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Civil War Site City County Address Site Description Constructed entirely of Texas materials, this 25 foot monument features a life size figure of a Confederate Confederate Monument Farmersville Collin Hill and Main Streets soldier at parade rest. Includes a collection of historic homes, a one room schoolhouse,a chapel, a blacksmith shop, a smokehouse, and a general store. Period artifacts from the Civil War are Chestnut Square Historic Village McKinney Collin 315 S. Chestnut St. included. McKinney was founded by Collin McKinney in 1845. He was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. During the Civil War, General J.W. Throckmorton City of McKinney Marker McKinney Collin SH 5 organized Co. K, 6th Texas Cavalry in McKinney. Victorian home built in 1875 by Dr. Joseph E. Dulaney who married Lucy Ann Field. He was a surgeon in the Dulaney Cottage McKinney Collin 311 S. Chestnut St. Confederate Army. Kentucky native Ben T. Estes (1841-1920) came to Texas in 1856. He served in the Confederate Army and later worked Estes House McKinney Collin 903 N. College St. in the mercantile business.

Although opposed to secession, James Webb Throckmorton served in the Confederate Army. He voted against Texas leaving the Union at the Feb., 1861 Secession Convention. Throckmorton disliked being a doctor and studied law instead. He served as a state senator during the war then became governor during the Reconstruction Period. Because of his appointment of former Confederates to state offices, Union general Phil Sheridan removed him from office. Throckmorton was born in Tennessee and migrated to Texas in 1841. He married Gov. James Webb Throckmorton Statue McKinney Collin 111 N. Tennessee Anne Rattan in 1848. James Calvin Rhea (1837-1925) came to Texas from James Calvin Rhea House McKinney Collin 801 North College St. Tennessee in 1855. He served in the Confederate Army. Arkansas native and Confederate vet John Spencer Heard (1841-1933) established his home here in 1865. He married John S. and Rachael W. Heard House McKinney Collin 315 N. College St. Rachael in 1884. Purchased by Confederate vet E.W. Kirkpatrick(1844- 1924) for his plant nursery in the 1870's. He built the Kirkpatrick House McKinney Collin 903 Parker St. Queen Anne style house in 1901. Kentucky native Judge R.L. Waddill (1811-1865) came to Mckinney with his stepson George Shackelford Morris in 1853. The home was constructed for their family after fire destroyed their original home. Morris served in the Waddill-Morris Homesite McKinney Collin 302 W. Lamar St. Confederate Army and later as a deputy county clerk. This church was formed by former slaves of the Coit, Caruth and Obier plantations. A log building was White Rock Chapel Addison Dallas 5555 Celestial Rd. constructed in 1884. North Carolina native Dr. R.A. Roberts (1837-1906) was a Confederate Army surgeon. He helped bring the Grand Central and Santa Fe Railroads through Cedar Hill. The Roberts House Cedar Hill Dallas 210 S. Broad St. house was built for his family in 1884. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description A.H. Belo started as a small company that founded the "Galveston Daily News" and published "The Texas Almanac" in 1857. A.H. Belo later purchased the company that started "The Dallas Morning News." Dallas became Belo's headquarters after he sold the "The Galveston News." The company diversified into radio and TV, A.H. Belo Corporation Dallas Dallas 400 S. Record St. including the present day WFAA TV.

North Carolina native A.H. Belo (1839-1901) was a Lt. Colonel of the 55th North Carolina Infantry. He purchased the "Galveston News" in 1885 and opened a branch in A.H. Belo House Dallas Dallas 2101 Ross Ave. Dallas that grew into the "Dallas Morning News." Founded in 1974 as part of Bishop's Special Collections. It is dedicated to the preservation of art, cultural, and historical materials of the African American community. The 1869-1925 exhibit features the remnants of the once African American Museum Dallas Dallas Bishop College thriving North Dallas community. The famous spy and international celebrity had a house at this site and lived here breifly with her husband J.S. Hammond and her 3 children. They divorced in 1887 and Belle sold the house. Belle's charm enabled her to obtain information from Union officers. She was exhiled to Belle Boyd Homesite Dallas Dallas City Park England during the war.

This monument was erected by the UDC on April 29, 1897 during a week long series of activities. The activities included a fancy dress ball and a very long parade. More than 42,000 attended the unveiling. The monument includes a 60 ft column with a Confederate soldier on top. The column is surrounded by 9 ft statues of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston, and Stonewall Jackson. Jefferson Davis' daughter, Margaret Hayes, Stonewall Jackson's widow, Mary Anna Jackson, and former Confederate Postmaster General John H. Reagan attended the unveiling. Thirteen young women representing the 13 states and territories of the Confederacy unveiled the statue. As the veil dropped, a Confederate Memorial Dallas Dallas Convention Center Grounds, 650 S. Griffin St. band began playing Dixie. This former Dallas mayor served under Major General Earl Van Dorn at the Battle of Pea Ridge. He supervised his retreat to Corinth, Mississippi and served out his career in command of a cavalry brigade until his capture at Mine Creek. He was imprisoned at Ft. Warren, Massachusetts General William Cabell grave Dallas Dallas Greenwood cemetery until the end of the war. This museum covers Texas History throuh the Civil War and Reconstruction periods. The exhibits vary and are Hall of State Dallas Dallas Fair Park rotated. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description Before William Miller built his mansion, he and his slaves lived in this log house. It later served as one of the first Miller Log Cabin Dallas Dallas Old City Park, 1515 S. Harwood St. schoolhouses in Dallas County. This Greek Rival home was built in 1861 at the start of the Civil War. William Brown Miller and his descendants lived Millermore Mansion Dallas Dallas Old City Park, 1515 S. Harwood St. here for 100 years. This museum houses artifacts of Dallas County residents Old Red Museum Dallas Dallas 100 S. Houston St. during the Civil War and Reconstruction periods. Gano organized Tarrant County and Grapevine Volunteers into Gano's Squadron. General Gano's Brigade of Texas Cavalry captured $1,500,000 worth of supplies at the Battle of Cabin Creek in the Indian Territory. He fought with Morgan's Raiders in their first and second raids into Richard Gano Gravesite Dallas Dallas Oakwood Cemetery, S. Oakland St. Kentucky. He entered the ministry after the war. This Dogtrot cabin served as the home of Richard Gano's family during the war. J.T. Morehead built this cabin in Richard Gano Home Dallas Dallas 1717 Gano St. 1854. This bronze equestrian statue was unveiled on June 12, 1936. President Franklin D. Roosevelt attended the event. He declared it "magnificent." The young aide near Lee's horse "Traveler" represents Lee's inspiration to the youth Robert E. Lee Memorial Dallas Dallas Lee Park, 3301 Turtle Creek Blvd. of the South. During the war, many women were forced to take on jobs performed by men who were off serving in the Confederate Army. They planted cotton, manufactured arms, and sewed uniforms while facing Union invasion, outlaws, and Texas Women in the Civil War Tribute Dallas Dallas Fair Park Indian attacks. This museum includes 13 acres of historical buildings. General Richard Gano's home is included and a Civil War The Historical Village of Dallas Dallas Dallas 1717 Gano St. era farm. Founded in 1872 after Confederate General Richard M. Gano preached here at the request of his comrade Major B.F. Robinson. 50 area settlers were converted. The congregation met at homes and at a schoolhouse before Western Heights Church of Christ Dallas Dallas 1912 N. Winnetka the church was built. Watering spot for Indians and pioneers. The site was settled by Major John Penn of Illinois in the 1850's. In 1882, a Confederate reunion of Parson's Texas Cavalry was Penn Springs Duncanville Dallas Danieldale and Penn Springs Roads held here. The park covers activities of the period 1800-1946. This Farmers Branch Historical Park Famers Branch Dallas 2540 Farmers Branch Ln. would include the Civil War and Reconstruction periods. Dr. Samuel H. Gilbert (1828-1890) purchased 275 acres at this site. He helped outfit a militia unit during the war. In 1874, he was instrumental in bringing rail service to the Gilbert House Famers Branch Dallas 2540 Farmers Branch Ln. Farmers Branch community. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description A Confederate arms factory where Colt type revolvers were manufactured. John M. Crockett, Mayor of Dallas, was the superintendent. 1,464 pistols were produced. Kentucky native A. Bledsoe (1801-1882) and Roderick Rawlins (1833-1910) established the town which was named after the Kentucky town founded by Bledsoe's Confederate Arms Factory Lancaster Dallas 220 W. Main grandfather.

