214 At former site of Holy Cross Church, founded here in Rabb's Creek area in 1873. Opened at the death of Pastor Johann Zapf (1873), the cemetery has ...

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8154 In This Grave Rest James Goucher and Five Members of His Family Off CR 217 on private property. In this grave rest James Goucher and five members of his family murdered by Indians November 26, 1836. With the true pioneering spirit he had opened ... 8157 Indian Camp Branch in roadside picnic area on US 77 just south of Lexington Located along an old buffalo trail, this creek was once fed by a spring and was a favorite camping place for Indian hunting parties. It was named ...

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8153 J. D. Giddings Lodge No. 280, A. F. & A. M. Leon and Hempstead St. Chartered by the Grand Lodge of Texas in 1865, this Masonic Lodge had its beginnings in the community of Evergreen (about 5 mi. N). Relocated to ... 8177 James Shaw Early Chapel Cemetery, 3.5 mi. east of Lexington on FM 696, 40 yards from entrance (Star and Wreath) Born August 6, 1808; served in the Texas War for Independence; soldier at San Jacinto. A Representative or Senator in five Congresses, ...

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14227 King's Highway Giddings 8158 King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road At bridge - Yegua Creek - Lee / Burleson counties; down in ditch on south side of SH 21. Pink granite marker 55 of 128 placed in 1918. King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road. Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A. D. 1918 8159 King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road Northeast of Lincoln, CR 440 about 0.2 mi. W of SH 21. Marker 57 of 128 placed in 1918. King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road. Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A. D. 1918 8160 King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road Manheim community, southwest corner of SH 21 and Manheim Road (FM 2440). Relocated from 250 feet northwest on north side of SH 21. Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A. D. 1918 8161 King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road at Lee / Bastrop County border on east side of SH 21 at Presidential Corridor Marker Marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Texas A. D. 1918 8162 King's Highway - Camino Real - Old San Antonio Road Pink granite marker 58 of 128 placed in 1918. 16362 Knobbs Springs Baptist Church McDade address Knobbs Springs Baptist Church has served this area since the mid-1800s. Settlers first came here in the 1850s, establishing the community of Knobbs ...

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18812 Lawhon Springs Cemetery on F.M. 619, take F.M. 696 west out of Lexington for about 16 miles, turn right on F.M. 619. Lawhon Springs Cemeteery is about 4 miles on the left side. Prior to 1848, the land around the Yegua Spring, later known as Sam Smith Springs and now Lawhon Springs, was inhabited by Native American tribes. ... 8165 Lee County Lee County Courthouse grounds Located on Old San Antonio Road, on land surveyed in 1821 as part of the original colony of Moses and Stephen F. Austin. In 1854 became site of major ... 8166 Lee County Courthouse Main St. Designed by J. R. Gordon along lines similar to New York State Capitol and several buildings at Harvard University. Classified as Richardsonian Romanesque ... 18023 Lexington Masonic Lodge No. 138 649 Main Street Chartered in 1854, when Lexington was part of Burleson County, the community's Masonic lodge was first named in honor of Andrew Neill, a Texas War ... 12026 Lexington Memorial Cemetery CR 410, .25 mi. E of US 77, Lexington A Methodist Episcopal church, locally known as the German Methodist Church, was organized in Lexington in 1882. The church purchased two acres of ... 8168 Lexington Schools Lexington Middle School, SE corner Third and Holiday streets First local school session was held in 1849 in log home of Capt. James Shaw (1808-79), founder of Lexington, then in Burleson (since 1874 in Lee) ...

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8180 Milton Garrett York, Sr. Courthouse lawn, Main and E. Richmond St. Was born in East Texas (San Augustine County) on Sept. 5, 1843. After the death of his parents, Aaron and Ruth (lucas) York, he went to live with ... 17200 Moab Community 1741 County Road 331 MOAB COMMUNITY SITUATED ABOUT TEN MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEXINGTON, THE COMMUNITY OF MOAB WAS A PREDOMINATELY AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY. THERE ARE INDICATIONS ...

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8143 Old Dime Box Old Dime Box community, Trinity Lutheran Church, SH 21 NW side between CR 401 and CR 404 County's second oldest community. Located in Texas founder Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colony. First known as Browne's Mills. Present ... 8145 Old Evergreen Tree FM 1624, N side, 0.6 mi. W of US 77 Said to have sheltered in 1714 explorer Louis de St. Denis-- probably first white man ever here. Site of pioneer court trials in 1870's. (1967)

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12701 Pioneer Publisher and Printer David Ervin Lawhon FM 619, N of FM 696, near Lee-Williamson County line (Buried 1/2 mile NW of here) Born in Tennessee on June 15, 1811. While very young learned the printing trade and worked at it in some of the principal ...

