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12324 Bridges Chapel Cemetery 8 miles northwest of Mount Pleasant on US 271 Relious and Candice Grissom Bridges settled in this area between 1857 and 1860 along with Candice's brother Thomas Grissom. In 1867 the family gave ... 11170 Broadstreet Farmhouse 3 mi. E on US 67 Built by Paris and Mary (Harris) Broadstreet soon after they came from Mississippi (1861), settling 5 miles southeast of here. A son, Samuel (1864-1934), ...

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13068 Caddo Indian Communities in the Cypress Creek Drainage 7 mi. SE on SH 49 Comprised of various groups with distinct dialects and customs, the people known today as the Caddo once occupied a region that included parts of ... 11171 Center Grove Cemetery Center Grove community, south of Cookville on CR 4340, north side of the road between FM 1000 and CR 4330 This cemetery was originally called the Yancey Cemetery because the first parcel of land was donated by David Yancey, Sr., in the mid-1860s. An orphaned ... 11172 Cooper's Chapel Church and Cemetery About 12 mi NE of Mt. Pleasant via US 30 to FM 1993, N about 1.5 mi The pioneer families of William Cooper and William Ellis moved from Tennessee and settled here sometime during the 1850s. The burials of W. A. Cooper, ...

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15781 Damascus Cemetery Titus County Road 1135 11173 Dellwood Park Dellwood Park on SH 49 in Mount Pleasant Before 1830, Caddo Indians had campgrounds here around mineral springs flowing red, white, and blue waters. First home at future Mount Pleasant was ...

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11175 First Presbyterian Church of Mt. Pleasant Corner of N. Madison & W 4th St. This church was organized by the Rev. William Waldo Brimm (b. 1837), an early area evangelist, on Aug. 14, 1881. Two years later the congregation ...

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11178 Green Hill Presbyterian Church Green Hill community, from Mount Pleasant north on FM 2152 then east on CR 1660 Presbyterian Church Established in 1860

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15976 Henry Clay Thruston Mt. Pleasant, 100 block North Edwards Avenue Estimated to be between seven feet one inch and eight feet tall, Henry Clay Thruston became known nationally and internationally for his height. ...

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13957 Monticello Missionary Baptist Church 8.5 mi SW on FM 127 The community of Monticello dates from the 1850s and was named for Thomas Jefferson's home in Virginia. The government awarded a post office on May ...

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12227 Nevill's Chapel Cemetery 1 mi. N of Mount Pleasant on Fm 1402; .2 mi. E on CR NE8 The Alexander B. Nevill family came from Tennessee to settle in Titus County in 1838, establishing their family burial ground on one acre west of ...

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15374 Springhill-North Cemetery from Mount Pleasant, north on FM 1402 (Harts Bluff Road) 7.8 mi. to Springhill Cemetery Road, 0.3 mi. west to cemetery. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2001 11182 Stonewall School Nine mi. NW of Mt Pleasant on US 271, then 0.25 mi. NE on CR NW 38 This school traces its origin to educational instruction held in Bridges Chapel's First Methodist Church structure from 1867 until the early 1880s. ...

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22777 Talco Cemetery Marker pending marker pending 11177 The Rev. Edward Hollister Green Green Hill Cemetery, in Green Hill Community, CR 1660 (Born Madison County , Ala., May 14, 1827; Died Titus County, Texas, Nov. 12, 1863) Son of James W. and Elizabeth (Bass) Green. Educated at Centre ... 11184 Titus County In rest area, 1 mi E, on US 67 Formed from Red River and Bowie counties. Created May 11, 1846 and organized July 13, 1846. Named in honor of Andrew J. Titus 1814-1855. Pioneer ... 11185 Titus County C. S. A. Corner of N Madison & 2nd St Created and organized in 1846. Named for pioneer resident Andrew Jackson Titus (1814-1855), who opened county's first road, to river port in Jefferson. ...

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11181 W. R. M. Slaughter Home Green Hill community, FM 2152, east side, 0.2 mi. S of CR 1670 Dog-trot log cabin, built 1855 by John Sharp. Siding later added. Bought 1870 by Slaughter, Confederate veteran, county tax assessor, school teacher. ... 11183 West New Hope United Methodist Church About 10 mi. W from Mt. Pleasant via FM 1734 W to CR NW 13 to NW 13 / NW 18 This congregation began in 1886 when the Methodist sanctuary in Tranquil (2 mi. E) was moved to this site. The land was donated by charter members ... 15782 Winfield Cemetery Interstate 30 South Service Road South WINFIELD CEMETERY BROTHERS CALVIN AND WILLIAM BARRETT CAME TO TEXAS DURING THE EARLY 1850s AND THEY SETTLED IN TITUS COUNTY IN 1853. THE AREA WHERE ...