In 1845, Roderick Rawlins settled in this area. His son Roderick A. Rawlins (1833 - 1910) started a house and served as a captain with the Texas 6th Cavalry. After the Rawlins Homestead Lancaster Dallas FM 342 and Lancaster Hutchins Rd. war he rebuilt his home in the popular Greek Revival style. Organized in 1870 by freed Blacks from Lancaster. The land was acquired during the pastorate of Rev. Augustus St. Paul Freewill Baptist Church Lancaster Dallas 335 S. Lancaster Hutchins Rd. Ferrin. The sanctuary was completed in 1892. The farmhouse of Sergeant Benjamin Franklin Galloway (1833-1912) of the Tennessee 19th Infantry. The home was enlarged in 1888 and is still preserved by the fourth generation of Galloway's family. Galloway ran a hay company whose clients included Tennessee Dairy, Caruth Galloway's Old Home Place Sunnyvale Dallas 629 Pecan Creek Dr. Farm and Ringling Brothers Circus. Thomas C. Neel established a wheat and cotton mill here. Neel was appointed to the 1861 Secession Convention. He Thomas C. Neel Ennis Ellis US 287 later served as a state representative and senator. A granite obelisk erected in memory of Confederate Confederate Monument Ennis Ellis W. Ennis Ave. Soldiers. This home was purchased in 1897 by Confederate veteran Harkey-Payne House Palmer Ellis 2156 W. Jefferson John Payne. Enveiled in November, 1912, the monument was built through a donation from local businessman, J.F. Confederate Monument Waxahachie Ellis Courthouse, Main and Rogers Streets Strickland.

Erected in 1862 by William Rowen. The mill was destroyed Confederate Powder Mill Waxahachie Ellis 300 N. Rogers St. in an explosion on April 29,1863 that killed Rowen. The 12th, 19th, and 21st Texas Cavalry regiments were among the best in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. Commanded by Col. William Parsons, this brigade was formed at this site. It served in Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, and the Indian Territory. They became famous for their performance during the 1864 Red River Parson's Texas Cavalry Marker Waxahachie Ellis US 77 north of Waxahachie Campaign.

Seven Confederate frontier regiments drew supplies from here. Food rations and uniforms were issued. Food rations Confederate Commisary of North Texas Subdistrict Bonham Fannin 6th and N. Main were issued to the 5 Civilized Tribes during the war. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description The soldier on the monument is modeled after a painting of Sam Davis; a Confederate spy captured then hanged in Tennessee. It was sculpted in Italy and erected by Bonham Confederate Monument Bonham Fannin Courthouse, W. Sam Rayburn Dr. Marble Works The museum houses artifacts and exhibits on early Fannin Fanin County Museum of History Bonham Fannin Main Street County settlers through the Civil War period. The headquarters of General Henry E. McCulloch who was charged with defending 600 miles of the Texas border along the Red River. He defended the northwest frontier against Indians, armed bands of deserters and draft evaders. This district provided refuge for people fleeing the conflict in Arkansas, Missouri, and the Indian Military Headquarters of North Texas Subdistrict C.S.A.Bonham Fannin W. 10th and State Hwy 121 Territory. Alabama native Gideon Smith came to Fannin County in 1851 and purchased a 3,000 acre plot of land. He served as a colonel in the Confederate Army. His brother John C. Smith practiced medicine here. Part of this plantation has been in continuous production of grain and cattle since Smith Plantation Bonham Fannin FM 274 1851. Site of a log cabin school 1840 – 1880. An academy was established here where Confederate vet Robert W. Lane taught in July, 1880. Noted Congressman Sam Rayburn Site of Dial School Dial Fannin FM 824 ( 1882-1961) taught in Dial. In 1882, Civil War vet and Georgia native Levi Wells (1829-1904) and his wife settled in this area. The community that grew up around their farm became the Ely Town of Ely Ector Fannin Ector Vicinity community. Kentucky native Marshall A. Galbraith (1829-1918) came to Texas in 1847. He served in the 34th Texas Cavalry. He built this Greek Revival home in 1870. His descendants Galbraith House Honey Grove Fannin Honey Grove still occupy the house. The first Classic Revival house built with slave labor in 1852 – 1854. The house was sold in 1884 by Wiley Hulsey to Confederate vet Peyton Wheeler and his wife Martha Wheeler House Honey Grove Fannin Honey Grove Jane Hamil. The site where Bob Lee was shot by Federal cavalry. Lee's gold coins are rumored to be buried near the cemetery. Many of them were found at a nearby creek in the 1950's. Lee Cemetery/Bob Lee Ambush Site Leonard Fannin Lee Cemetery, Intersection County Rd's 1135 & 1137 The location of the rest remains a mystery. Solomon L. Leonard came here from Missouri and acquired 10,000 acres around Wildcat Thicket, a favorite hideout among outlaws. Captain Bob Lee (1834-1869), a pro-Confederate leader during the Lee-Peacock fued, was Town of Leonard Leonard Fannin Leonard ambushed and killed near this town. The earliest known resident, Jesse Green Landon, came Portland Portland Fannin FM 1552 here from Missouri in 1873 and was a Confederate vet. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description A transport and food supply center for Confederate troops serving in the Indian Territory. It was the first settlement in Fannin County. Built in 1836 by Abel Warren, an Indian Ft. Warren Savoy Fannin U.S. 82 East trader from Arkansas. Early settlers came here in the mid 1800’s for the rich farmlands near Wildcat Thicket. A settler named A.J. Russell named Trenton after a Confederate hospital he was Town of Trenton Trenton Fannin US 69 treated at. The family home of Colonel Bass of the 20th Texas Cavalry. Old Bass Home Denison Grayson Lake Park/Frontier Town off US 75 Old Bass resided here for 97 years. Confederate vet Thomas Jefferson Sanford and his wife Nannie purchased this 300 acre site in 1871. Sanford Sanford Homesite Denison Grayson FM 1753 descendants continue to occupy the land.

George Fitzgerald moved from Virginia to Texas in 1857. He built the home upon his return from the Civil War in The Fitzgerald Home Denison Grayson Thompson Heights Rd. 1866. The house is framed with pegged oak logs. One of three monuments in Texas to honor Union soldiers. Memorializes the remains of 6 Union soldiers. Erected by the Nathaniel Lyon Post of the Grand Army of the Union Monument Dennison Grayson US 75-A at Fairview Cemetery Republic, Department of Texas. Confederate vet and lawyer Jot Gunter established the Town of Gunter Gunter Grayson Old Gunter Ranch town of Gunter in 1880. It was incorporated in 1914.

