In 1875 brothers David, Harrison, Madison, and Addison Hobbs left Mississippi and settled here in what was then known as the Big Creek Thicket. A settlement named Hobbs Thicket emerged and in the early 1880s the 2-room Hobbs Thicket Schoolhouse was built. Although travel over the area's muddy roads was difficult, Hobbs Thicket grew and in 1894 local store owner Robert A. Nickolson applied for a post office. The U.S. Postal Service turned down the initial name request of \"Hobbs\" and substituted \"Amy.\" Nicholson was selected Amy's first postmaster. By 1920 Amy consisted of a post office, doctor's office, telephone switchboard, general store, two churches, barber shop, blacksmith shop, and cotton gin with two large boilers fired by wood and coal. The gin burned down in 1924 and was never rebuilt. The cotton gin's closing precipitated a steady decline in the town. In 1928 the school merged with the nearby Mulberry School System, and in the 1950s Amy's last remaining church and general store closed. For many years after the town of Amy no longer existed a number of its former residents and their relatives continued a tradition established about 1920 of gathering together for homecoming activities.<\/p>","mkr_info":"Marker photo posted with permission of |14|.
Thanks, Steve!","mkr_img":"amy_settlement.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":1,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Amy"},{"mkr_id":3,"mkr_name":"Antioch Cemetery and|Old Antioch Church of Christ","mkr_name_sort":"Antioch Cemetery & Church","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.3354630383045","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.50891781381978","mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"
This church and cemetery, dating back to the first years of Texas statehood, were established between 1846 and 1848. The church, First Church of Christ in Lamar County, was founded by Elder Thomas Barrett of Titus County. Instrumental in the organization was the pioneer family of Mrs. Rebecca Stone Biard and her three sons (whose first names were Andrew Jackson, John Gaines, and William Washington) and her daughter (Minerva B. Stephenson). They came to Texas from Alabama and started Biardstown community in 1846. All three brothers became noted landowners. William W. Biard gave his first home, a 20'x20' log cabin, for use as a church. It had seats made of split logs and an old-fashioned \"stick and dirt\" chimney. At his mother's death in 1848, he also gave land for the cemetery, in which hers was the first grave. Some years later, the last church building was erected. In early years, both it and the first log church housed community schools. Although the church disbanded about 1920 due to declining membership, burials in the cemetery are continued today. As of 1969, graves number about 300, including those of the original members and many descendants of the Biard family.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1969)<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":"antioch_cemetery.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":1,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":1,"cem_name":"Antioch","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Amy"},{"mkr_id":4,"mkr_name":"Baptist Hill Cemetery","mkr_name_sort":"Baptist Hill Cemetery","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.472384","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.772482","mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":2,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":3,"cem_name":"Baptist Hill","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Ben Franklin"},{"mkr_id":5,"mkr_name":"Brush Creek Cemetery","mkr_name_sort":"Brush Creek Cemetery","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.386474","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.617454","mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":5,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":null,"cem_name":"Blackwell","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":""},{"mkr_id":6,"mkr_name":"Brushy Mound","mkr_name_sort":"Brushy Mound","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.417522","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.577077","mkr_dir":"On CR 4145, 0.2 mi. S of CR 4190, 1 mi. E of SH 19","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Community surrounding a Methodist church built 1891. Named for dogwood brush then covering area. In 1885 the Brushy Mound School was founded. Miss Mollie Wood was first teacher. Present church was built in 1917. The school was consolidated with East Delta Independent District in 1949.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1968)<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":5,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":3,"cem_name":"Blackwell","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Ben Franklin"},{"mkr_id":7,"mkr_name":"Camp Shed Cemetery","mkr_name_sort":"Camp Shed Cemetery","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.476824","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.644571","mkr_dir":"8.8 Miles N.E. of Cooper, off of F.M. 1742 approximately 1\/2 mile north on C.R. 4715.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
CADDO INDIANS INITIALLY INHABITED THE REGION AROUND CAMP SHED CEMETERY, NEAR THE NORTH SULPHUR RIVER. IN 1836, EURO-AMERICANS BEGAN COLONIZING THE REGION. MANY EARLY SETTLERS USED THE AREA AS A CAMPGROUND IN THEIR MIGRATION WEST. EVEN BEFORE ITS OFFICIAL DEDICATION, CAMP SHED CEMETERY SERVED THE COMMUNITIES OF ENLOE AND MOUNT JOY. IN 1880, JOHNNIE KERBOW BECAME THE FIRST RECORDED BURIAL. THE CEMETERY WAS OFFICIALLY DEEDED IN 1886, AND REFERRED TO AS THE CAMPSTEAD GRAVE YARD. THIS DEED ALSO REFERRED TO A \u201cCAMP SHED\u2026WHICH ONCE STOOD\u201d ON THE PROPERTY. VETERANS FROM THE CIVIL WAR, WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II ARE INTERRED HERE. CAMP SHED CEMETERY REMAINS A RECORD OF CHANGE IN RURAL EAST TEXAS.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Historic Texas Cemetery - 2010
