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12254 1925 Gilmer Post Office 119 Simpson St Designed by architect James A. Wetmore, this building was constructed by A. C. Stamford of Alabama, who employed workers from Alabama and from Upshur ...

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11307 Alex Earp Hopewell Cemetery on FM 49, 8 mi. W of Gilmer Alex Earp, (Aug. 10, 1832-March 5, 1920). A lumber-boom sheriff. Won respect under great handicaps. Born in Alabama. Family moved to Texas; father ...

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11336 Ben Phillips Place ? Built in 1872 with square nails, broad ax hewn boards. Center for talk of politics and news. "A stranger never passed this home." Many marriages ... 23578 Bethlehem School 8509 Toad Rd. The African American community of Bethlehem in Upshur County has long valued education, building schools soon after Emancipation. Assistance from ... 11300 Bettie Methodist Church FM 2088, Bettie, 6 mi. north of Gilmer This congregation was organized and a sanctuary built at this site in 1892 principally through the efforts of brothers Jeff and Hillard Parish. According ... 24212 Billy Machen marker pending marker pending 23980 Bruce School marker pending marker pending 17595 Brumley Crossroads Cemetery From Gilmer take Hwy. 271 North approximately 6 miles, tum left at Bettie, TX, drive west for approximately 1 mile, turn right on FM 2454 and drive approximately 4 miles. There are two entrances to the cemetery - one on the left side just before you get to Mule Deer Rd. and the second entrance go to Mule Deer Rd., take left for a few feet and tum left into the cemetery. BRUMLEY CROSSROADS CEMETERY LOCATED NEAR THE CHEROKEE TRACE AND THE JEFFERSON-QUITMAN ROAD, THIS HISTORIC CEMETERY IS THE FINAL RESTING PLACE FOR ...

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11318 C. S. A. Hat Factory 400 N. Titus St. at Taylor St. Hats for the Confederate Army were made here by Robert Potts Bros. hatters during Civil War. In a year's time, 300 pounds of wool was used for 600 ... 11301 Camp Talley SH 155 about 13 mi. NE of Gilmer Civil War Recruiting Camp. 11302 Cherokee Trace Courthouse lawn, Henderson at Marshall St. Near this site the Cherokee Indians blazed an early Texas trail. They wanted a road from their settlements near Nacogdoches to their home reservation ... 11329 Col. John Hamilton McNairy Old Coffeville Cemetery, 12 mi. NE of Gilmer, just south of SH 155 in Coffeeville Born 1804 Guilford County, N. C. Lived in Tennessee; came to Shelby County, Texas, 1837; to Upshur County, 1847. Here he was first Representative ... 23297 Concord Cemetery 6995 Concord Church Rd. Located in north central Upshur County, the Concord Cemetery is part of the historic Concord community established after the Civil War. The cemetery ... 11305 Croley Funeral Home 305 W. Harrison St. J. F. Croley purchased the Croley Hardware Company in 1890 and began an undertaking business as part of the hardware store services. In 1920 a partnership ...

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19980 Dickson Colored Orphanage Cemetery South of the Upshur County Court House- A few feet from the Intersection of U.S.Hwy 271 and TX State Hwy 155 11306 Dickson Orphanage On US 271, just S. of SH 300 intersection in S. Gilmer Only home in Texas for negro orphans for thirty years, 1900-1929. Founded by W. L. Dickson, Negro Baptist minister, only superintendent home ever ...

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18802 East Springfield Baptist Church East Springfield Baptist Church, NE corner Nuthatcher Rd. and Martin Ln. Following the Civil War, many freedmen and their families established communities, including schools, churches and cemeteries. Freedmen settled ... 11308 Edwards Cemetery 7.5 mi. west of Longview on US 80, then 4.5 mi. north on FM 3272 (White Oak-Union Grove Rd.) just inside Upshur County line on N. White Oak Rd. This site was used as a graveyard for settlers of this area as early as the mid-1850s. The earliest recorded burial here was that of the infant Josephine ... 11309 Enon Baptist Church From Gilmer, take FM 852 5.2 mi NW to intersection w/FM 556, church is at intersection Organized May 13, 1848, in home of M. S. Long, a member. Other charter members were D. M., J. D. J., and Lucinda Davis, S. I. and Sarah Knight, and ...