Before the end of the war, the Union League set up its headquarters at Pilot Grove to protect former slaves and Union sympathizers . The Federal Cavalry supported the Union League during Reconstruction. Bob Lee, a former member of the 9th Texas Cavalry, resented the league and its leader Lewis Peacock. When Peacock arrested Lee and made him sign a $2,000 promisory note, a bloody fued broke out between Peacock's Union League and Lee's supporters. The feud lasted four years and led to the deaths of 50 men. Both Lee and Peacock were killed. After Peacock was shot in June, 1871, the fued ended. The "Big Thicket" with its dense tangle of trees became a hideout for Lee-Peacock Feud Pilot Grove Grayson FM 121 and Pilot Grove Road fued participants. Sara Virginia Thompson,the daughter of early settler James Thompson, married Confederate vet James A. Potts. A rancher and land developer, Potts deeded land for the Dennison Pacific Railway. He also drew up the plan for the new railroad town of Pottsboro that was named in his Pottsboro Friendship Park Pottsboro Grayson FM 120 E honor. In 1840, Colonel W.G. Cooke and the Texas 1st Infantry Regiment laid out a military road from Austin to Dallas. The road was extended on to the Holland Coffee Trading Post on the Red River. This was a route for cattle drives Preston Rd./Shawnee Trail Pottsboro Grayson FM 120 E, Friendship Park before the Civil War. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description This fort was established in 1840 to defend the military road from Austin to the Red River. It was named after Colonel Francis W. Johnson, Commander of the Texas Site of Fort Johnson Pottsboro Grayson Georgetown Vicinity Army during the capture of San Antonio in 1835. Sophia Porter entertained Union scouts at her Glen Eden Plantation while obtaining information for Bourland's Texas Frontier Regiment about a Union incursion into North Texas. She supposedly got the Unionists drunk on wine before escaping across the Red River to warn Bourland . She became known as the "Confederate Paul Revere." The plantation site was covered over by Lake Texoma. Both Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee were Sophia Porter Marker Pottsboro Grayson FM 120 at Preston cemetery guests there before the war. The 11th Texas served in over 100 battles and skirmishes during the war, mostly with the Army of Tennessee. It served as both a cavalry and infantry regiment. This unit fought continuously until the Army of Tennessee's 11th Texas Cavalry Marker Sherman Grayson Courthouse Lawn surrender at Durham Station, NC in April, 1865. The oldest college in Texas and named for Stephen F. Austin. The college stayed open during the Civil War even though most students left to join the Confederate Army. Post war problems and epidemics forced the college to Austin College Sherman Grayson 900 N. Grand Ave. relocate to Sherman in 1876. Connecticut native Noble Birge moved to Texas before the Civil War. He was the first elected sheriff of Marion County in 1860. Birge was a captain and general before moving to Grayson County. He operated a large cotton brokerage firm. This house was built for Birge to replace one Captain Noble Allan Birge Home Sherman Grayson 727 W. Birge at Woods St. destroyed by a tornado. Made with granite from Stone Mountain, Georgia, this monument features a larger than life bronze figure. The Sherman monument was the first Confederate monument in Texas to feature a Confederate soldier. Men fired their guns in the air and gave the rebel yell at the April 21, 1897 Confederate Monument Sherman Grayson Courthouse, Houston and Lamar unveiling.

A defense and supply center during Civil War. The 11th Texas Cavalry, 20th Texas Cavalry Regiment, the Border Regiment, and 9th Texas Cavalry were formed in Grayson County. Fort Preston on the Red River was used by Confederate forces to defend against Indians and Union troops. Supplies were brought to Ft. Preston by boat then distributed by wagon. In 1861, a regional depot was established in Sherman for clothing and feeding troops, families and widows. Missouri guerilla leader William Quantrill prevented a mob of war widows from storming Grayson County C.S.A. Sherman Grayson Courthouse Lawn the commissary for coffee and food. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description This unit consisted of mounted volunteers from Grayson, Tarrant, Hunt, Hopkins, Cass, Red River, Titus and Lamar counties. Col. William Sims was the commander. Sims was wounded at Pea Ridge. Lt Col. William Quayle took command and served with Lawrence S. Ross’ Brigade which saw action in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Georgia. They captured the Union gunboat "Petral" in 1864. Only 110 men of Ross’ Brigade remained to Ninth Texas Cavalry Marker Sherman Grayson Courthouuse Lawn surrender on May 4, 1865. A park used by a historical group for old timers to reminisce about the days of the Republic of Texas and the Civil War. Founded in 1879, Mrs. Sophia Porter was the first speaker. She swam the Red River to warn Col. James Old Settlers Association Park Sherman Grayson 1519 N. Grand Ave. Bourland that Union troops were looking for him. This museum includes Civil War era artifacts. Items from Red River Historical Museum Sherman Grayson 301 S. Walnut Sopia Porter’s Glen Eden Plantation are also included. This Connecticut native served with the Arkansas 6th Infantry. He established a successful hardware business and served on the school board. The house is an excellent example of the Queen Anne-Eastlake style. The home Robert's House Sherman Grayson 915 S. Crockett at Spring St. remained in the family until 1987. A school for boys established by Captain John Henry Le Tellier of the Virginia 24th Infantry. Called “Captain” by his students, he played with them at recess and told them Site of Captain Le Tellier's School Sherman Grayson 723 S. Travis at Sparrow St. stories about the Civil War. Confederate veteran James Umpress built this Queen Anne influenced home for his wife in 1903. The house Umpress - Taylor Home Van Alstyne Grayson 103 Paris at Preston stayed with the family until 1974. A rendevouz site for Will Quantrill's Missouri guerillas. Quantrill wintered in North Texas to escape Union cavalry after he sacked Lawrence, Kansas. He assisted in hunting Kentucky Town Whitewright Grayson 3 miles west of Whitewright on SH 11. down army deserters and Indians.

Samuel and Mary Marshall came to Texas from Kentucky in the 1860’s. Samuel was a Confederate vet, successful businessman and land investor. The house was built in Samuel E. and Mary C. Marshall House Whitewright Grayson 318 W. Walnut 1899-1900 using the Queen Anne Free Classic style. The garden includes the home of Bushrod W.T. Wofford, a reserve Confederate lieutenant. The original home site was East Texas Arboretum & Botanical Society Athens Henderson 1601 Patterson on 320 acres. This county sent 1,000 men into the Confederate Army. Athens manufactured cookware and dishes for Confederate troops. John H. Reagan, a resident of Athens, Henderson County C.S.A. Marker Athens Henderson SH 19 South of FM 59 Intersection. Palestine Rd. at Bryson Rd. was Postmaster General of the Confederacy. This museum includes a collection of Civil War flags. Replicas of a Civil War era general store, kitchen and Henderson County Historical Museum Athens Henderson 217 N. Prairieville St. laundry are also on display. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description A quartermaster supply depot was set up here for soldiers Fincastle Fincastle Henderson FM 315 at CR 4224 and their families.. Rev. Hall was a Methodist minister that served with the Reverend Thomas Hunt Hall MD New York Henderson FM 607 14th Texas Cavalry. He became a doctor after the war.

Bailey was the bandleader for Hood's Texas Brigade. After the war, he started a circus where Confederate veterans received free admission. He wrote the song "Old Gray Mare She Ain't What She Used To Be" after watching a Gus Bailey Marker Blum Hill FM 933 and FM 67 spooked horse run through his camp during the war. One of the few Texas colleges that remained open during the war. The Military Dept. prepared young men for duty. Col. James Gathings equiped army units for free. The Gathings College Covington Hill Business 171 at W. College St. school had over 200 men enrolled.