Marker is property of the State of Texas<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"camp_shed_cemetery.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":7,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"Camp Shed","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":10,"mkr_name":"Chapman Family Home","mkr_name_sort":"Chapman Family Home","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":null,"txt_lat":"","mkr_lon":null,"mkr_dir":"1 mi. south Cooper, off Liberty Grove Road","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Pre-Civil War home, built about 1858; restored in 1888. Foundation is of native bois d'arc blocks; set and capped with hand-hewn sills. Three 20-foot rooms have front porch door entrances. Kitchen is 20 by 20 feet. Residence remained in Chapman family until 1954.<\/p>\r\n
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":11,"mkr_name":"Cooper Rail Depot","mkr_name_sort":"Cooper Rail Depot","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.374","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.694033","mkr_dir":"Intersection of NW 7th Street and West Dallas Street.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Built in 1913, this Spanish Revival style brick depot for the Texas Midland Railroad serviced the town of Cooper and Delta County. While the railroad dealt mainly in freight, the depot focused on facilitating passenger service, functioning as a stop along the 130-mile route of the line between Paris and Ennis. It remains a rare example of surviving Texas Midland Railroad structures, being one of only two remaining depots from that line still standing.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
Commonly seen in smaller rural communities throughout the United States during the late 19th century, the arrival of the railroad in 1895 brought a dramatic increase in population and commerce to the isolated town of approximately 300 residents. The following year saw Cooper's population grow to more than 1,000 and for the next three decades the population steadily increased until it peaked with 2,563 residents in 1925. The Great Depression and cessation of Texas Midland operations in 1934 thwarted the growth of Cooper. The population remains relatively steady to this day.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The depot remained vacant from the closing of the Texas Midland rail line until World War II. Following the United States' entry into the conflict, local resident Harry Patterson established a cannery operation within the building. Workers canned chicken here that was sent overseas as part of troop rations. Cans originating from the Cooper depot cannery carried the stamp '4P' for identification purposes. Following the end of the war, Depoyster Lumber Company briefly set up operations on the property until relocating in 1967. That year, Harry Patterson purchased the depot and dedicated it as a local history museum to showcase the heritage of Cooper and Delta County.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2014<\/p>\r\n
Marker is property of the State of Texas<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"cooper_rail_depot.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":26,"mkr_name":"|Nathaniel L. Corbet|(1812-1901)","mkr_name_sort":"Corbet, Nathaniel L","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.37395","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.6898","mkr_dir":"Northwest corner of West Dallas Avenue and Northwest Second Street in Cooper, Texas.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Born in Champlain, New York, on June 13, 1812, to Daniel and Sarah (Gordon) Corbet, Nathaniel Corbet was raised near the Canadian border. At age 21, he enlisted in the U.S. Army, joining the elite and newly organized United States Regiment of Dragoons. Trooper Corbet's most notable service was the disastrous dragoon expedition of 1834 across Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) that ended with many casualties from disease and the blistering summer heat. At the end of his military service on July 18, 1836, Corbet moved to the newly-admitted state of Arkansas, where he began farming. While living in Crawford County, Arkansas, Corbet married Mary A. Price (1815-1884) in Van Buren.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
After a brief stay in Indian Territory, Corbet and his family moved to Texas in 1845 and opened a mercantile store in Ben Franklin, Lamar County (now Delta County). Corbet's general store was typical of the time, stocking a wide range of products for the average pioneer. His business expanded to blacksmithing and then farming and ranching. In 1863, he sold the ranch near Ben Franklin and moved five miles into Hopkins County (now Delta County). There, in 1870, he played an important role in founding the town of Cooper, later the county seat of the newly-formed Delta County, with a 10-acre land donation for the new town site. In the new town, Corbet erected a rough plank house with a few rooms and operated the Corbet Hotel. Corbet continued to serve his community through law enforcement as deputy sheriff and city marshal of Cooper. In 1892, Corbet moved to Indian Territory (now Oklahoma) to live with his son. He died in 1901, and his burial site is unknown.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(2018)<\/p>\r\n
Marker is property of the State of Texas<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":"corbet_nathaniel.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":27,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"Mount Joy","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":8,"mkr_name":"Delta County","mkr_name_sort":"Delta County","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.372482","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.673574","mkr_dir":"Marker Location: FM 154, N side 100 feet E of FM 1529.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Formed from Lamar and Hopkins
\r\ncounties
\r\nCreated July 29, 1870
\r\nOrganized October 6, 1870
\r\nThe name describes its position
\r\nand triangular shape
