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10385 Bethel Baptist Church Bethel Baptist Church. Bold Springs community, FM 350, W side 0.3 mi. N of FM 942 Built 1901 for congregation organized Jan. 6, 1849, by Rev. J.W.D. Creath, among settlers from Louisiana. Membership in early days included the family ... 10401 Birthplace of Margo Jones S. Washington St. (Business 59), E side between W. Matthews and E. Garner streets. Marker reported in storage pending construction Apr. 2022. (1911-1955) World-famed genius of drama. Won Broadway acclaim directing "The Glass Menagerie." Led move to decentralize American theatre. Established, ... 18246 Bluewater Cemetery The woods of Polk County provided refuge and a new home for many families from Mississippi following the Civil War. They supported the Union during the war but sought to avoid the post-Reconstruction attitudes of their neighbors. The Collins and the Knight families were among these new residents. Soon, both the Knight community and the Bluewater community would develop as families moved in during the close of the 19th century. Many of these founders of the community and war veterans would be buried in Bluewater cemetery, established in 1898. That same year, the Missionary Baptist Church of Bluewater was first organized, with local landowner E. P. Dowden as one of the first members. He went on to donate a parcel of land to the county for the construction of a school in 1907. The first known burial here was of Thomas Jefferson Collins, among the first Mississippians to settle here. Much of his family and descendants would be buried here. There are more than 600 burials, with dozens of veteran headstones. More than 200 are engraved double headstones. Some have homemade concrete borders, others are handmade in full concrete. Prominent cedar trees mark some of the older graves. The front gate is black cast iron, and the fences are chain link. A small wood frame building sits on the corner of the property. Some say that it is the old church building but records cannot fully support the claim. The cemetery still stands as a reminder of the many hardships and sacrifices of our ancestors and their proud descendants who continue to maintain the cemetery. The woods of Polk County provided refuge and a new home for many families from Mississippi following the Civil War. They supported the Union during ... 23491 Bluff Creek Cemetery marker pending marker pending 23919 Bold Springs Cemetery FM 350 N American settlement in this area began when families and enslaved persons from Louisiana arrived in the 1840s to engage in farming. The neighboring ...

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10421 Capt. Hardy B. Purvis Peebles Cemetery, FM 1988, 2.5 mi. NE of Goodrich (1891-1961) Born in Livingston. In his 20s, became a local peace officer. Spent years 1927-1933 and 1935-1956 in Texas Ranger service. Noted for ... 10428 Captain Isaac Newton Moreland Turner, C. S. A. go east on US 190 about 18.4 mi. to Midway Center Rd., go 2 mi. north to dead end, go east to cemetery sign, follow to cemetery - marker is in Turner Cemetery (April 3, 1839 - April 15, 1863) was born in Putnam County, Georgia. His father, J. A. S. Turner, was a plantation owner with Texas landholdings ... 15957 Central Baptist Church Central Baptist Church, N. East Ave., W side between E. Milam and E. Polk streets The Baptists of Livingston established Ariel Baptist Church circa 1852. The church petitioned for membership in the Bethlehem Association, which ... 17065 Chief John Blount Heritage Park, SE corner W. Church St. (US 190) and N. Drew Ave. John Blount was the son of William Blount, later a U.S. senator, and a Coushatta woman. While in Florida, he became principal chief of the Apalachee ... 10424 Chief John Scott Indian cemetery on Alabama-Coushatta Reservation, 16 mi. east of Livingston on US 190 (1805-1913) Came to Texas in 1830s; served in Confederate Army in Civil War; was chief of Alabama Indians here most of his life. 10388 Confederate Service of Alabama and Coushatta Indians Alabama Coushatta Tribe of Texas, 16 mi. east of Livingston on US 190 Alabama and Coushatta Indians of Polk County were trained as cavalrymen in 1861 by Indian Agent Robert R. Neyland as the war between the states advanced. ...

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10408 Magee-Love Log House private property - inaccessible One of earliest large homes in southeast Texas. Built near site of present Coldspring, on Drury Magee survey, before 1828-- while this was part of ... 15566 Magnolia Hill Cemetery Livingston 10383 Major Henry W. Augustine Magnolia Hill Cemetery, Segno community, 21 mi. SE of Livingston (1806-1874) In 1827 moved here from Alabama. For battle injuries and services under Republic of Texas, he received a land grant and wooden leg. Was ... 13263 Margaret V. "Margo" Jones Forest Hill Cemetery, Div. 7, Sect. 3, Lot 3 Livingston native Margo Jones was one of the leading figures of American theatre during her brief life. A director and innovator, she played a key ... 10411 Menard Chapel Church, School, and Cemetery 10 mi. south of Livingston on SH 146, then 2 mi. east on FM 943, then 2 mi. north on Menard Chapel Rd. Michel B. Menard, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and his brother Pierre J. settled here in 1833. According to local tradition sometime ... 10412 Midway Cemetery 18 mi. east of Livingston on US 190, then south on Midway Center Rd. to cemetery Andrew A. (1816-1898) and Mary Barnes (1817-1857) McKee came to Texas in 1845 and purchased land here in 1854. Mary, who died in childbirth, was ... 10413 Moscow on FM 350, about .25 mi. west of US 59 Settled by David Green, during era of the Republic of Texas. First post office established under name of Green's in 1847. Changed to Moscow in 1853. ... 13953 Moscow Male and Female Academy Moscow On this site stood the Moscow Male and Female Academy. Operated after 1857 under Masonic auspices as the Moscow Masonic Academy until merged in the ... 10416 Moscow Masonic Male and Female Academy Moscow Built 1853. Noted East Texas school. Taught later celebrities: W. P. Hobby, governor; Carr P. Collins, John Henry Kirby, business executives; L. ... 10415 Moscow, Camden & San Augustine Railroad at railroad depot - intersection of FM 62 and FM 942 Texas' shortest (and one of its oldest) "mixed"-train railroads. Has passenger and freight cars pulled by a single engine on a 7-mile system, 5 days ...