Made from granite from Stone Mountain, Georgia, this monument was erected on July 28, 1925 after the high school band performed a 45 minute concert. The Hillsboro Confederate Monument Hillsboro Hill Courthouse, Elm and Covington Streets Monument Works Co. built the memorial for $5,000.00. Established in 1964, the Confederate Research Center houses a vast collection of documents relating to Texas' involvement in the Civil War. "Texas Blue and Gray" gallery offers weapons, flags, and other artifacts for public Confederate Research Center Hillsboro Hill Hill College, Harold B. Simpson Historical Complex, 112 Lamar Dr. viewing. Flour, shoes, saddles and machinery were produced here Hill County C.S.A. Marker Hillsboro Hill Hill College, Harold B. Simpson Historical Complex, 112 Lamar Dr. for the Confederate Army. This town was named after Confederate Colonel Richard B. Hubbard of the 22nd Texas. He served as Texas Governor Hubbard C.S.A. Hubbard Hill Magnolia and 2nd St. 1876-1879. The Stone family settled near here after fleeing from Louisiana during the war. The marker honors refugee families that fled Union occupation in Louisiana and the Confederate Refugees Sulphur Springs Hopkins SH 19- 5 miles north of Sulphur Springs Indian Territory. Col. King commanded 18th Texas Infantry Regiment during the Battle of Mansfield. He breifly commanded Walker's Division during the Red River Campaign and was promoted to Brigadier General after the battle. King was wounded at Mansfield and later served as Texas Adjutant General W.H. King Marker (1839 - 1910) Sulphur Springs Hopkins Courthouse Lawn at Gilmer St. General 1881 - 1991.

Contains research material on Hopkins County. Includes Hopkins County Genealogical Society and Bookstore Sulphur Springs Hopkins 212 Main St. material on residents that lived there during the Civil War. 11 acres of historic buildings. Included are a blacksmith shop, country store, post office, grist mill, chapel and farm Hopkins County Museum and Heritage Park Sulphur Springs Hopkins 416 N. Jackson homes. The museum contains Civil War artifacts. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description Stout served in the Republic of Texas Cavalry and as a scout in 1836. He also served in the Confederate Army and was the father of 11 children. He received a grant of 320 James Selen Stout Marker Sulphur Springs Hopkins CR 3310 Pine Forest Cemetery acres in 1838. W.A. Willis and Nannie Stewart fled Alabama after the war. Stewart built a dogtrot cabin here on 301 acres. While serving as a makeshift church, Bible studies, singing and prayer services were held here. In 1896, a church was built. Mrs. M.A. "Aunt Polly" gave 2 acres for the church. Mr. Oakland Cumberland Presbyterian Church Sulphur Springs Hopkins FM 2653 Stewart was a church elder. During Reconstruction, the hotel where Union officers were staying was set on fire. In response, Union troops built a stockade to help suppress attacks on newly freed slaves and Union troops. Unruly civilians were arrested Union Stockade Sulphur Springs Hopkins 303 Connally and jailed inside. It was abandoned in 1870. The only Confederate monument in Texas to have stood on the grounds of a public school. The statue is made out of blue granite. The monument was moved in the 1960's after the school building was destroyed to make way for a Confederate Monument Greenville Hunt Stanford and King Streets. new post office. Wade served with the 6th Texas calvary. He was also a Captain Henry W. Wade Marker Quinlan Hunt Wade cemetery former member of the Texas Constitutional Convention. Chisum was a colonel of the 2nd Partisan Rangers in Walker's Division. He fought at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill. He represented Kaufman Co. at the Secession Convention and fought under Col. Tom Green during New Colonel Isham Chisum Marker Kaufman Kaufman Courthouse Square, East Grove St. Mexico Campaign. Unveiled on November 22, 1944, this monument features a larger than life granite figure of a Confederate soldier. The statue was made of granite at the Tyler, TX monument works. An "Old Fiddlers" contest was held to raise money. After the unveiling, one of the state's earliest Civil War reenactments was held; the local militia battled Confederate veterans. Vandalism led to a successful Confederate Monument Kaufman Kaufman Courthouse, Grove and Washington Streets restoration in 1996. In 1861, Kaufman Co. voted to secede by a three fourths majority. Most companies from here served with the Kaufman County C.S.A. Kaufman Kaufman Courthouse, Grove and Washington Streets Texas 3rd Cavalry. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

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Broughton served in the 7th Texas Regiment and was captured twice at Ft. Donnelson, TN and Raymond, MS. Both times he was imprisoned at Johnson's Island in Ohio where he fell ill from small pox. He breifly commanded Granbury's Texas Brigade after General Granbury was killed at the Battle of Franklin. Almost blind from illness, he resigned his commission in Jan.,1865. Broughton's company was mustered in at Prairieville in Sept. 1861. They were named the "Johnson Guards" after mercantile Captain Edward Thomas Broughton Marker Prairieville Kaufman Intersection of FM 1836 and FM 90 businessmen John and Jasper Johnson. Organized in 1860 during the Civil War. One of the oldest Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church Scurry Kaufman 8975 SH 148 W. active churches in Kaufman County. This home was built in the 1840's by Capt William Weir who fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. It was purchased in Oct, 1882 by Dr. Lycurgush Griffith who treated Sam Houston's leg wound after San Jacinto. The house contains family artifacts used during the Civil War. Dr. Griffith's brother Alfred Griffith served in the Confederate Griffith Home Place Museum Terrell Kaufman 805 1st St. Army. A Confederate Army vet from Tennessee, Campbell built this house in the late 1860's. He was one of the largest landowners in Lamar County. This home remained in the James Henry Campbell Home (1830-1918) Blossom Lamar Lamar County family for over 100 years. Civil War veteran William J. McDonald opened this bank 1st National Bank of Paris Paris Lamar Main St. and Lamar in 1886. Southern style home of Captain William Moore who commanded the "Shreveport Grays" during the war. After Captain William E. Moore Home Paris Lamar Lamar County the war, he was a state senator.

Granite and bronze monument sculpted by Italian sculptor Pompeo Coppini. It features 4 busts of R.E. Lee,Stonewall Confederate Memorial Paris Lamar Courthouse, Lamar and North Main Jackson, Albert S. Johnston, and Jefferson Davis. Chisum was a famous cattle baron who supplied beef to the Confederate Army. He drove heards into New Mexico and became involved in the 1876 Lincoln County War. His cowboys helped guard the Northwest Texas frontier against Indians. Actor John Wayne portrayed him in the John Chisum Burial Site Paris Lamar Washington St. near rail crossing movie "Chisum."