\r\nCooper, the county seat.<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":7,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"Camp Shed","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":12,"mkr_name":"Delta County","mkr_name_sort":"Delta County Centenial","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.372401","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.672174","mkr_dir":"SH 24 near CR 4235. Marker was placed near what had been Lamar-Hopkins county line prior to creation of Delta County. Marker reported missing Dec. 1999. Map dot approximate.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Named for shape, resembling Greek letter Δ, and for evident origin of its land — sedimentation at fork of North and South Sulphur Rivers. The first (1820-30) political activity here was oversight by the Sulphur Forks Indian Commission (of the United States) of the Caddo, Delaware, Quapaw, and Seminole inhabitants. After Texas independence in 1836, the Delta came under jurisdictions of Red River, Lamar, and Hopkins counties. Families and wagon trains from Kentucky, Tennessee, and other states—and from other parts of Texas—settled here as early as the 1830s. The people of the Delta in 1868 petitioned for creation of the county; in 1870 the Legislature of Texas complied. The county seat, a new town to be in the geographic center, was named for Leroy Cooper, chairman of the House Committee on Counties and Boundaries. Gov. E.J. Davis named as commissioners to organize the county: Joel Blackwell, John P. Boyd, James Hamilton, J.W. Iglehart, and Thomas J. Lane. To supervise sales of lots in Cooper, Erastus Blackwell was appointed sheriff. The organizing election was held on Oct. 6, 1870, naming Charles S. Nidever as Chief Justice. Commissioners elected were John P. Boyd, J.F. Alexander, Alfred Allen and J.M. Bledsoe.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1970)<\/p>","mkr_info":"Erected in the Centennial Year to Commemorate Founding of Delta County","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":13,"mkr_name":"|DeSpain Bridge|(Site 4.2 miles Southwest)","mkr_name_sort":"DeSpain Bridge","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.3622","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.608433","mkr_dir":"About 4 mi. east of Cooper at SH 154 and SH 19","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Located where the Bonham-Jefferson Road crossed the South Sulphur River, this pioneer bridge served the area's rich cotton trade for some 20 years.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\nIt was constructed before 1850 by landowner Brig DeSpain and his neighbors to provide access to the county seat\u2014Tarrant\u2014in Hopkins County. The land was originally awarded to the family of Randolph DeSpain, a Texas Revolutionary soldier who was killed in the massacre at Goliad in 1836.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\nStrongly built of native oak and bois d'arc wood, the bridge withstood heavy traffic of ox-wagons and horse-drawn vehicles. The narrow ridge of land where it was situated was known as \"Granny's Neck,\" for Mrs. Mary Sinclair, who lived in the vicinity.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\nUntil cotton and corn became important crops, the South Sulphur River ran clear. Afterward, eroded dirt from plowed fields muddied its waters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\r\nShortly after 1870 \u2014 the year Delta County was organized \u2014 heavy rains washed out the bridge. The State of Texas built a new one, which took the name of G. W. Harper, Toll Keeper. Later Hopkins and Delta counties assumed maintenance of this new bridge, which continued to channel cotton and corn wagons between the two regions for several decades.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1970)<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":"despain_bridge.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":23,"mkr_name":"Pioneer Citizen|Leroy Nelson DeWitt|(b. Mar. 20, 1840 - d. May 23, 1918)","mkr_name_sort":"DeWitt, Leroy Nelson","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.476155","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"95.628328","mkr_dir":"About 8 mi. north of Cooper on FM 1742 [Mtount Joy]","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Prosperous merchant and farmer. Native of Virginia; moved here with parents, 1854. Married Miss Mary Collier, 1861; they had 9 children.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In 1862, joined Confederacy to serve on frontier until end of war. Became recognized leader in civic and church affairs, area development.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1967)<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"dewitt_leroy_nelson.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":15,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"Giles","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":14,"mkr_name":"Original site of|East Texas Normal College","mkr_name_sort":"East Texas Normal College","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.369683","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.687783","mkr_dir":"Southeast 1st Street south of E Sherman Ave","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Founded 1889 by W.L. Mayo (1861 - 1917), a teacher educated in Kentucky, Virginia and Indiana, who came to Pecan Gap, Texas in 1886. He was a native of Kentucky. \r\n<\/p>
\r\nHe attracted a strong faculty to college on this site. A young teacher he soon married was a capable business manager. \r\n<\/p>
\r\nA high board fence enclosed campus here. The one building (T-shaped, 2-story, typical of its era, with porches upstairs and down), housed a dynamic school until razed by fire in 1894. \r\n<\/p>
\r\nMayo was given aid to rebuild in Commerce; school survives as East Texas State University.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"east_texas_normal_college.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":15,"mkr_name":"Enloe United Methodist Church","mkr_name_sort":"Enloe United Methodist Church","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.434148","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.665061","mkr_dir":"SW corner Lexie St. (FM 198) and Green St.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