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11310 First Baptist Church of Gilmer 304 Buffalo Street First congregation was organized in a log cabin in 1846 as the Gilmer Missionary Baptist Church of Christ. In 1854 the congregation consisted of ... 12895 First United Methodist Church of Gilmer 105 N. Montgomery First United Methodist Church of Gilmer Gilmer's early settlers came in the mid-18th century. By 1849, records indicate Baptist and Methodist congregations ...

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11311 Gilgal Baptist Church Gilgal Missionary Baptist Church, NE corner US 271 S and Webb St. In 1865 the Rev. John Baptist led the founding of this congregation. The members built a brush arbor here and chose the name "Gilgal" after the site ... 11312 Gilmer US 271, south city limits Founded 1846. Named for Thomas W. Gilmer, U. S. Secretary of the Navy and ardent champion of annexation for Texas. Supply, training, production and ...

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11316 Harmony I.S.D. Harmony I.S.D. campus, near administration building. Map dox approximate. Early efforts to improve the quality of education and provide a complete high school program in area districts resulted in the merger of rural schools ... 22401 Henry "Ragtime Texas" Thomas marker pending marker pending

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13822 Indian Rock Village 5.5 mi. SE of Gilmer An ancient Indian people, their tribal name unknown, located this rock suited to their need and caused it to serve them in preparing food. Without ...

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11321 Jefferson-Quitman Road Gilmer One of three pioneer roads that crossed Upshur County and aided in development of Texas. Was heavily used by freighters and settlers heading westward, ... 11333 John O'Byrne Home FM 1844, 0.7 mi E of US 271 Social, cultural, political center. built 1888 in the O'Byrne's Mill settlement that included sawmill, planner, grist mill, cotton gin. O'Byrne, ...

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11322 Kelsey Mormon Colony FM 1795 about 5 mi. west of Gilmer Received church endorsement after Mormon brothers John and Jim Edgar bought a large tract of timber land here in 1898. By end of 1901, Sunday School ... 17722 Kelsey School Kelsey community, N side of Beechnut Rd. From SH 154, 0.5 mi. S on FM 1795 and 0.2 mi. W on Blue Spruce Rd. to Beechnut Rd. In the late 1890s, brothers John and James Edgar settled along Kelsey Creek, and were soon joined by other Latter-Day Saints families from their ...

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11323 Lafayette Cemetery 6 mi. NE of Gilmer on SH 155, then 4 mi. NE on FM 2796, then .8 mi. west on FM 593, then 2 mi. north on FM 993 to intersection w/FM 1975 The Lafayette community, named by early settler Matthew F. Locke for his son, Lafayette Locke, developed in this area in the 1850s. Locke deeded ... 11324 Leather Factories, C. S. A. Henderson and Marshall On this site during the Civil War, a shoe factory converted leather into footgear for the Confederate Army. A harness factory nearby made bridles ... 11327 Lewis T. Mackey Confederate veteran; ordnance sergeant, Co. D., Lane's 1st Texas Partisan Rangers. Served in Ark., La., Texas. Born in Tenn. Came to Texas in 1846. Confederate veteran; ordnance sergeant, Co. D., Lane's 1st Texas Partisan Rangers. Served in Ark., La., Texas. Born in Tenn. Came to Texas in 1846. ... 11325 Little Mound Baptist Church and Cemetery FM 49, 12 mi. west of Gilmer Unmarked burials in this cemetery may have begun in the late 1860s, predating the founding of the church. The oldest marked grave is that of E. Hoggue, ...

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12255 Mattox Cemetery FM 726, 1 mi. W of New Diana Several families from Alabama and Georgia settled in this area in the 1850s. According to oral history, slaves were interred around this site. The ... 11328 McDonald House 1 mi. E of Gilmer on Hwy 154 Built about 1853. Southern plantation style. Gathering place for community and social affairs. Sat on brow of hill, or McDonald Mountain, from which ... 11340 Meshack Roberts SH 154 E, 0.7 mi. E of Cypress St. and 0.4 mi. W of Primrose Rd. Marker reported missing Jul. 2003. Map dot approximate. - - 11330 Murry Institute Ore City Cemetery, N. Wisteria St. off E. Main (FM 450) In community called Murry League, for original land grantee. First school in Upshur County (1853-61). Founded by Tennesseans, Rev. Joshua Clark and ...

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11331 New Hope Missionary Baptist Church SH 155, 9.5 miles SW of Gilmer Organized September 22, 1855, with 15 charter members, in New Hope community (4 mi. NW). Monthly meetings were held in a one-room log school. The ...

