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10811 Adams Cemetery 6 mi. SE of Deadwood on FM 31, then 2 mi. E on CR 458 to CR 456, go N to cemetery Lorenzo H. Adams (1849-1912) came to this area from Arkansas after the Civil War. He was elected constable in 1880 and later served as justice of ... 10812 Allison Chapel United Methodist Church on US 79 in Fairplay, 10 mi. west of Carthage The Rev. Littleton Fowler, an early Methodist missionary in East Texas, is believed to have organized this congregation between 1837 and 1839. Land ... 17639 Anderson Cemetery Carthage, 240 CR 4053 ANDERSON CEMETERY SITUATED ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF CARTHAGE ON A HILL SHADED BY LARGE TREES, ANDERSON CEMETERY IS THE BURIAL PLACE FOR MANY OF PANOLA ... 10814 Antioch Cemetery From Carthage take FM 699 about 5 mi SE to CR 407, go W about .5 mi to cemetery Although the oldest recorded tombstone in this cemetery is dated 1849, land was not formally set aside for that purpose until 1875. The property ... 10815 Antioch Missionary Baptist Church 5 mi. SE of Carthage on FM 699 at CR 407 Five charter members founded this church in 1871. J. F. McLendon and W. H. H. Hayes served as first pastors. A sanctuary was built on 2.4 acres (present-day ...

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10817 Beckville United Methodist Church Van Buren St. at railroad tracks, Beckville The first Methodist worship services for area pioneers were conducted in 1844, when the region was served as part of the San Augustine Circuit. The ... 10818 Bell-Fountain Cemetery from De Berry, 4 mi. W on FM 1794, southeast on CR 3081 to CR 3082. Map dot approximate. Served by the early Kinlock post office, this farming region was settled by pioneer families who shared this community cemetery. The earliest marked ... 10820 Bracken Cemetery 4 mi. N of DeBerry on FM 31, then W .5 mi. on CR 312 (Tiller Rd.) Pioneer settlers Thomas and Mary Bracken brought their family to this area in the 1830s. Part of their land was set aside as a burial ground for ...

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16352 Carthage Book Club Carthage, 103 E. Panola St. IN 1907, TWELVE AREA WOMEN, INCLUDING TEXAS’ FIRST WOMAN SENATOR, MARGIE NEAL, ESTABLISHED THE CIRCULATING BOOK CLUB. FOCUSING ON CIVIC AND SOCIAL ... 13273 Cedar Grove Baptist Church 6 mi. SW of Carthage in the Snap Community, at 1050 CR 108 Soon after the Civil War, settlers established a community here, naming it Snap after Snap Cariker, a physician and early resident. On May 14, 1905, ... 16842 Centennial Afro American Cemetery CR123 at the intersecton of CR 322 Established ca. 1897 Historic texas cemetery – 2010 12563 Central Baptist Church 220 W. Sabine Organized with 17 members on September 26, 1901, Central Baptist has been a significant part of Carthage's religious and cultural heritage through ... 10821 Church Bethel on CR 152 just N of SH 315 in Clayton, 7 mi. W of Carthage Church Bethel. Organized on Saturday before the 4th Lord's day in September 1843 by Rev. Isaac Reed, a pioneer Baptist minister in his home two miles ...

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10822 Deadwood Cemetery From Carthage, take FM 699 4 mi SE to FM 2517, go E about 8.3 mi to FM 31, go N about 1 mi to CR 445, go E about .25 mi to cemetery The community of Deadwood was established in the 1830s by the Adam LaGrone family. A family burial ground was begun on the LaGrone farm in 1847 when ... 10823 DeBerry on FM 31, just north of US 79 in DeBerry Site of 1850 sawmill and grist mill. Settled mostly by cotton planters. Center for markets and gins. Oil development after 1900. Named for Col. Alfred ... 10824 DeBerry Baptist Church on FM 31 at CR 3151 just south of US 79, DeBerry This fellowship grew from the pioneer Bell-Fountain Baptist Church, which was organized prior to the Civil War. After a fire destroyed the Bell-Fountain ...

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10825 Ebenezer United Methodist Church 6 mi. W of Carthage on US 79, then N on CR 225 about .25 mi. to CR 227, E on CR 227 to church This congregation was organized at Old Macedonia (3 mi. E) in 1843, three years before the formation of Panola County. It is believed the church ...