A law partner of General Sam B. Maxey. He built his home in 1876. He was a veteran of Nathan B. Forrest's Cavalry and married Maxey's daughter Dora. He became a state Judge William Henry Lightfoot House Paris Lamar Church and Washington St. senator and Chief Justice of the 5th Court of Civil Appeals. This county raised 9 companies for the Confederacy. The 9th Texas Infantry was formed here. The rich farming area Lamar County C.S.A. Paris Lamar Main and 1st St. provided food for the Confederate Army. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description This museum features exhibits on Lamar County during Lamar County Historical Museum Paris Lamar 1009 W. Kaufman the Civil War and includes a military gallery. Maxey was a Confederate Major General that commanded Confederate forces in the Indian Territory (12/63 - 2/65) during the Civil War. His Confederate Indian raids on Union supply columns helped prevent a Union invasion of North Texas. An eloquent speaker, he was later a U.S. Samuel Bell Maxey Home Paris Lamar 812 S. Church Senator 1875- 1887. A cavalry company (Co. E, 9th Texas regiment) organized here near a popular grove of Persimmon trees. Captain James Hill instructed his men here. They fought with the Captain James Hill Military Camp Petty Lamar FM 38 North Confederate Army of Tennessee. John Wilburn built this home in 1857 with the help of slaves. Wilburn died during the war. His widow, Sara Jane, married Wilburn's cousin, Aaron Nettles Wilburn. They had 8 children. The home is still owned by their John Wilburn Home (1856-1857) Petty Lamar Lamar County descendants. A church organized by slaves was incorporated into Chatfield Baptist in 1858. This church had both black and Chatfield Baptist Church Chatfield Navarro FM 1603 white congregations. This plantation house was built in 1860 by steamboat Captain Robert Hodge. The plantation consisted of 1,280 acres and over 100 slaves. One of the slave cabins still Chatfield Plantation Home Chatfield Navarro FM 1603 exists. It was here that General Jo Shelby held the last review of his troops before going to Mexico. They were known as the "Iron Brigade" and were the last organized Confederate Last Confederate Review Chatfield Navarro 4511 FM 1603. 1 mile south of Chatfield unit left in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. Consists of a 9 foot, bronze bugler. Thirteen girls pulled the cords to unveil the monument on January 20, 1908. It was designed by Italian sculptor Louis Amateis. A Confederate quartermaster depot was established near the marker. Corsicana sent 450 men to fight for the Confederacy. An excerpt from a Jefferson Davis speech is Confederate Monument Corsicana Navarro Courthouse, W. 3rd and 13th Ave. inscribed on the monument. Printed during the war, the "Express" was only printed "Navarro Express" newspaper Corsicanna Navarro 405 East Collin when there was enough paper available. Colonel Winkler served in the Texas Legislature and raised over 150 men for Hood's Texas Brigade. He was wounded Colonel Clinton McKamey Winkler Corsicanna Navarro Oakwood cemetery at Gettysburg. Mills moved to Texas from Kentucky in 1849 and represented Navarro County in the Texas Legislature from 1859 to 1860. He served as a colonel in the 10th Texas Infantry. After the war he became a U.S Congressman Colonel Roger Q. Mills Home Corsicanna Navarro 912 West Park Ave. from 1873 to 1892. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description Brown skippered the Confederate ironclad "CSS Arkansas". He sailed through a Union river fleet in defense of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Brown was wounded twice and awarded a Confederate Medal of Honor. He also invented an underwater mine that sank the Union ironclad Commander Isaac Newton Brown's Grave Corsicanna Navarro Oakwood Cemetery "USS Cairo." Ewing E. Dunn built this house after arriving from Kentucky. He served as a 2nd Lt. in the Confederate Army. After the war he became a sheriff from 1876-1884. S.M. Ransom purchased the home in 1890. Five generations of Dunn-Ransom Home Corsicanna Navarro 1303 W. 4th Ave. Ransoms lived there. Known as the "Mother of Confederate Reunions." After the war, the widow of Lt. Colonel Thomas Glover, of the 21st Georgia Infantry, visited with his comrades in Campbellton Co., Georgia. Glover died at the 3rd Battle of Winchester. Elizabeth talked over the war with former members of the 21st. This started the reunions that Elizabeth Camp Glover Corsicanna Navarro Oakwood Cemetery occured all over the South. The Texas Loan Agency was located in this building after the war. Damon established the agency and was a Henry G. Damon Corsicanna Navarro 128 West Collin Confederate Prisoner of War. Judge Simkins moved here from South Carolina. He was a Justice of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, helped create the Texas Railroad Commission, and served as a regent of the University of Texas. He served four years in the Confederate Army. His brother William Simkins was Judge E.J. Simkins House Corsicanna Navarro 514 West 2nd Ave. credited with firing the first shot at Ft. Sumter. This museum displays documents and artifacts donated by Charles and Peggy Pearce. Both sides of the war are represented. More than 14,000 items are included in the Pearce Civil War Museum Corsicanna Navarro Navarro College, 3100 W. Collin St. Pearce Collection. Contains a number of Civil War Era structures including a slave quarters, blacksmith shop, trading post, and general Pioner Village Corsicanna Navarro 912 West Park Ave. store.

Samuel Frost served with the 19th Texas Cavalry and studied law after the war. He served as a county judge and Samuel R. Frost Corsicanna Navarro Oakwood Cemetery state legislator. The town of Frost was named after him. Former Corsicana Mayor Charle H. Allyn organized the 1st National Bank and a cotton mill. He settled in Corsicana in Union Captain Charles Henry Allyn Corsicanna Navarro 7in Ave and Benton St. 1868. A Confederate training camp was located here. The town celebrated the secession of South Carolina by firing anvils Spring Hill C.S.A. Dawson Navarro Dawson, TX into the air. At this site, Megarity built a prosperous 187 acre farm in 1876. He served in the Confederate Army and was present J.A. Megarity Homestead Oak Valley Navarro Oak Valley Road at Gettysburg, Petersburg and Appomattox. Birdston Valley Streetman Navarro NW of FM 416 A community of former slaves existed here. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

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A.C. McMillan African American Museum Emory Rains 4156 S. Texas St. Includes a number of exhibits on slavery and the Civil War.

A Virginia native that operated a toll bridge on the East Fork of the Trinity River. He was also a justice of the peace Sterling Rex Barnes Marker Heath Rockwall Smith Dr. and Terry Lane who had five sons that served in the Confederate Army. The personal effects of 2 Confederate doctors. Dr. Schofield's and Dr. Mason's effects are on display here as Mason-La Moreaux-Hartman House Rockwall Rockwall 901 E. Washington well as artifacts from Rockwall County's history.

Mt. Zion C.M.E Church Ben Wheeler Van Zandt SH 64, Redland Community Provided spiritual outreach during and after the Civil War. Rains came to Texas from Georgia in 1858. He served in General R.M. Gano's Texas Cavalry Regiment during the war. After the Civil War, he served as a county judge, newspaper publisher and state librarian under Gov. James Hogg. He rebuilt the local neglected library and started a Caldwell Walton Raines (1839-1906) Marker Canton Van Zandt 100 Blk Dallas (SH 64), Courthouse lawn valuable collection of Texana materials. Contains Civil War artifacts from Van Zandt residents and genealogical records. Also contains artifacts from the Canton Plaza Museum Canton Van Zandt 119 North Buffalo 1850's.