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11332 Oak Hill Missionary Baptist Church FM 2088, 8 mi. NW of Gilmer The Oak Hill Baptist Church, the first Baptist congregation in this area, was organized about 1870. Early services were held in a one-room log school ... 11304 Old Alexander Cook Home 12 mi. NW of Gilmer Cook moved here in 1857 from Tennessee. A leading farmer; head of a prominent family. Had one of first cotton gins in Upshur County. Built this Greek ... 11303 Old Coffeeville, C. S. A. On SH 155 about 13 mi. NE of Gilmer Ferry point near this site, on Big Cypress. Important town of 1850's, with an academy, 2 dry goods stores, 2 groceries, drug store, 3 doctors, Methodist ... 11317 Old Hart Home 1 mi. from Gilmer Built 1877 of select lumber by sawmill owner Cassius Hart, member of prominent pioneer family who settled here before county organized in 1846. Later ...

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11334 Parson McClelland School On FM 726, about 3.3 mi E of US 271, about 10 mi (total) SE of Gilmer, reported damaged 6/2021 Built about 1869 by the Rev. Wm. Henry McClelland, a Baptist minister and teacher. He lived here and operated a private school, with day and boarding ... 11337 Pleasant Grove Cemetery Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Lafayette community, FM 1975, S side, 4.5 mi. NE of FM 593 Many of the pioneer families who settled in this area and established the Lafayette community in the 1850s immigrated from the southern United States. ... 16311 Port Bolivar & Iron Ore Railroad corner of E. Main & Front Sts. Though an Antebellum community associated with the Murray League School once existed here, it declined following the Civil War. It wasn’t until around ... 11338 Pritchett Normal Institute On SH 155, at intersection W/FM 1404, about 6 mi. SW of Gilmer Started as preparatory institute in 1901 by Albert, R. W. and J. P. Maberry, aided by Ben Wiliams and W. W. Sanders. Trained teachers. Also had public ...

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16516 Ragland Clinic-Hospital Gilmer In 1933, the Ragland family opened the first full-time hospital in Upshur County. Thomas Scott Ragland, M.D. (1872 – 1936) came to Texas in 1895; ... 11339 Rhonesboro 11 mi. W of Gilmer at the intersection of SH 154 at FM 1002 Founded 1902; Named for W. M. Rhone, only sawmill operator in area until 1901, when arrival of Marshall & East Texas Railroad created a town which ... 11341 Rosewood Baptist Church 8 mi. W of Rosewood on SH 154, then S 1 block on Church Rd. Organized 1872 as Double Springs Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jacob Zeigler as pastor. When Marshall & East Texas Railway was built and a town platted, ... 11342 Rosewood Cemetery 8 mi. W of Gilmer on SH 154, then one block S on Church Rd. When the Marshall and East Texas Railroad was built through this area in 1907, the town of Rosewood was organized, replacing the earlier communities ...

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11319 Sam Houston Spoke Here Henderson at Marshall St. Reported missing Jan. 2006. On this Cherokee Trace site he had visited 25 years earlier, when he lived with the Indians, Sam Houston twice spoke as the leading Texas statesman-- ... 11343 Sand Hill Gilmer -- 12856 Shady Grove Cemetery Gilmer, 12 mi. W on FM 1002, adjacent to Shady Grove Church of Christ Shady Grove Cemetery In 1852, the congregation of the Shady Grove Missionary Baptist Church received a gift of four acres from land promoter Frost ... 14573 Sheppherd, Elvey Gilmer 23698 Simpsonville Cemetery marker pending marker pending 11320 Site of an Indian Village Spring and Butler St. in Gilmer City Park Established early in the 19th century by a band of Cherokees. Inhabited until those Indians and their associated tribes were driven from Texas in ... 11314 Site of Old Gilmer 2 mi. NW on Cherokee Trace Here on the Cherokee Trace was early Gilmer. On this spot in 1845 the first Upshur County Court convened under an oak. In spring 1846, Judge O. M. ... 11345 Site of Stamps School Stamps community, FM 1649, S side, 60 ft. W of Gardenia Rd. Established Oct. 24, 1906, and named for settler William O. ("Uncle Billy") Stamps, who gave land and materials for building. Community children, ... 11315 Site of the Guarantee State Bank SW corner E. Main (FM 450) and S. Dogwood streets Ore City was founded about 1910 as an iron mining center. On Dec. 16, 1911, its citizens organized the Guarantee State Bank, and after operating ... 11344 Soules Chapel Methodist Church 10 mi. NW of Gilmer on FM 556 The Rev. Joshua Soule (1781-1867), original bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, visited East Texas in 1846. Worshiping in a log cabin ... 23631 St. James Baptist Church 107 S. Rodeo After the Civil War, rural families, including those of former slaves, occupied the farmland and forest surrounding the area now known as Red Rock. ...