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23319 Fair Play Baptist Church marker pending marker pending 10826 First Baptist Church of Beckville FN 124 East, Beckville Organized on May 15, 1886 with 12 charter members, this congregation originally was known as Mount Pleasant Baptist Church. Members soon built a ... 12137 First Baptist Church of Carthage 230 S. Market St. Ten years after Carthage became the county seat, a group of pioneers assembled to organize a Baptist church. In April 1858 the Rev. J. H. Whitmore ... 10827 First Christian Church of Carthage 206 S. Market at Wellington, Carthage Gospel meetings in the late 1880s brought together enough prospective members to organize the First Christian Church of Carthage. Hamilton Pollard ... 10828 First United Methodist Church of Carthage 201 S. Shelby at Wellington Organized in 1855, this congregation held its first services in the Masonic Hall. In 1859 the members bought this property and began a frame church ...

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10829 Grand Bluff Cemetery 9 mi. N of Carthage, US 59, then about 1 mi. E on FM 1794 This cemetery originally served the pioneers who settled in the nearby community of Grand Bluff (.5 mi. W), an early ferry crossing on the Sabine ...

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10830 Holland Quarters Cemetery 3 mi. W of Carthage, US 79, then 1 mi. N on FM 959 to CR 277 intersection This African American cemetery is located on land deeded to former slaves by Spearman Holland after the Civil War. The site also included the Pine ...

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13056 International Boundary Marker 8149 FM 31S (23 mi. SE) In the early 1700s, France and Spain began disputing their New World international boundary that included this area; each nation claimed what is ... 10853 Isaac R. Youngblood at the back of Youngblood Cemetery on FM 124, 3 mi. S of Beckville Panola County pioneer Isaac R. Youngblood was born about 1793. He and his wife, Elizabeth, moved to Texas from Washington County, Georgia, before ...

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10848 James Rowe Old Center Cemetery on FM 699 about 16 mi. SE of Carthage (March 17, 1811 - Dec. 3, 1868) Texas War for Independence soldier (1836) James Rowe had migrated from North Carolina. Prospering as a tanner, he ... 10846 Jim Reeves Jim Reeves Memorial Park, US 79, 3 mi. E of Carthage (August 30, 1924 - July 31, 1964) Born in Galloway, James Travis Reeves played professional baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals' minor league team ... 10813 Jonathan Anderson Anderson Park, Town Square, US Bus. 59 at Bus. US 79 Kentucky native Jonathan "Old Shelby" Anderson, a grandson of American Revolution veteran Bailey Anderson, settled in this area when Texas was part ... 10816 Joseph Benedict Beauchamp Old Macedonia Cemetery - From Carhage take US 79 W 3 mi. to FM 959, go N about 2 mi. to CR 225, go W about .7 mi. to cemetery Born Jan. 14, 1814 in Kentucky. Served in the Army of Texas, 1835; participated in the Storming of Bexar. Died April 16, 1862. His wife, Angelina ...

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10835 Margie Neal Town Square, Anderson Park, Bus. US 59 at Bus. US 79, Carthage (1875-1971) A native of Panola County, Margie Elizabeth Neal began her career as a teacher in 1893. She became editor and owner of the East Texas ... 10831 Midyett Springs Old Marshall-Mansfield Rd., off FM 123, 16 mi NE of Carthage and SE of De Berry These springs, used by settlers prior to 1850, became the center of a thriving farm community and health resort in the 1880s. Originally known as ... 10832 Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist Church 26 mi. SE of Carthage via FM 2517 and FM 3359, on CR 455 in Logan community Chartered in 1880 with eight members, this congregation was organized by Elders William H. Gresham and J. R. Alexander. A Confederate veteran, Gresham ... 10834 Mount Zion C. M. E. Church 334 N. Live Oak, Carthage Methodist Bishop Enoch M. Marvin and five former slaves founded this congregation on November 2, 1870, during a meeting of the East Texas Methodist ... 10833 Mt. Zion Cemetery on US 79, 18 mi. NE of Carthage This site was originally part of a tract owned by pioneer area settlers Richard and Polly Golden. They later gave it to their daughter Elizabeth ...

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10836 New Prospect Cemetery 3 mi. E of Beckville on FM 124, then .5 mi. S on CR 212 This cemetery began in 1870 in the rural community once known as Scruggs. The oldest documented burial was that of Elizabeth Scruggs (1820-1870). ...