According to Methodist association records, this congregation, led by the Rev. W. P. Reed, first assembled as a full station in the early 1870s in the community that became Unitia. The new church changed locations several times in its early years, moving to a site known as Thomas Chapel in 1873 and then to the nearby community of Liberty in 1881. The congregation returned to Unitia in 1884 but later relocated to the fledgling town of Enloe in 1896. The Texas Midland Railroad arrived in town the following year.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nEnloe's population grew from 100 to 273 in 1904 and was 400 by 1914. The town boasted two banks, a telegraph office, a restaurant, two general stores, a pharmacy, a seed store, two cotton gins and a bakery. The Clem Lumber Company was headquartered here and cotton shipping was the major industry. The house of worship erected by the Methodists burned on Easter Sunday 1919 and a new structure was erected later that year. The congregation was a vital part of the community. By the 1930s the membership was about 150 people with six Sunday School classes. A parsonage was erected in 1954 and an educational building was added in 1955.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThe Enloe United Methodist Church continued to meet in the 1919 structure at the close of the 20th century. The church and congregation remain in service with a variety of programs including the Lord's Acre Festival, originated in the 1950s, and other worship and community service activities.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1999)<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":"enloe_united_methodist_church.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":null,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":""},{"mkr_id":16,"mkr_name":"First National Bank","mkr_name_sort":"First National Bank","mkr_type":"Med","mkr_lat":"33.374717","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.695871","mkr_dir":"Main and B-24.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Oldest bank in Delta County. Founded 1889 as private firm operating in a grocery store.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nChartered as a national bank 1891. Erected this building 1909.\r\nGuaranty State Bank merged with First National 1925. This bank has had continued growth.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nThe founder, Wm. J. McDonald (1844 - 1926), at his death left a great fortune to establish an astronomical observatory of the first order - the McDonald Observatory, in West Texas.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"first_national_bank.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":19,"mkr_name":"Giles Academy","mkr_name_sort":"Giles Academy","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.457221","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.799484","mkr_dir":"FM 128, about 3 mi. SW of Ben Franklin","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Early settlers, who came to this area from Giles County, Tenn., founded an academy at this site in 1859. Hired fellow-Tennessean Thomas Hart Benton Hockaday (1835 - 1918) as the first teacher, and named the new school in memory of their southern Tennessee homeland. Hockaday taught at Giles until his enlistment in the Confederate Army in 1862, and after the Civil War for several years before moving to Fannin County in 1870s. He presented a curriculum emphasizing arithmetic, reading the classics, and uses of the English language. (His daughter, Ela Hockaday, 1876 - 1956) founded the well-known Hockaday School for Girls in Dallas in 1913.) School expenses, including teachers' salaries, were paid by parents of the students. A small community center, with a blacksmith shop, general merchandise store, and church, grew up around the large log schoolhouse. After the organization of common school districts in Texas in 1883, the Academy became Giles School, District No. 4. The old log house was replaced with a frame structure in 1886. A more modern building, erected on this site in 1924, was badly damaged by a tornado in 1936. The Giles School never reopened, and its students were distributed between the Ben Franklin and Pecan Gap schools.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1973)<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":3,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Ben Franklin"},{"mkr_id":20,"mkr_name":"Giles Cemetery","mkr_name_sort":"Giles Cemetery","mkr_type":"Med","mkr_lat":"33.457221","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.799484","mkr_dir":"On FM 128, 5 miles East of Pecan Gap","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Marker placed: 25 Jun 2017<\/p>\r\n
Established 1877<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Historic Texas Cemetery \u2013 2016<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"giles_cemetery.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":15,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":31,"cem_name":"Giles","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Pecan Gap"},{"mkr_id":32,"mkr_name":"|Thomas A. Lambeth|(1884-1933)","mkr_name_sort":"Lambeth, Thomas A.","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.36925","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.66855","mkr_dir":"Oaklawn Cemetery; on FM 1529 and Sherman Rd.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Joined Confederate Army at 16; was captain in escort of General John B. Magruder, Commandant, District of Texas.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Became sheriff of Delta County in 1879. During his six years as sheriff, the jail was set on fire 25 times, but no prisoner escaped. He shot only one man. Broke up horse thief relay stations and rid county of cattle rustlers.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
An outstanding peace officer, he also was a model citizen who taught Sunday School.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recorded - 1967<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"lambeth_thomas_a.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":30,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"Oaklawn","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":22,"mkr_name":"Thomas J. Lane Home","mkr_name_sort":"Lane, Thomas J. Home","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":null,"txt_lat":"","mkr_lon":null,"mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"