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11313 "The Gilmer Mirror" Marshall and Wood St. Oldest continuous business in this county. Founded as weekly, "Upshur County Democrat," Jan. 1, 1877. Early owners included W. C. Paul, the Rev. ... 11346 Tarver's Ferry SH 155, 15mi. NE of Gilmer Once located at a strategic crossing of Big Cypress Creek, this pioneer ferry transported settlers moving west into Texas through populous Jefferson, ... 11335 The Ashley Phelps Home 107 N Tyler St. Big Sandy merchant J. B. Rowe and his wife Helen (Bray) built this home about 1905. In 1909 they sold it to Ashley W. and Ruth (Prothro) Phelps, ... 11326 The Looney School Courthouse lawn, NW corner Buffalo and Davis St. During the years of 1860-70 in Gilmer, Morgan H. Looney had a school widely known for high academic standards, attracting many East Texas boarding ... 11347 Two Early Railroads US 259, near FM 3245. Marker reported missing Sep. 1997. Map dot approximate. (Crossing, 400 yards east) The Marshall & East Texas Railroad, chartered 1908 was part of a line built 1882. Operated a passenger train nicknamed ...

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17366 Union Grove Cemetery Proceed North on US 271 nearly to North city limits. Turn East onto FM 2575 for 2 miles. Turn North onto N. Point Pleasant Road for 1 mile. Turn east for 0.02 miles to entance of the cemetery. UNION GROVE CEMETERY HADEN HARRISON EDWARDS (1812-1864), A SOLDIER, MERCHANT AND LEGISLATOR, PURCHASED THIS LAND FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MEXICO IN 1835. ... 12692 Union Grove Schools Union Grove Elementary School, Old US 271 The earliest recorded school in this area was held at the home of pioneer settler John O'Byrne. In 1888, a public school opened with J.H. Sheppard ... 11348 Unknown Soldier Morris Cemetery on SH 155, 4.5 mi. south of Gilmer In this grave, the first in Morris Cemetery, lies a Confederate soldier. On his way home at the end of the war, and very ill, he stopped at the William ... 11349 Upshur County SH 155, 12 mi. SW of Gilmer; south of FM 1002 intersection, roadside park -- 11351 Upshur County Discovery Well 3 mi. east of Union Grove on FM 1844 J. D. Richardson No. 1. Completed May 6, 1931; first of 2,000 county wells that produced over 225,000 barrels of oil. Drilled by Mudge Oil Co.; bought ... 11350 Upshur County, C. S. A. Courthouse lawn, Henderson at Marshall St. (Star and Wreath) Civil War supply and activity center. Men and boys served in the Confederate army on many battlefronts and in state troops protecting ...

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18816 Valley View High School 1649 to Gardenia at sign Valleyview go right. opposite side of Valleyview sign; the actual location is in a wooded area. Down Gardenia Road in from of Heuy Jones the property owner , elderly and sickly.

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11352 Walnut Creek Baptist Church 2 mi. north of Diana on US 259, then .2 mi. east on FM 726, then .25 mi. south on Sego Lily Road Pioneer settlers of this area formally organized a Baptist Church of Christ at Walnut Creek about 1855. In 1856 the congregation acquired more than ... 11353 Walters' Bluff Ferry SH 155, 1 mi. SW of Big Sandy Located at a noted early-day crossing on Sabine River, this pioneer ferry carried settlers traveling north or south into Upshur or Smith counties. ... 12574 Warren-Futrell House 303 Warren St. Inspired by the Prairie School of architecture and the Arts and Crafts movement of the early 20th century, this house was constructed in 1912 for ... 11354 West Mountain Cemetery US 271, 8 mi. south of Gilmer Part of a Republic of Texas land grant formerly occupied by Caddo and Cherokee Indians, this cemetery was established in the mid-1850s by plantation ...