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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QV_first-presbyterian-church-of-taylor_Taylor-TX.html
The history of this church can be traced to 1876, when a Presbyterian congregation here was closely associated with the Presbyterian church in Georgetown. The Rev. John McMurray led both congregations, and the earliest written recognition of the T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PX_first-presbyterian-church_Georgetown-TX.html
The Rev. William Mumford Baker presided over this congregation's organization in 1854 at the Round Rock home of Richard and Mary Agnes (Cooper) Sansom. By 1856, the church was meeting in Georgetown, where C.A.D. Clamp deeded a site (at 4th and Myr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N4_first-christian-church-of-taylor_Taylor-TX.html
Founded Dec. 9, 1877, with 22 charter members from churches in "old home" states. Gen. R. M. Gano of Dallas preached daily during ensuing week, and 20 others joined the church. The initial meeting was in an Odd Fellows hall. In 1878, a church buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M6_first-baptist-church-of-liberty-hill_Liberty-Hill-TX.html
Successor to Zion Baptist Church and the Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church of Christ, which merged 1854, and met in a brush arbor or in Silent Grove School, 4 miles to the west. When Austin & Northwestern Railroad was built, Liberty Hill move…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1L5_first-baptist-church-of-florence_Florence-TX.html
Settlers in the farming and ranching community of Florence gathered in April 1856 to hear the Rev. Robert Hay Taliaferro (1824-1875) preach and help them formally organize a church. Originally known as the Baptist Church of Christ, the congregatio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K7_farmers-state-bank-building_Georgetown-TX.html
The Merchants and Farmers Bank began in 1898 and incorporated as Farmers State Bank in 1905. In 1910, bank officers contracted for the building of a new bank onto existing commercial property at this site. Construction was finished in 1912. In the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JL_evangelical-free-church_Georgetown-TX.html
Swedish immigrant settlers in Williamson County met together in homes for worship services as early as 1884. In 1891 this congregation was organized in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sven Peterson by 21 charter members. Known as Brushy Evangelical Free …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IX_emzy-taylor_Georgetown-TX.html
Arkansas native Emzy Taylor clerked in his father's Georgetown square mercantile store before serving as a Confederate Captain in the Red River valley during the Civil War. He married Margaret Henderson in 1864 while on furlough and after the war …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IP_elisha-allen_Bartlett-TX.html
A native of Louisiana, Elisha Allen moved with his parents in 1827 to what is now Orange County. When the Texas Revolution began, Allen joined the army and fought at the Siege of Bexar, Dec. 5-6, 1835. He explored the Texas frontier with a survey …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IE_eikel-prewitt-building_Taylor-TX.html
Albert Eikel (b. 1852) had this building constructed in 1893 to house the Eikel Hardware Company. The three-story, brick commercial structure was designed by prominent Williamson County architect Henry Struve. The building was purchased in 1923 by…