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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 -- 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. ...