General Jo Shelby's Confederate cavalry (Shelby's Iron Brigade) refused to surrender after the war. Shelby's troopers journeyed south from Missouri, through Texas, then crossed the Rio Grande River into Mexico. Shelby camped at Stone Point near Canton while attending a meeting of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi command at Marshall. Along the way, Shelby assisted with law enforcement in Texas during the chaotic period following the war. The John Wayne movie "The Undefeated" was Jo Shelby Expedition Marker Canton Van Zandt SH 243, 8 miles east of Canton based on the Shelby expedition. Born in 1818, Reagan was Postmaster General for the Confederacy. Along with Jefferson Davis, he was imprisoned breifly after the war. Reagan relocated to Nacogdoches in 1839 where he became a state John H. Reagan Marker Canton Van Zandt Buffalo St. at Courthouse Square representative. He was elected to Congress in 1875. Roberts was president of the Secession Convention in 1861. He was also a Colonel of the 11th Texas Infantry and a state supreme court judge during the Civil War. Governor of Texas in 1878 and a law professor at the University of Texas in 1893. He helped form the Texas Oran Milo Roberts (1815-1898) Marker Canton Van Zandt 100 Blk Dallas (SH 64), Courthouse lawn Historical Association in 1895. This church served a congregation of 25 in the once thriving community of Corinth. Thomas McAdams Post (1843-1931) was the pastor. Several vets are buried Corinth Baptist Church and School Grand Saline Van Zandt FM 1255 nearby. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Eastern Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description A large saline deposit here served as a source of salt for the Confederate Army to preserve meat. Sam Richardson built the saltworks in 1854 and joined the Confederate Army in 1861. He left his wife to manage the works. 10,000 pounds of salt were made daily. When salt became scarce, Southern women dug up the floors of smokehouses to Grand Saline C.S.A. Grand Saline Van Zandt Intersection of U.S. 80 andFM 857 extract salt from the soil. Trail used by Caddo Indian Tribe and French Traders. Dallas - Shreveport Rd. Willis Point Van Zandt CR 3415 and SH 64 Used for troop movements during the Civil War. Confederate vet and mercantile businessman, T.Z. Woodhouse, built this house in 1872. He served in the 6th Texas Cavalry and was married to Sarah Elizabeth Nash. T.Z. Woodhouse Residence Willis Point Van Zandt 904 Canton Ave. His descendants still own the house. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Western Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description Copper was mined here to make gun caps. A wartime Archer County Copper Mines Archer City Archer SH 25 northwest about 4.5 miles shortage of men prevented extensive mining operations. A Texas frontier regiment camped in the vicinity during the Civil War. The frontier regiments protected supply columns and settlements from Indians and Union Invaders. The camp was named after Captain Jack Cureton, Camp Cureton C.S.A. Archer City Archer SH 79 at Center Street the camp commander. Famed Missouri guerilla and outlaw, Jesse James, hid out at his sister's house in Archer County. His sister, Susan, was married to Allen Parmer, who rode with Will Quantrill. The Parmers are buried at Riverside Cemetery in Wichita Jesse James Hideout Archer City Archer SH 79 at Center Street Falls. Purchased by the United Confederate Veterans in 1898. From 1898 to 1935, Confederate veterans held reunions here. An average of 500 people attended each year. The Camp Stonewall Jackson Holliday Archer FM 368 meetings usually lasted 3 days. One of four couples that founded Seymour. They were plantation owners and moved to Seymour in 1875 after the Edward D. and Mary S. Miler Marker Seymour Baylor FM 1286 Civil War. Contains artifacts on the settlement of Bosque County. It Bosque County Museum Clifton Bosque 301 S. Ave. Q also includes artifacts from the Civil War period.

This small ranch house belonged to Norwegian immigrant Jens Jenson who came to Texas in 1854. He served with a Confederate frontier regiment and had 11 children. His Jens Jenson Homestead Clifton Bosque CR 4175 grandson Ardon Jenson still farms the ancestral acres. Site of a wooden mill powered by the Bosque River. It was Site of Clifton Mill Clifton Bosque SH 6 at Riverside used by the Confederate Army as a commisary. General Nelson trained and led the 10th Texas Infantry Regiment. His regiment repulsed a Union assault at Devall's Bluff in Arkansas. He later died of disease in October, 1862 in Austin, Arkansas. He was a former mayor General Alison Nelson Marker Meridian Bosque Courthouse on SH 22 of Atlanta, GA before the war. Tennessse native John Olde built this log cabin in 1860. Olde served as a Texas Ranger and fought the Kickapoo John Olde Cabin Valley Mills Bosque Intersection of Olde Ln. and CR 401 tribe at Dove Creek. Built by S.A. Pool in 1870. Robert A. Tibbs of the 3rd Texas Pool-Tibbs House Valley Mills Bosque 108 Tibbs Dr. Cavalry purchased the home in 1891. Former slave Rev. James B. Sadler established a black Rock Springs Cumberland Presbyterian Church Valley Mills Bosque FM 1637 congregation here after the war. Curreton was a captain of frontier troops during the Civil War that guarded against Comanche raids and Union incursions. He helped rescue Cynthia Anne Parker from Captain J.J. Cureton Walnut Springs Bosque SH 144 at Walnut Springs Park the Comanches. Barry commanded a cavalry regiment that patrolled along James Buckner Barry C.S.A. Walnut Springs Bosque Walnut Springs Park on SH 144 the Red River for Indian attacks and Union troops. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Western Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description In 1864, twenty five families established a fortified outpost for protection against Comanches. Frontier families were vulnerable to Indian attacks while the men were off fighting in the war. It was used by Confederate Cavalry at Buffalo Springs C.S.A. Site Buffalo Springs Clay FM 174 and FM 3077 intervals to patrol for Indian attacks and Union invasion. Forty Two suspected Unionists of a Peace Party were tried then hanged by a "Citizen's Court." Citzens in Cooke County were fearful of a Unionist conspiracy to seize North Texas. Colonel W.C. Young presided over the formation of the "Citizens Court" following the arrests of 250 suspected "The Great Hanging" Gainesville Cooke W. California St. east of IH 35 near Pecan Creek Unionists on Oct. 1, 1862. Organized in October, 1863, the 2nd Frontier patrolled the Red River border and Indian Territory to prevent Union incursions and Indian raids. Nine military units were 2nd Frontier Regiment Marker Gainesville Cooke SH 51 at Moffett Park formed in Cooke County. Emphasizes the sacrifice of women as well as celebrating Confederate Monument Gainesville Cooke Courthouse, Main and Commerce St. the Confederate soldier. Founded in 1850 and named for General Edmund P. Gaines, who in 1836 aided the Republic of Texas. A military supply headquarters was established here during the Civil Gainsville Marker Gainesville Cooke US 82 E. Roadside Park War. Focuses on the history of Cooke County. Includes the Civil Morton Museum Gainesville Cooke 210 S. Dixon War period. Captain L.W. Lee of the Confederate Army came here in 1869 from Missouri. He purchased the home as a wedding Potter - Hurley House Gainesville Cooke 108 Church St. gift for his daughter Ella Potter in 1894. William Thomas Green Weaver came to Texas from Illinois in 1840. He was a school teacher and attorney. He served in the Confederate Army and was a delegate to the Texas W.T.G. Weaver Gainesville Cooke 311 S. Weaver Constitutional Convention in 1875. Georgia native, Civil War vet and mayor, William O. Davis came to Texas in 1870. He was self educated and became a prominent attorney. He was in the Texas Senate (1876- William O. Davis House Gainesville Cooke 505 South Denton 1882). Focuses on African American life. The Civil War Period is African American Museum Denton Denton 317 W. Mulberry included. Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in memory of Denton County residents that served in the Confederate Army. It is equiped with 2 water fountains that no longer work. In 1999, the monument became a subject of controversy when an African American activist tried to Confederate Monument Denton Denton Courthouse Square have it removed from the courthouse grounds. Purchase in 1859 by Thomas Jefferson Nash. The site includes a house, farm, and cemetery. This facility also Nash Farm Grapevine Denton 626 Ball St. includes exhibits on the Civil War period. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Western Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description Organized in 1882 by former slaves. The Colored Methodist Church was renamed Lane Chapel in 1902 after Bishop Lane Chapel C.M.E. Church Lewisville Denton 615 Hembry St. Issac Lane. A vigilante group that hanged 6 cattle rustlers during the war. A former Union soldier and jewelry theif, "Spoon" Pilot Point Regulators Pilot Point Denton Town Square Butler, was hanged from an oak tree at the town square. A former member of the Virginia 6th Cavalry that surrendered at Appomatox. First he was a merchant and then he was elected Mayor in 1892. He served in New Mexico 1907-1913 as Commissioner of U.S. Circuit District Courts. He returned to Sanger and served as Justice of the William E. Partlow Marker Sanger Denton 611 West Plum Peace. Established in 1852. Operated by Confederate vet Lock S. Wise County C.S.A. Marker Sanger Denton FM 455 Forester who increased its size to 6,000 acres. Gravesite of General Granbury who was killed at the Battle of Franklin. His remains were reinterred in Granbury in General H. B. Granbury Grave Granbury Hood Granbury cemetery. Moore St. and Hwy 51 1893. This monument pays tribute to Gen. Hiram Granbury of Granbury's Texas Brigade that fought under Patrick Cleburne's command in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Before the war, Granbury was a lawyer in Waco. He was killed at the Battle of Franklin, TN. The statue was General H. B. Granbury Monument and Marker Granbury Hood Granbury Courthouse, Houston and Bridge Streets sculpted in Italy out of granite. General Granbury's widow and his 3 children lived here. Granbury Home Granbury Hood 104 E. Pearl She operated a boarding house to support her family. An actual jail once used in Hood County. Downstairs is the Hood County Historical Museum. Hood Co. is named after Confederate General John Bell Hood, who commanded Hood County Jail and Museum Granbury Hood 208 North Crocket Hood's Texas Brigade. Did Jesse James really die in Granbury on August 15, 1951? 101 year old Granbury resident J. Frank Dalton claimed to be the real Jesse James shortly before his death. A DNA test in 1995 seemed to confirm that Jesse James was Jesse James Tombstone in Hood County Granbury Hood Granbury Cemetary, N. Crockett St. actually killed and buried in Missouri. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Western Counties