Builder, a settler from Tennessee, was one of two commissioners who surveyed Cooper, Delta County Seat. Built 1857, Texas planter architecture. Constructed of long leaf pine, local brick. An area social center. Not open to public.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1967<\/p>","mkr_info":"Marker reported missing Aug 2009","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":15,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":null,"cem_name":"Giles","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":""},{"mkr_id":38,"mkr_name":"Methodist Church","mkr_name_sort":"Methodist Church","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.4714288252012","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.7676220644158","mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"
Ben Franklin; Founded 1854 by reports of \"local preachers\" Dan Clower and John B. Craig (former law partner of John B. Denton, for whom Denton County was named). A circuit rider, Rev. Bennett Elkins, was named Dec. 5, 1854, to serve Sulphur Forks Mission, including this church.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Log walls, roof shingles and rafters were cut in sawmill of a settler, Greenville Smith.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Present building was erected 800 yards from old site, 1898.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"ben_franklin_methodist_church.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":3,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Ben Franklin"},{"mkr_id":9,"mkr_name":"Methodist-Episcopal Church South","mkr_name_sort":"Methodist-Episcopal Church South","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.4712722222","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.7676722222","mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"
Ben Franklin; Founded 1854 by efforts of \"local preachers\" Dan Clower and John B. Craig (former law partner of John B. Denton, for whom Denton County was named). A circuit rider, Rev. Bennett Elkins, was named Dec. 5, 1854, to serve Sulphur Forks Mission, including this church. Log walls, roof shingles and rafters were cut in sawmill of a settler, Greenville Smith. Present building was erected 800 yards from old site, 1898. <\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966.<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":2,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Antioch"},{"mkr_id":1,"mkr_name":"Abel Morgan","mkr_name_sort":"Morgan, Abel","mkr_type":"Mon","mkr_lat":"33.306962","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.826043","mkr_dir":"Shiloh Cemetery; off S 24 on FM 1531 about 7 mi. SW of Cooper","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Born in North Carolina
\r\nDecember 23, 1792
\r\nArrived at Bexar in late December, 1835
\r\nas private Thomas Smith in Captain
\r\nJ. O. Blair's Company. Discharged and later
\r\nenlisted in Captain Ira Westover's Company
\r\nColonel Fannin's Command. Escaped the
\r\nGoliad Massacre \"at which time I was
\r\nsaved for a nurse.\"
\r\nDied October 12, 1873.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Erected by the State of Texas, 1962.<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.
\r\nA 1962 red granite Texas Historical Marker stands at the grave of Abel Morgan, who was a soldier in the Texas Revolution, and who narrowly missed being killed along with Fannin at Goliad. Mr. Morgan is buried in Shiloh Cemetery, in Delta County, TX.","mkr_img":"morgan_abel.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":2,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Antioch"},{"mkr_id":18,"mkr_name":"George W. Morris Home","mkr_name_sort":"Morris, George W., Home","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":null,"txt_lat":"","mkr_lon":null,"mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"
Oldest house in Cooper. Built in 1871 by George Washington Morris, who came by ox-cart to Texas from Mississippi in 1868 and opened first general store in county. A skilled carpenter, he also hand-crafted furniture for interior of house. Built of lumber milled in Texas, home featured first glass windows and screen doors in city. Many persons traveled from miles away to see these modern and unique innovations.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":null,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":""},{"mkr_id":25,"mkr_name":"Mount Joy Cemetery","mkr_name_sort":"Mount Joy Cemetery","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.478001","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"95.622181","mkr_dir":"9.5 miles N.E. of Cooper. Continue 2.3 miles from where F.M. 198 intersects F.M. 1742. Then when F.M. 1742 turns into C.R. 4730 the cemetery is located to the north approximately 50 yards from the road.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Settlers first came to Mount Joy in 1836 and the town developed into a thriving farming settlement. Presbyterian and Baptist community members established Mount Joy Baptist Church in 1873.A Methodist Episcopal Church organized the following year. At its peak in the 1880s, the community had three steam-powered cotton gins, a gristmill, shingle factory and stores, and stagecoaches linked it to nearby settlements. A post office closes in 1907. The first recorded burial in Mount Joy Cemetery (also referred to as Staten Cemetery) was of Mary Garrett in 1873. In 1891 W.B. Chambers officially deeded the land for use as a cemetery.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Historic Texas Cemetery. — 2010<\/p>\r\n
Marker is property of the State of Texas<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"mount_joy_cemetery.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":27,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"Mount Joy","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Mount Joy"},{"mkr_id":27,"mkr_name":"Oaklawn Cemetery","mkr_name_sort":"Oaklawn Cemetery","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.3686","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.666033","mkr_dir":"FM 1529 South, Cooper","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
