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9617 Bethesda Cemetery from Normangee, take FM 3 about 11.3 mi. to CR 470, go E about .8 mi. to cemetery on N side of road (.1 mi. N of road) Located on land granted to Thomas Moore (ca. 1805-1848) by the Republic of Texas, this cemetery began in the 1840s as a small family graveyard. Although ... 17918 Boggy Community From Flynn, take CR 419 east to CR 422 With limited resources and many challenges, the Boggy Community was established in 1865 by Robert (Bob) Bowers, a former slave, and Celia North Bowers ... 22839 Braniff International Flight 542 County Road 212. Map dot approximate. Bound for New York City’s Idlewild Airport with intermediate stops at Dallas Love Field and Washington National Airport, Braniff International Flight ... 17415 Brushy Cemetery Go south of Buffalo on Highway 75, approx. four miles to FM 831, go approx two miles to CR 2721 and turn left to cemetery which will be to your left. The family of George Washington and Elizabeth Yarborough, originally from South Carolina, came to Texas from Alabama in the 1850s and settled in ...

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9625 Colonel Robert Simonton Gould from Buffalo, take US 79 S about 2 mi. to picnic area on W side of road (1826-1904) Born in North Carolina. Educated at University of Alabama. Came to Texas in 1850. Practiced law in Centerville. Served as the first district ... 9619 Concord Missionary Baptist Church Concord community, CR 348 N of SH 7 near cemetery. Church (designated RTHL 1970) burned in wildfires in 2011, marker replaced with subject marker in 2012. The historic Concord Missionary Baptist Church was organized on April 21, 1855 by pioneer settlers prior to the establishment of the community of ... 15616 Concord Schools Concord community, CR 3481 N of SH 7, next to Concord Community Center Formal schools in Concord operated for nearly a century. J.E. Anderson taught in Redland and Concord in the late 1870s and early 1880s. A two-story ...

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9621 El Camino Real just W of the junction of FM 39 and Old Spanish Road First blazed in 1691 by Captain Don domingo Teran De Los Rios first provincial governor of Texas. In an expedition officially directed by Father ... 17959 Evans Chapel Church 4.1 miles west of Leona on FM 977, south (left) side of FM 977 EVANS CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH The Evans Chapel Church was built in 1886 on two acres along Mustang Creek given by W. J. Cox to trustees of ...

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12764 First Baptist Church of Buffalo 600 E. Commerce First Baptist Church of Buffalo In 1877, when Buffalo was a young railroad town, 15 people met at the Buffalo Academy and formed a Baptist congregation. ... 14792 First Courthouse in County, Site of Leona 16837 First United Methodist Church of Centerville 245 S. Commerce Circuit riders Henry H. Cassady and George W. Tittle served local Methodists before a formal church organized in 1850. H. D. Hubert was the first ... 9624 Fort Boggy from Centerville, take I-45 south about 5 mi. to rest area on southbound side of highway Pioneers who settled in this area bout 1840 included members of the Middleton, Byrns, Staley, Erwin, Jones, Capp, Bloodworth, Philpott, Easton, Howell, ... 17416 Friendship Cemetery approx. 10 miles west/northwest of Jewett, .06 of a mile west on CR 3671 which runs off of FM 1146 near its intersection with FM 1469. This 9.7-acre cemetery is part of a 350 acre land patent granted to Joseph Henson in 1850. The year that he first set it aside for burials is not ...

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22552 Greer Family Cemetery From highway 39 in Normangee, go west on FM highway 3, a distance of 10.1 miles . The Greer Cemetery sign is located on the right side of the highway at CR 469. Take CR 469 0 .40 miles to CR 4 691. Take a left on CR 4 691 and go 1.2 miles to the end of the road and the cemetery.

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18465 Hattie Barnes Adkisson Jewett Cemetery Hattie Barnes was born January 2, 1886, in Jewett. Her family moved to San Marcos around 1908 where Hattie graduated from the Coronal Institute. ...

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12399 James and Julia Anderson House NE corner Weakley and Harrison streets. House is private property. Ohio-born James Elgin Anderson (1836-1918) settled in Leon County in 1857. He enlisted in the Confederate army in 1861, serving with the Leon Hunters, ... 9626 Jewett Methodist Church Broadway St. at Spruiell St. The town of Jewett was laid out in December 1871 on the International & Great Northern Railroad line. By 1872 Methodists in the area were meeting ... 9620 John Durst Durst Family Cemetery. From Leona, FM 977 E 1.7 mi., CR 142 (Durst Rd.) N 0.6 mi. Durst Family Cemetery is near CR 142 on private property. Map dot approximate. Came to Texas in 1821. Owner of the Old Stone Fort in Nacogdoches in 1835. Moved to Leon County in 1844, his wife being the first Anglo-American ...