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Granbury bartender John St. Helen was believed to have actually been John Wilkes Booth, who made his way to Texas after Lincoln's assassination. Conspiracy buffs believe Lincoln's assassination was carried out by members of his own cabinet and Booth was ushered away by government agents. John St. Helen not only resembled Booth but walked with a limp like Booth did after Lincoln's assassination. His ghost is beleived to be haunting the Granbury Opera House. Like Booth, St. Helen was well versed in Shakespeare and was a big fan of the theater. John St. Helen later disappeared and left no forwarding address. Over 20 years later, a drunken derelict named David George died in Enid, Oklahoma. A longtime friend, Finis Bates, identified the body as that of John St. Helen and had the body mummified. For 40 years the mummy was displayed at carnivals until its disappearance in the John Wilkes Booth Tale Granbury Hood Granbury Opera House 1960's. It has never been found. This marker pays tribute to Major General John Bell Hood who commanded Hood's Texas Brigade and the Army of Tennessee. Hood lost a leg and use of of an arm during the war. He died from Yellow Fever in New Orleans. Hood Maj. General John Bell Hood Marker Granbury Hood Granbury Courthouse on Pearl St. County is named after him. Veterans Home Granbury Hood 601 Thorpe Springs This museum honors veterans from all conflicts. South Carolina born Johnson commanded the 14th Texas Regiment that saw service on both sides of the Misssssippi. He also supervized a blockade running system to bring in supplies for the Confederacy. He lost 2 sons during the war. Colonel Middleton T. Johnson Marker Cleburne Johnson Courthouse Square at Hwy 174-171 Johnson County is named after him. Confederate Monument Cleburne Johnson Courthouse, Main and Henderson Consists of a shaft atop a large public drinking basin.

Known as the Stonewall Jackson of the West, Irish born Patrick Cleburne commanded one of the best brigades in the Confederate Army. Cleburne's brigade held off a Union assault on Missionary Ridge, buying time for the Army of Tennessee's retreat from Chattanooga. He was killed at the Battle of Franklin. Cleburne's brigade participated in the General Patrick Cleburne Marker Cleburne Johnson Courthouse Square at Hwy 174-171 Kentucky, Chattanooga, and Atlanta campaigns, Local museum that contains numerous Civil War artifacts Layland Museum Cleburne Johnson 201 North Caddo including General Cleburne's pistol. Watering spot for Confederate Camp Henderson. For a nickel, young boys would take water into town for Old City Spring Cleburne Johnson W. Wardville St. merchants to use. Penning was a Confederate soldier. He was also a banker Riggs Pennington Home Cleburne Johnson Hwy 171 near city limits and farmer. A living history museum dedicated to teaching by demonstration. Upcoming events are posted on the Beaumont Ranch Grandview Johnson 10736 County Rd. 102 internet. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Western Counties

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Confederate Lt. Col. J.F. Scurlock drove cattle from here to Southern Louisiana. He provided beef for the Confederacy. Early Cattle Trail Rio Vista Johnson Rio Vista St. Bank on SH 174 Scurlock died in a Federal prison after being arrested. The 1850's home of Civil War vet and banker John Wesley Lowell Smith Home Rio Vista Johnson FM 916 Smith. Established in 1861 as a Frontier Regiment outpost. It was Red River Station Bowie Montague US 83 west of Nocona used to guard against Indians and Union troops. Established after the Civil War in memory of pioneers who Forestburg Marker Forestburg Montague SH 455 battled Indians. Established in 1873 and was the town's first permanent Stonewall Saloon Saint Jo Montague North corner of public square structure. Named after Stonewall Jackson. Honors Parker County residents that served in the Confederate Civil War Statue Weatherford Parker US 180, Courthouse Square Confederate Army. Parker County sent 9 companies to the Confederate Army. Local rancher John R. Baylor became the Confederate Governor of the Arizona Territory during the New Mexico Campaign. He served in the Confederate Congress from 1863 to 1865. The 19th Texas Cavalry of Parson's Brigade Parker County C.S.A. Marker Weatherford Parker US 180, Courthouse Square was formed from Parker County residents. Site of a Confederate camp which used the nearby spring. Soldier Springs Weatherford Parker Thrush St. Confederate veterans used the camp for their reunions. Founded in 1856 by State Senator and Confederate soldier Jefferson Weatherford. Frontier settlers found protection Weatherford C.S.A. Weatherford Parker US 180, Courthouse Square here from Comanches during the war. Cotton grown here was used by the Confederacy to trade Glen Rose C.S.A. Glen Rose Somervell Courthouse Square for arms and supplies. Confederate frontier cavalry drove off a raiding party of 25 Indians that killed settler Rigman Bryant and a slave. Stolen horses were recovered. Unfortunatley the slave was Squaw Creek Indian Fight Glen Rose Somervell 2 miles north of Glen Rose on FM 144 shot full of arrows. Contains numerous buildings and exhibits on Arlington Knapp Heritage Park Arlington Tarrant 201 W. Front St. pioneer life during the Civil War.