The first burials in the city of Cooper were made on a hill west of Dr. J.A. Blackwell's old home. The first burial was believed to have been the young daughter of Dr. R.C. Andrews. The site soon became undesirable and land was sought elsewhere. In 1891, Mr. Asa White donated five acres for a cemetery. Most of the people buried in the old Cooper Cemetery were moved to this location. The oldest existing monument is that of Mary Cumming (1791-1881). The independent order of Oddfellows organization cared for the cemetery and purchased additional land until the Oaklawn Cemetery, Inc. was chartered on Nov. 17, 1959. They continue to care for this historic community burial ground.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Historic Texas Cemetery — 2009<\/p>\r\n
Marker is property of the State of Texas<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"oaklawn_cemetery.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":30,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"Oaklawn","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":28,"mkr_name":"|Old Camp Rusk|(Southern Boundary, 1861)","mkr_name_sort":"Old Camp Rusk","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":null,"txt_lat":"","mkr_lon":null,"mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"
A training camp of Texas 9th Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. Named for Gen. Thomas Rusk, early Texas leader, activated, 1861, when Texas State Senator Sam Bell Maxey resigned office, raised militia known as Lamar Rifles of Light Infantry. Other local militia combined with Maxey's to form 9th Regiment. Regiment left here, Dec. 1861; fought many battles including famous ones at Shiloh, Corinth, Mobile, Chickamauga, Atlanta, New Hope Church, Missionary Ridge, Murfreesboro and Perryville.<\/p>","mkr_info":"Marker reported missing Aug. 2009","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":30,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"Oaklawn","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Mount Joy"},{"mkr_id":29,"mkr_name":"Old Klondike Cemetery","mkr_name_sort":"Old Klondike Cemetery","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.331525","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.763906","mkr_dir":"Near junction of FM 1528 and FM 2890","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
John Hunt (1814 - 1853) and Nancy Allard (1813 - 1911) came to Texas from Missouri in 1849. Married in 1850, they gave land for a grave site when a neighbor child, Eliza Armstrong, died in 1852. John Hunt was the second person buried at the site. Joel J. Hunt (1851 - 1933), son of John and Nancy, and his wife, Joan Morgan Looney Hunt (1857 - 1924), formally deeded the land for the cemetery in 1878. The terms of the deed stated that it would be a public burial ground, with no charge for plots. The Klondike Cemetery Association, established in 1960, provides perpetual care for the graveyard.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1987)<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"old_klondike_cemetery.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":30,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":23,"cem_name":"Oaklawn","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Klondike"},{"mkr_id":35,"mkr_name":"|Old Union Cemetery|(0.75 MI.S)","mkr_name_sort":"Old Union Cemetery","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.344870","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"95.807894","mkr_dir":"About 8 mi. southwest of Cooper at FM 1528 and 2068","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
This graveyard served the farm and ranch communities of Gough, Yowell, and Antioch. The earliest recorded burial is that of W. H. Henderson in 1859. The cemetery contains more than 90 marked graves mostly arranged in family plots. Buried here are many of the area's earliest settlers and their descendants and at least three veterans of the Civil War: T. J. Hollon, Hiram G. Wynn, and T. J. Craig. The last recorded burial was that of Georgia Missouri Hollon in 1946. A cemetery association was established in 1947 to maintain and improve the grounds.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1994)<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":"old_union_cemetery.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":16,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"Old Union","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":21,"mkr_name":"|Hiram Rattan|(homesite 3\/10 mi., grave 4\/10 mi. north)","mkr_name_sort":"Rattan, Hiram","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.367622","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.638036","mkr_dir":"About 3 mi. east of Cooper on SH 154","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Delta County pioneer, born 1805. Settled in Texas, 1835, on brother Larkin Rattan's 1,000-acre land grant; later became site for city of Paris. Both Rattan families moved to Delta County in 1839. Hiram obtained two third-class land grants for producing grain and livestock. Larkin later joined the California Gold Rush, then returned to his native Illinois.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nFour Rattan relatives were massacred by Texas Indians.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nCivil War and politics divided family but never their devotion to Texas. Descendants include educators, military and political leaders.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1967)<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"rattan_hiram.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":15,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"Giles","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":24,"mkr_name":"Littleton Rattan","mkr_name_sort":"Rattan, Littleton","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.392004","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.556036","mkr_dir":"3288 FM 895; on the W side of Charleston","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