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8170 Robert Devlin McClellan _ Sarah Lewis Rainey McClellan Giddings City Cemetery. Marker in temporary storage Oct. 2024. Robert Devlin McClellan (January 19, 1837 - December 30, 1888) Sarah Lewis Rainey McClellan (deceased February 2, 1914) First professional educators ...

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22859 Scott Cemetery 0.9 miles off Hwy 21 on County Road 402 8176 Serbin S side of intersection of FM 2239 and CR 209 Trilingual (Wendish-German-English) community founded 1854 by 588 Wends under leadership of the Rev. John Kilian. The Rev. Kilian (Evangelical ... 16066 Serbin St. Paul Lutheran Church, E side CR 211 0.3 mi. S of FM 2239. Here in 1854 under the leadership of Rev. John Kilian Ev. Lutheran Pastor about 600 Wends seeking religious liberty established the first Wendish ... 8178 Shorter Chapel, A. M. E. Church 613 W. Houston St. at Titus St. Organized in 1875, this was one of the first black churches in Giddings. The congregation was named for the Rev. James A. Shorter (1817-1887), ninth ... 12024 Site of Bethany Lutheran Church and School 1 mi. E of Giddings on US 290; 2.5 mi. S on CR 226 (James Turman Rd.) .5 mi. W on CR 224; 3 mi. S on CR 225 - Bethany Cemetery Established as a German-English mission church in 1895 by the Rev. G. W. Buschacher, Bethany Lutheran Church called the Rev. H. P. Grief as first ... 8173 St. John Lutheran Church St. John Lutheran Church, 200 feet N of FM 1624, 0.7 mi. W of SH 21 With the assistance of pastors from neighboring communities, a Lutheran congregation was organized to serve the Lincoln community in April 1886. ... 8174 St. Paul Baptist Church Bethel St. Paul United Baptist Church, NE corner W. Hempstead and S. Dallas streets. This congregation was organized in 1870 by ex-slaves Bob Bennett, James Collier, Andrew Jackson, Elijah Lewis, Alfred Williams, Steve Williams, Henry ... 8175 St. Paul Lutheran Church St. Paul Lutheran Church, E side CR 211 0.3 mi. S of FM 2239. --- (RTHL medallion only)

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8147 The First Baptist Church of Lexington Third and Burns St. The Rev. E. E. Lee of the nearby Prospect Church inspired Elders John Claybaugh, J. W. D. Creath, D. Fisher, and J. G. Thomas, with nine charter ... 8167 Town of Lexington Central Park, downtown Lexington at 3rd and Wheatley St., near gazebo Settled in 1837 in area then part of Burleson County; named for Massachusetts town where the American Revolution began. First inhabitants of the ... 8179 Trinity Lutheran Church CR 309, 0.2 mi. W of FM 1624 Since organization on March 11, 1870, the center of religious, educational and social life in Fedor community. First to sign constitution of congregation ...

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8171 United Methodist Church of Lexington Rockdale (FM 696) and 2nd St. The Lexington Methodist Episcopal Church, South, appears in the records of the East Texas Conference as early as 1850, with the Rev. Jefferson Shook ...

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16800 Vick Cemetery N. on Hwy 77 to FM 1624, cemetery is .75 mi. past intersection w/ Hwy 21

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18232 Washington Cemetery From Giddings, Take Hwy. 77 South, turn right on FM 448, turn right on FM 2239, turn left on County Road 209, turn left on County Road 210, travel 2 miles. The cemetery right of way is on the left as denoted by a street sign. Enter a gate (which must be kept closed) and travel about .4 mile through a pasture to the cemetery entrance. The land for Washington Cemetery and Bethany Colored Church was donated to former slave Charlie Washington by Henry Wenke Sr. after the Civil War. ... 8169 William Preston (Bill) Longley Giddings City Cemetery. Marker in temporary storage Oct. 2024. (October 6, 1851 - October 11, 1878) Texas outlaw Bill Longley was from a respectable family, but his hot temper, his fondness for liquor, and ... 8155 William W. Hawkins in Early Chapel Cemetery, 3.5 mi. east of Lexington on FM 696 (in far NW section, 3 markers from fence) (Star and Wreath) Soldier at San Jacinto, 1836. Texas Ranger, Republic of Texas.