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9628 Leon County east side of SH 75, about 1 mile N of FM 977, S of Fort Boggy State Park. Bronze seal reported missing Oct. 2017. Formed from Robertson County. Created March 17, 1846; organized July 13, 1846. Named in honor of Martin de Leon, 1765-1833. A Texas empresario, founder ... 9629 Leon County Courthouse at intersection of SH 7 and SH 75 Built 1887 of slate brick, locally made. One of oldest Texas courthouses still in its original state. County created in 1846. County seat was moved ... 14298 Little Flock Cemetery Jewett Little Flock Baptist Church began in this area in 1854. Early member names included Baldwin, Cothern, Hamlet, Lamb, Shipp, Steapleton and Thomas. ... 9630 Long Hollow Community FM 1146, W side 3.3 mi. NW of US 79 at SW corner of CR 344 (Beddingfield Road). Marker reported missing May 2024. Named for the pioneer Long family, the Long Hollow community consisted of area farm families. A school erected in the 1880s also served as a community ...

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9634 Manaen Turnbull Smith Jewett Cemetery, from U.S. 79, take Division St. E to the intersection w/Adkisson Rd., go N to Sand Banks Rd., go W to cemetery (1802-1886) Georgia native Manaen T. Smith arrived in present Shelby County, Texas in 1822. He became active in civic affairs, and served in the ... 9632 Mt. Pisgah Church and Cemetery from Oakwood, take FM 542 S about 3 mi. to marker on W side at CR 2421 Although records do not indicate when the Mt. Pisgah Cemetery was started, the earliest marked grave is that of John W. Orenbaum (1852-1854). According ...

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9618 Old Bowling School and Masonic Lodge from Marquez, take SH 7 about 3.8 mi. E to FM 1147, go S about 3 mi. to building on W side of road just before pavement ends Built by settlers about 1860. Place for community meetings. Reunion each Father's Day. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965

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20198 Parker Cemetery (HTC) FM 831 CR 2841

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9627 R. Baxter King Middleton Who participated in the Battle of Salado Creek, Bexar County, and joined the Mier Expedition, 1842. First tax collector of Leon County. Born in Tennessee; ... 9633 Rogers Prairie 1.6 mi. E of Normangee on OSR ROW Located on the Old San Antonio Road, this area was settled in 1835 by Robert Rogers (1799-1870), who had received a land grant from the Mexican government. ...

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9623 Site of Fort Boggy from Centerville, take SH 75 about 4.5 mi. S, marker is to the west, off road, just N of Boggy Creek bridge, in area being developed for future state park Here a blockhouse was constructed in 1840 as headquarters for the Boggy and Trinity Rangers commanded by Captain Thomas N. B. Greer. A community ... 9622 Site of the First Court House Built in Leon County behind Post Office at intersection of SH 75 and FM 977 Here a log building was erected in 1846. County officials installed Nov. 12, 1846: Geo. V. Lusk, Chief Justice Wm. Childress, Probate Judge Israel ... 18464 St. Paul Shiloh High School Turn onto FM 542 at blinking light in Oakwood proper. Go7.9 miles south on fm 542 then turn left on CR 248 and go 125 feet to white mason structure at site on the left. Following emancipation, freedmen settled on the right bank of the Trinity River, forming the Shiloh, St. Paul and Timesville communities. With strong ...

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23570 Taylor Cemetery marker pending marker pending 12606 Tubb Cemetery 17 miles east of Centerville on SH 7, then 4.5 miles north on FM 542 Tubb Cemetery was named for early area landowners Elisha Floyd Tubb (1805-1862) and G. W. Tubb (1818-1896), who are both interred here. The first ... 15912 Two Mile Paradise Cemetery 3472 FM 977 E Two Mile Paradise Cemetery Established ca. 1870 Historic Texas Cemetery-2008

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9631 Wm. B. Middleton from intersection of SH 75 and FM 977 in Leona, go W on FM 977 .8 of mi. to dirt road on S side of road at 1174, go S on dirt road to Makamson Cemetery A participant of the Mier Expedition, 1842, first sheriff of Leon County. Born in Illinois August 4, 1819; died March 17, 1877. His first wife Mary ...