A native of Illinois and a veteran of the 132 Black Hawk War, Littleton Rattan (b. 1809) came to Texas with family members in 1839. He established a farm at this site in Delta County and also served as a Texas Ranger in three area militia companies in the Republic of Texas era. Later, during the Mexican War, he served under legendary Ranger Jack Hays. Rattan was killed on December 18, 1847 in battle with Native Americans, but the details of his death, including the location of the battle and his gravesite, remain unknown. He is remembered for his contributions to the safety of pioneers in Delta County and throughout the state.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(2005)<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.","mkr_img":"rattan_littleton.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":15,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":28,"cem_name":"Giles","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Mount Joy"},{"mkr_id":30,"mkr_name":"The Pioneer Smith Brothers","mkr_name_sort":"Smith Brothers, Pioneers","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.379079","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.802980","mkr_dir":"About 3.5 mi. west of Cooper on FM 64","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Tall, strong men who helped to carve Delta County out of Texas frontier. Benjamin, Charles, Gilford and Mira J. Smith came to Texas from Arkansas before or during the 1840s. They obtained from heirs title to the Moses Williams land grant, patented 1849, and surveyed by Major George W. Stell. After 1853 several generations of the Smith family lived here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The brothers were each 6 feet, 4 inches or taller and weighed over 250 pounds. they cut logs and built their cabins with puncheon (split-log) floors, riven-board roofs and homemade furniture. Instead of nails, wooden pegs were used; instead of glass windows, board shutters. Chimneys were of black clay mud plastered over sticks. Bear meat was the main food, obtained by hunting with flintlock rifles in such dangerous places as Jernigan Thicket, 2 miles west. Charles Smith kept bees, and was known as \"Honey.\"<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Mira J. Smith was a key man in settling of Delta County, because he was an early blacksmith. His first son, Moses, became a tanner; the second son, Henry, a blacksmith. The women of the four families carded cotton and wool, and spun, wove and sewed clothing. Young Moses Smith also made men's buckskin suits.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Grant has produced over $1,000,000 worth of cotton.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1968)<\/p>","mkr_info":"Historic marker photo provided by |14|, used by permission.
\r\nMarker sponsored by Lina M. and Melvin W. Smith, Margueritta and Ernest O. Smith.","mkr_img":"smith_brothers.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":30,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"Oaklawn","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":33,"mkr_name":"|Thomas Wilson Stegall|(July 28, 1832 - April 25, 1900)","mkr_name_sort":"Stegall, Thomas Wilson","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.448400","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.595274","mkr_dir":"FM 198 and CR 4620 [Lake Creek]","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
First promoter of Lake Creek community, Stegall was born in North Carolina. He served as a private in the Confederate Army, 1863 - 1865. He and wife Lucinda had eight children. They lived in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Mississippi, then moved to Delta County, Texas, in 1873. A Baptist preacher, Stegall was known for his kind deeds. He once cut an opening in his favorite rose hedge to give a neighbor an exit through his property.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The blacksmith shop he built on his land became a community center, forming the nucleus of the town of Lake Creek.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1968)<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":"stegall_thomas_wilson.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":30,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":24,"cem_name":"Oaklawn","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Lake Creek"},{"mkr_id":17,"mkr_name":"George M. Terrell Home","mkr_name_sort":"Terrell, George M., Home","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.372222","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.691111","mkr_dir":"","txt_dir":"","mkr_text":"
George M. Terrell Home built 1873. One of the first homes in Cooper (made County Seat, 1870) Has original bois d'arc foundation blocks, curved stairwell, pine sills. Terrell (1843-1916) served in the 9th Texas Regiment here in 1873.<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":null,"txt_img":"","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":null,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":null,"cem_name":"","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":""},{"mkr_id":31,"mkr_name":"The Texas Livery Stable","mkr_name_sort":"Texas Livery Stable","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.37395","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.689717","mkr_dir":"Delta County Courthouse grounds, SE corner at NW corner of W. Dallas Ave. (SH 24) and NW 2nd St.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Had animal-drawn vehicles and saddle horses for hire. Served doctors on calls; people arriving on or meeting trains; lawyers attending court; \"drummers\" (salesmen) on local rounds; land seekers; hunters and fishermen; young men courting; ladies out visiting. Usually housed in a good frame or brick building; stalls, harness rooms, office might cover a block. Pasture was nearby. Boarded teams of businessmen and townspeople. Provided hearses, funeral carriages.