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23823
Albert Lee School
6017 FM 247
Named after longtime educator Albert Vernal Lee (c. 1888-1967), the Albert Lee School educated generations of African American students in Midway. ...
11250
Allphin Cemetery
FM 2376 about 1 mi. south of OSR in Elwood
In 1829 Ransom Allphin (1812-1854) and his parents migrated from Illinois to Montgomery (present Madison) County. Allphin acquired this property ...
12040
Antioch Church of Christ
Antioch Community, 3.7 mi E of Midway at Antioch Rd (CR 248)
Believed to be among the oldest independent African American churches in Texas, this congregation was established on the Hayes Plantation and named ...
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15719
Bozeman Cemetery
Midway, 1.5 mi. W of Antioch, just W of intersection of Antioch Rd and Bozeman Ferry Rd
Bozeman Cemetery Established 1852 Historic Texas Cemetery-2008
11251
Bucareli
From Midway take SH 21 about 4 mi E to marker on N side of Rd, just W of trinity bridge.
In this vicinity, at Paso Tomas on the Trinity, was the Spanish town Nuestra Senora del Pilar De. Bucareli (1774-1779) Indian troubles had caused ...
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11252
CCC Camp Site
On S side of SH 21, western city limits of Madisonville (one mi. SW of courthouse)
A part of the national Civilian Conservation Corps program of the New Deal era, Camp Sam Houston in Madisonville was a soil conservation camp. Begun ...
15092
Centennial Marker Plate
Madisonville
11253
Cobbs Creek Missionary Baptist Church
Elwood community, 4 mi. west of Midway on OSR (Old San Antonio Road) at CR 218 (Malone Road)
In 1883 a small group of people gathered together to organize a Missionary Baptist Cchurch. Named for its location near Cobbs Creek, the congregation ...
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23623
Daniel Larrison
SH 21, S side 3.3. mi. SW of FM 247, E side of Larrison Creek. Map dot approximate.
(1784-1845) A fur trapper by trade, Daniel Larrison was an early Anglo Texas settler who received a Mexican land grant in 1833, which included ...
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11254
Elwood Cemetery
From Midway take OSR about 4 mi. W to FM 1119, go N about 3 mi. to cemetery
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11255
Elwood Methodist Church
Ellwood United Methodist Church. From Midway, take OSR 4 mi. W to FM 1119, 1.2 mi. N to church and marker, E side of the road, 0.3 mi. S of Bozeman Ferry Rd.
Begun in the 1840s, when the community of Elwood was known as French, this church first met in a log cabin built by James Blair Durham. Services ...
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12041
First Baptist Church of Madisonville
300 S. Elm, Madisonville
In 1856, two years after the formation of Madisonville, J. W. D. Creath, a missionary to the fledgling State of Texas for the Southern Baptist Convention, ...
15967
First United Methodist Church
102 S. McIver
First United Methodist Church traces its origins back to 1842, before Madison County organized, when circuit riding preacher Henderson Palmer from ...
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11256
Greenbrier Cemetery
From Madisonville, take SH 75 about 4 mi. N to CR 306, go W about 3/4 mi. to Greenbriar Rd, go S about 1/2 mi. to cemetery
Lillis Jane and James C. Colwell deeded one acre of land at this site for a community school in 1884. When their four-year-old daughter, Callie Lorena, ...
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16763
Hayes Cemetery
Midway
HAYES CEMETERY IRISH NATIVE PATRICK HAYES ARRIVED IN TEXAS CA. 1836 BY WAY OF NEW YORK AND MARYLAND. SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARRIVAL HE ENLISTED IN THE ...
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12042
James and Calpernia Mitchell
SH 21, 2 mi. W of Midway
James (1795-1870) and Calpernia (Franklin) (1805-1865) Mitchell came to Texas from Virginia in 1833 and received a Mexican land grant. In 1837 James ...
18729
Jubal Richard Parten
3 mile south of the intersection of Hwy. 75 (S. May St.) and Hwy. 21 on the left, at the Madison County Library.
Born in Madisonville on February 16, 1896, Jubal Richard “J.R.” Parten secured his legacy as a pioneer in the American oil industry and a reputation ...
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11258
Madison County
901 N. May St. (SH 75) (At TX DOT Maintenance Center)
Formed from Grimes, Walker, and Leon counties. Created January 21, 1853 and organized April 4, 1853. Named in honor of James Madison 1751-1836, "Father ...
11259
Madisonville Church of Christ
East Collard St. at North Commerce St.
This congregation was organized in November 1858 by Brother Benton Sweeney and nineteen charter members. Served by traveling ministers for many years, ...
13126
Marian Anderson High School
Madisonville, 901 W. Trinity Street
In 1880, Madisonville's first school for African American students was established on the northeast side of town in a one-room schoolhouse. Spencer ...
12779
Midway Church of Christ
12283 SH 21
Midway Church of Christ Although records to establish the exact founding date of this church are scarce, it is believed the Midway Church of Christ ...
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18903
Oxford Cemetery
8150 Hwy 21 W
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11969
Park Cemetery
3.8 mi. SE on SH 75, then 1 mi. N on Spur 104
John and Elizabeth Kellett Park buried her brother, Thomas Jefferson Kellett, on their land at this site in 1852. Thomas Kellett was born in South ...
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11260
Robbins Ferry
from Midway, take SH 21 about 4 mi. east to marker on north side of road, just west of Trinity River bridge. Inscription is titled "Robbin's Ferry" instead of "Robbins Ferry."
First known as Paso Tomas (Thomas' Ford) at the crossing of the San Antonio and La Bahia roads over the Trinity. Ferry established about 1821 by ...
12043
Rock Prairie Cemetery
7.6 mi W of Madisonville on SH 21; 2.25 mi N on CR (Oxford Cemetery Road)
Pioneers William D. and Delina Walker Hollis arrived in Texas in 1837 and purchased land in what became the Hollis community in 1855. Joshua and ...
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11261
Shapira Hotel
209 N. Madison St.
Russian-born Jewish immigrants Jake Shapira (d. 1903) and his wife Sarah owned a boarding house at this site which burned in 1903. The following ...
11262
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church, SE corner M.L. King Jr. and W. Trinity St. Marker reported damaged Aug. 2023. Replacement in progress.
The Rev. N. C. McCloud organized this church in 1885 and served as its first pastor. Many of the congregation's initial members were former slaves. ...
12470
Site of Bullard Community
3 miles south of Madisonville on SH 90 right-of-way, at Ranch Lane
(3 miles east) Alabama native Calvin Cullee Bullard (1824-1882) brought his family to this area from Hunt County, Texas, in 1867 and settled on 160 ...
11263
Site of Trinidad
from Midway, take SH 21 about 3.5 mi. east to marker on south side of road
Later known as Spanish Bluff A fort and town as early as 1805 Captured by the Magee-Gutierrez Expedition in October, 1812. Near here the survivors ...
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22558
Ten Mile Cemetery
7546 FM 2289
marker pending
11257
Truman Kimbro
111 W. Trinity St.
(1918-1944) Madison County native Truman Kimbro was born in Cottonwood (6 mi. W), and attended school in nearby Center. Drafted into the army in ...
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11264
Willowhole Cemetery
near Willow Hole Church
This community was settled in the 1850s and named for a nearby spring-fed hollow. The cemetery served as a community graveyard for the town, which ...
11265
Wilson Chapel Methodist Church
801 W. Main St. (SH 21)
Organized in 1873 by the Rev. W. A. Parks and ten charter members, the Methodist Episcopal Church was the second African American church in Madisonville. ...