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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B3R_earles-chapel-methodist-church_Jacksonville-TX.html
Settlement of the Earle's Chapel community began several years before the organization of Cherokee County. W. J. Ragsdale (1811-1884), a veteran of the Texas War for Independence, and his wife Patsy McAdams (1816-1898) had settled on Prairie Branc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B3Q_earles-chapel-cemetery_Jacksonville-TX.html
Elijah Earle (1804-1880) and his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Jarratt Tatum (1824-1904), set aside land for this graveyard in 1858. Elijah selected his own burial site at the time, marking it by carving his initials on a tree trunk. He was buried h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2B3P_first-baptist-church_Jacksonville-TX.html
This congregation traces it history to the origins of the town of Jacksonville. When the International and Great Northern Railroad promoted the new town of Jacksonville along its rail line in 1872, city lots were set aside for local churches. Deac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20ZE_ponta_Jacksonville-TX.html
In 1901, a new townsite was laid out on the Texas & New Orleans Railroad. Promoted by brothers Lee D. and William T. Guinn, it was named Hubb for county surveyor Hubbard S. Guinn. It was renamed Ponta (an adaptation of the Latin Ponte, which means…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLAT_craft-baptist-church_Jacksonville-TX.html
Organized in 1891 at the Shiloh schoolhouse by members of the Baptist Church of Christ at Corinth, this church was originally called the Baptist Church of Christ at Shiloh. Charter members elected E. M. Carter as the first pastor. The church was s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML6X_loves-lookout_Jacksonville-TX.html
On this nine mile long ridge there are two historic lookout points which command a view of 30 to 35 miles. Between this site, with an elevation of 713 ft., and Point Lookout (1/4 mi. NW), lies a narrow valley. An Indian trail and later a pioneer r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIR6_cuney_Jacksonville-TX.html
The earliest area settlers were Andrew "Andy" Bragg and Nelson Sneed, black farmers who moved here in 1870. Former slaves, they were later joined by other freedman farmers, landowners and tradesmen. The settlement that resulted was known as Andy.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIQ1_old-neches-saline-road_Jacksonville-TX.html
Originally an Indian trail. Used in 1765 by the Spanish priest Calahorra on an Indian peace mission. Gained importance, 1820s, for use in hauling salt from Neches Saline to Nacgodoches. Survivors of the Killough family massacre of 1838 fled via th…