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nStable was town's \"club\"\u2014for men trading, meeting visitors, getting news. After school, used boys for deliveries; they took along horses to ride back to barn. They painted, polished carriages; groomed, fed horses. Tramps cleaned stables, slept in hay. Manager often \"doctored\" animals, sometimes was an undertaker.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nFine saddle horses and rigs stood out front, for show -- top buggies, with storm curtains; plush-lined hacks; Studebaker dray wagons. Rent: $3 to $5 a day.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nOn this courthouse site (until 1912) was Blackwell Livery Stable. To the east (1880 - 1914) Nidever Livery Stable kept city fire engine team at its front. In minutes after an alarm, had fire wagon on its way.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nA centuries-old institution, the livery stable vanished about 1915. No true successor replaced it.<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":"texas_livery_stable.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":30,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"Oaklawn","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":34,"mkr_name":"Sam B. Tuberville","mkr_name_sort":"Turbeville, Sam B.","mkr_type":"Med","mkr_lat":"33.369417","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.667767","mkr_dir":"Oaklawn Cemetery; on FM 1529 and Sherman Rd.","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
(July 4, 1856 - July 8, 1925)<\/p>\r\n
Born in Mississippi. He and his wife, former Saluda Chapman, came to Lamar County, Texas 1879. Moved to Delta County in 1884. His occupation was farming.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Elected Delta County Sheriff in special contested election May 1, 1897. Served 3 additional terms. During service, counseled young people and enforced prohibition. After retirement from office of sheriff, he was appointed U.S. Marshall for Eastern District of Texas.<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":"turbeville_sam_b.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":30,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":8,"cem_name":"Oaklawn","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Cooper"},{"mkr_id":36,"mkr_name":"|John William Wilson|(October 3, 1841 - September 8, 1920)","mkr_name_sort":"Wilson, John William","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.443200","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.566341","mkr_dir":"About 2.5 miles east of SH 24 on FM 198 [Lake Creek]","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
Beloved Methodist minister of early Delta County. Lived and farmed on land surrounding this site.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Born in Tennessee. Enlisted in Missouri Infantry in 1862 to serve in Confederate Army during Civil War. Sustained severe wound in left leg at Battle of Corinth, October, 1862, and was left for dead. To survive, he ate grains of corn scattered over field. Leg was partially paralyzed for rest of his life.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
In 1866 he married Sarah Ann George. They had 12 children. Decided to serve church after his young daughter was miraculously revived after apparently drowning. In addition to preaching locally, he also rode a circuit. He continued farming, however, because pioneer preachers were paid only in goods. He once received a gallon of syrup for his services.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Wilson built one of the first cotton gins in Delta County and in 1887 bought the old Cyrus C. Taylor homestead (250 ft. N), which was built in 1859.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Throughout his long life, Wilson held the esteem of citizens all over county. His benevolent manner made him a popular \"marrying parson.\" After eldest daughter was widowed, he took her and her six small children into his home. Wilson is remembered for his kindness and charity to his fellow man.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1966)<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":"wilson_john_william.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":16,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":24,"cem_name":"Old Union","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Lake Creek"},{"mkr_id":37,"mkr_name":"Yates and Methodist Protestant Cemeteries|","mkr_name_sort":"Yates and Methodist Protestant Cemeteries","mkr_type":"Mkr","mkr_lat":"33.370067","txt_lat":"Yes","mkr_lon":"-95.677733","mkr_dir":"On East Sherman Ave (County Road 1010) 0.1 miles east of SE 10th Street","txt_dir":"Yes","mkr_text":"
George Yates (1807-1886), his wife Mary Polly Wallace Yates (1809-1886), and their family migrated to Texas in 1846. They settled in an area of the newly-formed Hopkins County that would later become part of Delta County. George Yates raised livestock on the 976 acres of land he owned.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nMary Yates, the 15-year-old daughter of George and Polly Yates, died in 1855. She was buried here on a hill near their log house. Her grave marks the origin of the family and community graveyard called the Yates Cemetery. Over the years, thirteen burials took place; the last was that of William Henry Chesnut, who died in 1923.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nIn 1887, G.L. Harper and his wife Emily Frances Yates Harper deeded one-half acre of land to the Methodist Protestant church for a graveyard. The donation included the Yates Cemetery measuring one-fourth acre, which was given back to the family in 1901. Dr. D.T. Robinson and his wife, Eliza Robinson are buried west of here; theirs are the only marked graves at this site. Although two other graves are known to exist, it is believed there are several more unmarked graves.\r\n<\/p>
\r\nBoth cemeteries are maintained by descendants of those buried here.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
(1996)<\/p>","mkr_info":"","mkr_img":"yates_methodist_protestant_cemeteries.jpg","txt_img":"Yes","mkr_img_tn":null,"mkr_cem_fk":44,"mkr_chu_fk":null,"mkr_sch_fk":null,"mkr_twn_fk":24,"cem_name":"Yates Methodist Protestant","chu_name":"","sch_name":"","twn_name":"Lake Creek"}]}