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10837 Old Center Cemetery FM 699 about 16 mi. SE of Carthage in Old Center In 1856, land for the Old Center Cemetery was first donated by James Rowe, a community pioneer and a veteran of the Texas War for Independence. Rowe's ... 10838 Old Panola County Jail 213 N. Shelby, Carthage Designed by J. N. Carnes and completed in 1891, this structure served as the Panola County Jail for sixty-two years. The two-story brick building ...

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22563 Panola College 1109 West Panola marker pending 10839 Panola County on Town Square, Anderson Park, Bus. US 59 Bus. US 79, Carthage -- 10841 Pisgah United Methodist Church SH 149, 3.5 mi. NW of Carthage This church was organized in 1848 with the Rev. N. S. Johnson as the first pastor. Early services were conducted in homes, except for summer camp ... 10842 Pulaski 18 mi NE of Carthage on SH 31 3 mi on County Rd. --

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12138 Reeves-McMillan Cemetery 2.8 mi. S of Carthage on FM 699, 8.5 mi. E on FM 2517, 4 mi. S on FM 3359 to intersection with CR 459 Born in South Carolina in 1788, William McMillan, Sr., moved to Alabama where he was married in 1823 to Elizabeth Wren. The couple had four children: ... 10844 Rehobeth United Methodist Church on US 59, 4 mi. N of Carthage The Rev. J. M. Mills conducted the first services for this church in 1878. That same year work began on a sanctuary at this site. The land, which ... 10843 Rev. Isaac Reed on CR 152 just north of SH 315 in Clayton in Bethel Church yard, 7 mi. W of Carthage, churchyard -- 10847 Rock Hill United Methodist Church 9 mi. N of Carthage on US 59, then 1 mi. W on FM 1794 Organized at Grand Bluff (ca. 4 mi. E) in 1887 as a Baptist church, this congregation moved to the new community of Rock Hill and became affiliated ...

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10849 Shady Grove Baptist Church take FM 1794 W 4.7 mi. to FM 1186, go S on FM 1186 about 1.5 mi. to CR 314, go E to church Established to serve the rural residents of northeast Panola County, Shady Grove Baptist Church was in existence by 1880. The first pastor, the Rev. ... 10819 Site of Bethany on US 79, 24 mi. NE of Carthage A thriving town of the fifties - through it passed the Shreveport Road over which many emigrants entered Texas 12139 Sugar Hill Cemetery CR 242, 8 mi. W of Beckville Elijah Wyatt, who came to Texas in 1838, is thought to have died and been buried here in 1849. His son-in-law, Terrell Henson, deeded land to T. ... 16841 Sugar Hill Cemetery CR 242 From Beckville, Hwy 124 to CR 257 to State Hwy 3251 turn rught on to 242 which dead ends in to the cemetery.

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10840 The Panola Watchman 109 W. Panola St. (US 79), Carthage Tom M. Bowers (1837-1916) printed the first issue of the Watchman on July 2, 1873. He had published the Carthage Banner here from 1859 until he left ... 10845 The Respess Family and Respess Creek US 79, 4.5 mi. NE of Carthage In the 1870s Richard Ormand Respess (1839-1906) and his wife Nannie Lois Williams moved here from Harrison County. Respess gave the land and taught ...

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10850 Waldrop Cemetery 9.6 mi. W of Carthage on US 79, then 2 mi. N on FM 1251 According to local oral history, this community graveyard began in 1872. Jemima Guest Gentry, who had mentioned to her family that a nearby cedar ... 10852 Walter Prescott Webb FM 1971 at public boat ramp, south end of Lake Murvaul Bridge, 16 mi. SW of Carthage (April 3, 1888 - March 8, 1963) The world-renowned American historian Walter Prescott Webb was born near this site. His parents were Casner P. and ... 16855 Williams Cemetery 1 mi. W. of intersection of US 79 and FM 124, on N. side of 79; 1,047' N of intersection of Hwy 79 & CR 280 ESTABLISHED CA. 1837 HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2010 10851 Woods Methodist Church 12 mi. S of Carthage on US 59 to CR 425, E .25 mi. to church in Woods Community Organized as Methodist Church Concord; had a house of worship before 1858. Present site was deeded to church Nov. 28, 1876, by E. S. Hull. This building ... 15421 Woods New Hope Baptist Church just off of U.S. Hwy. 59 at Panola County Road 425 or four miles north of the city of Tenaha Residents of the Woods community established a Baptist church in 1855. Members first met in a structure that was also used for worship by Methodists ...