Historical Markers of Texas

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11039 Las Boregas Camp Site 0.3 mi. W of Milam, north side of SH 21, east of Boregas Creek Las Boregas Creek formed the eastern boundary of the 1794 Spanish land grant to Juan Ignacio Pifermo, making this grant the oldest in Sabine County. ... 18631 Lowe Cemetery Lowe Cemetery. Lowe Cemetery Rd/Bradshaw Rd. E, 0.8 mi. E of US 96. Map dot approximate. Named for Barnabas Colistus "Barney" Lowe, an early pioneer who moved to Texas circa 1832, Lowe Cemetery has burials that date as early as 1840. ...

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11785 Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery 2 miles east of Hemphill on FM 83 The Macedonia Baptist Church was established on this site in 1885. Though it is likely that there are burials dating from that time, the earliest ... 7574 Matthew Arnold Parker 4 mi. north of Hemphill on SH 87 (May 17, 1801 - March 19, 1862) First chief justice of Sabine County, Republic of Texas. Parker was born in Georgia. He came here from Louisiana ... 12174 McGown Cemetery 3 mi. W of Milam on SH 21, then .4 mi. N on unmarked cemetery road The McGown Cemetery's earliest known burial, that of pioneer Anne Kyle (d. 1842) occurred five years after the formation of Sabine County. Seventeen ... 22526 McMahan Chapel Cemetery marker pending marker pending 11042 McMahan's Chapel McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, 2.6 mi. W of Geneva on SH 21, 1.3 mi. S on Spur 35 (McMahan's Chapel Road) The oldest Methodist church having a continuous existence in Texas. Organized as a "religious society," 1833, at the home of Colonel Samuel McMahan ... 11043 Meador Cemetery Meador Cemetery, on Meador Cemetery Lane Virginia-born Dr. Richard A. Meador (1808-1853) and his wife Mary Ann (Tucker) (1818-1864) came to Sabine County in 1844 and built a home near this ... 7582 Mial Scurlock Geneva (b. 1809) and his brother William Scurlock (1807-85) left their Mississippi home in 1834 to settle in Texas, then a part of Mexico. That same year ... 11044 Milam El Camino Park, SH 21 west of SH 87 Founded in 1828 as Red Mound Named in 1835 for Benjamin Rush Milam. Seat of justice of Sabine Municipality, 1835; of Sabine County, 1837-58. Incorporated ... 16778 Milam El Camino Park, SH 21 west of SH 87 The first known description of Milam was given by Stephen Fuller Austin in his diary as he camped along El Camino Real de los Tejas in 1821. Because ... 17556 Milam Cemetery Milam Cemetery, on Old Milam Cemetery Road (N. Vernon Road), north of SH 21 and west of SH 87 Milam, the first county seat of Sabine County, has a history of travelers and visitors stretching back centuries. Native Americans and Spanish explorers, ... 13650 Mt. Sinai Cemetery Mt. Sinai Rd 0.1 mi W of FM 3315 Mt. Sinai Cemetery has served residents of southeastern Sabine County for more than 100 years. The first interment in the burial ground dates to ...

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11046 New Hope-Bethel Baptist Church north of Milam via SH 87 about 4.5 mi., then east on New Hope Baptist Rd. In the early 19th century, Bethel Baptist Mission was established one mile east of this marker, on a lane that is now Farm Road 276. About 1818, ...

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16282 Oakhill Cemetery 300 Oak Hill Road From the 1830s to late 1800s, pioneers settled along roads in this area, establishing dispersed agrarian communities, including Oakhill. Oakhill ... 13045 Old Centerview Cemetery 3.6 mi. N on US 96, then W on Centerview Rd Sabine County is one of the oldest settlement areas in the state. The farming community of Centerview, which dates to the 1840s, supported a stagecoach ... 7573 Oliphint Chapel Cemetery inside Frontier Park, SH 21 and Toledo Bend Alfred D. Oliphint came to Texas and received land grants in 1839 and 1844 in Sabine County. He served as Justice of the Peace and County Judge, ...

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7575 Payne-Williams Cemetery Geneva John (1784-1848) and Margaret (1788-1857) Payne came to Texas from Georgia about 1835. A veteran of the War of 1812, John served Sabine County as ... 16524 Pineland 103 Sloan Street Like many Sabine County communities, Pineland was established as a result of the arrival of the logging industry to the east Texas pine forests. ... 18730 Pineland School 459 Temple Road North

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7576 Sabine County SH 87 -- 16358 Sabine County Hemphill Sabine County, one of the original 23 Texas counties, is on the eastern border of Texas. It is bound by and named for the sabine river, which separates ... 7577 Sabine County Courthouse SH 87 An 1858 election called for Sabine County offices to be moved from Milam (7 mi. N) to this more central location. The new county seat, Hemphill, ... 7578 Sabine County Jail SH 87 Sabine County Commissioners contracted for this two-story Victorian jail building in 1903. It was completed the following year during the county ... 7580 Sabine Town Cemetery 11 mi. east of Hemphill via FM 83 \, then FM 3381 N to Monument Dr., right down road for .25 mi., take first right S. H. Morris sold 200 acres of his land grant in the 1830s for the establishment of the town of Sabine. Businesses included a post office, customs ... 7579 Sabinetown 11 mi. east of Hemphill via FM 83, then north on FM 3382 -- 7581 Scurlock Cemetery Geneva This cemetery is named for North Carolina native William Scurlock (1807-1885), a veteran of the Texas Revolution, who is buried here. He and his ... 11032 Site of East Mayfield Edwards and Ball Park St. The community of East Mayfield was built here in 1912 and named for Texas Railroad Commissioner Earle B. Mayfield. Formed around the large lumber ... 16740 Speights-Pratt Cemetery State Highway 87 North or From the Sabine County Corthouse in Hemphill go one block East on State 83 (Worth Street), then left or North on State Hwy 87 for 4.7 miles, then left Rebecca Hopkins Speights (b. 1796) arrived in Sabine County in 1842 as a widow with four sons and a daughter. She owned about 250 acres including ... 12175 Springhill Cemetery 3.5 mi. W of Hemphill on FM 83; 1.5 mi. S on gravel road The first person known to have been interred here was William Isaac Pace in 1837. The Pace home was located on this site, and according to local ... 17569 Starr Funeral Home 510 Starr Street In 1946, W. O. Stringer, County Judge and owner of Stringer Funeral Home in Jasper, opened a second facility in Hemphill, on the corner of worth ...

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11045 The Milam Masonic Institute SH 21, south side east of SH 87 Many pioneers belonged to the Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons, an order active in education. Among Masons settling in this area by 1845 were Republic ... 18120 Thomas Johnson School From the Sabine County Courthouse in Hemphill go one block east on Hwy 83 (Worth St.), then left or north on Hwy 87/83 for 1.2 miles, then right on Hwy 83 for 1.1 miles, then right on FM 1368 for 1.0 miles to the school on the left. The Hemphill School in Sabine County was established between 1929 and 1930. Smaller schools existed in the area since the end of the Civil War for ... 20173 Two Miles Southeast to McMahan's Chapel 3.8 mi. W of Geneva, SW corner SH 21 and Spur 35 (McMahan's Chapel Rd.) The oldest Methodist church having a continuous existence in Texas. Organized as a "religious society," September 1833 by the Reverend James P. ...

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11035 William Gasby Cemetery take Lee Arnold Road south about 1.5 mi. to cemetery and church Originally part of a Spanish land grant issued in 1794 to Ignacio Pirfirmo, the surrounding land was acquired in 1870 by former slave William Gasby. ...

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16283 Yellowpine Cemetery 6.3 mi. S of intersection of FM 83 and SH 87, on E side of SH 87 Yellowpine was one of many logging communities founded in the East Texas pine forests during the early 20th century. After the death of J.C. Berryman ...