The theme of this amusement park are the six flags of the six countries (Spain, Mexico, France, Republic of Texas, Confederate States of America, and U.S.A.) that governed Texas. For four years (1861-1865), Texas was governed by the Confederate States of America. 90,000 Texans served in the Confederate Army. The Confederate section of the park includes restaurants serving Southern cuisine and an Antebellum styled music hall. In the 1960's, the park featured a Confederate Army drill squad that can be viewed Six Flags Over Texas Arlington Tarrant 2201 Road to Six Flags on "You Tube." Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Western Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description William M. Rice came to Texas in 1834 and served with the Texas forces during the Texas Revolution and was wounded at San Jacinto. During the Civil War, he made hats and hauled supplies for the Confederate Army. He William M. Rice Marker Azle Tarrant 310 S. Stewart settled in Tarrant County in 1874 where he died. This memorial contains the names and allegiances of 500 Civil War vets who lived, owned land, or are buried in Northeast Tarrant County. The memorial was dedicated in Northeast Tarrant County Civil War Veterans Memorial Bedford Tarrant 2401 Bedford Rd. 2008. Dr. L.H. Colley served with the Union 48th Missouri Infantry as a drmmer. He moved to Texas in 1880 and settled in the Colleyville area in 1885. He practiced medicine and conducted school trustee elections for the Dr. Lilburn Howard Colley Colleyville Tarrant 5400 Bransford Rd. Pleasant Run School District. In 1870, former slaves Robert and Dilsie Johnson received a 40 acre tract as a wedding gift from plantation owner Lucy Lee. Other freedman settled in the area known as Site of Mosier Valley School Euless Tarrant Knapp and Mosier St. Mosier Valley where a community was formed in 1883. In 1874, a small group of former slaves met at the home of Frank Young and organized the congregation that was St. John Missionary Baptist Church Euless Tarrant 3324 House Anderson Rd. originally named Oak Grove Baptist Church. A preeminent art museum that includes works depicting Amon Carter Museum Ft. Worth Tarrant 3501 Camp Bowie Blvd. events and people of the Civil War. Erected in 1939, this monument features a Confederate Confederate Monument Ft. Worth Tarrant Oakwood cemetery at 700 Grand Ave. private in an unofficial uniform. The park was purchase by the United Confederate Veterans' R.E. Lee Camp in 1901. The 373 acre site with a 25 year charter was for the recreation, relief and refuge of Confederate soldiers and their families. A statewide reunion Sept. 8-12,1903 had 3,500 attendees. The Confederate Park Association which maintained the park Confederate Park Ft. Worth Tarrant FM 1886, Confederate Park Rd. dissolved in 1926. Constructed in 1922 for Dr. George Munchus (1887-1952), the son of a former slave and a physician with the Ft. Dr George M. Munchus House Ft. Worth Tarrant 1130 E. Terrell Ave. Worth Negro Community Hospital. Organized by Reverend A.M. Dean in a log house used by the fort's surgeon for the 2nd U.S. Army Dragoons. The structure was also used as the first public school by Col. John Peter Smith. General R.M. Gano preached here after the war. The founder of TCU, Rev. Joseph Clark preached First Church of Fort Worth Ft. Worth Tarrant 612 Throckmorton here also. The sons of founder Joseph Addisson Clark (1815-1910) served in the Confederate Army. Addison(1842-1911) was a Jr. 2nd Lieutenant with the 16th Texas Cavalry and Randolph (1844-1935) served in a Texas Confederate Army First Hundred Years of TCU Exhibit Ft. Worth Tarrant 2800 South University Unit. A museum dedicated to the history of Ft. Worth. It has Ft Worth Stockyard Museum Ft. Worth Tarrant 131 E. Exchange several exhibits on Ft. Worth during the Civil War. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Western Counties

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Texas legislator that served under General Nathan Bedford Forrest who kept Union troops bottled up at Memphis. While scouting General Fremont's Union Army, he shattered his arm while fighting off 7 Union troopers with a Bowie kife. He was shot 3 times and taken captive at Iuka, MS. Mabry was exchanged at Vicksburg in 1862. Mabry helped capture the Union gunboat "Petral" on the Yazoo River. He was elected a district judge in 1866 but removed by Reconstruction authorities. He practiced law in Ft. General H.P. Mabry Marker Ft. Worth Tarrant Trinity Park at 2900 Crestline Worth 1879-1885.

South Carolina native Colonel Thomas Waul (1813-1903), a signer of the 1861 Confederate Constitution, formed Waul's Texas Legion that saw service during the Vicksburg Campaign. He led a brigade in the Red River Campaign of Grave of General Thomas N. Waul Ft. Worth Tarrant Oakwood Cemetery at 700 Grand Ave. 1864. Waul returned to Texas in 1865 and practiced law. Established for African American children in 1883. Prior to that, African American children were taught in churches. Named after former slave James E. Guinn who became a James E. Guinn School Ft. Worth Tarrant 1100 Louisiana Chemistry Professor at Prairie View A & M. Kentucky native John Peter Smith raised a company of Tarrant County men that served in Sibley's New Mexico Campaign and helped recapture Galveston. He came to Texas in 1853. He later donated the land for John Peter Smith Hospital and Oakwood Cemetery where he is buried. John Peter Smith Marker Ft. Worth Tarrant 1100 Throckmorton Smith became Mayor of Ft. Worth in 1882. A collection of structures related to North Texas history 1840 - 1890. Docents perform demonstrations of early Log Cabin Village Ft. Worth Tarrant 2100 Log Cabin Village Lane settlers' everyday chores. The cottage was built in the 1850's and was a haven for travellers during the Trinity River Floods. It was the home of Major Khleber Miller Van Zandt (1839-1930). He was a merchant, lawyer, banker, state legislator (1873), and Major K.M. Van Zandt Cottage Ft. Worth Tarrant Trinity Park at 2900 Crestline railroad builder.

Tennessee native Van Zandt came to Texas in 1839 and was admitted to the bar in 1858. He raised a Texas Co. for the 7th Infantry. He was captured at Ft. Donelson, TN and imprisoned at Camp Douglas in Illinois. After his exchange, he was promoted to major in Granbury's Brigade. The 7th Texas performed magnificently at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. After the war, he was President of the Ft. Worth National Bank for 56 years. He was called Mr. Ft. Major K.M. Van Zandt Marker Ft. Worth Tarrant Trinity Park at 2900 Crestline and 700 Grand Ave. Worth for being a great benefactor. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Western Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description The largest civil war museum west of the Mississippi. It includes an extensive collection Union and Confederate military artifacts and Victorian era apparel. The museum also features a large theater and giftshop. Group fieldtrips Texas Civil War Museum Ft. Worth Tarrant 760 Jim Wright Frwy North are accomodated. North Carolina native Thomas Bailey Saunders started a cattle ranch in 1850 near Gonzales, TX. His son William David Harris Saunders supplied beef for the Confedrate Thomas B. Saunders Family Marker Ft. Worth Tarrant 100 E. Exchange St. Army. Named for the wild mustang grapes that grew profusely in the area. Missouri natives Ambrose and Susanna L. Foster were among the first settlers in 1845. Their daughters and son-in-laws acquired land that became the heart of Grapevine. Beef cattle was sold from here to Camp Worth Grapevine Grapevine Tarrant 211 Main St. (Ft. Worth) during the Civil War. Confederate General Richard M. Gano conducted a revival Birdville Church of Christ Haltom City Tarrant 3208 Carson St. here in 1900.

Tennessee native William L. Hurst (1833-1922) served with the 61st Tennessee Infantry and fought at Vicksburg until the city surrendered. He was captured in December, 1863 near Tazewell, TN and spent the remainder of the war in military prisons in Kentucky and Illinois. Hurst came to Texas in 1870 and became a prominent land speculator. He granted the right of way across his farm for the Rock Island rail line. In exchange, the company named the depot after William Letchworth Hurst Marker Hurst Tarrant 1505 Precint Line Rd. him which later became the town of Hurst. In 1859-1860, Julian Field (1825-1897) and Ralph Mann (1825-1906) built a three story steam powered wheat and corn mill. The mill attracted business from as far away as San Antonio and the Indian Territory. The name Mansfield was given to the community that developed around the mill. Part of the output went to the Confederate Government during the Civil War. After the war, it serviced Mansfield Mill Mansfield Tarrant 100 East Broad St. Federal forts in the area. Ralph Sandiford Mann was one of the founders of Mansfield and operated a steam powered grist mill that supplied grain to the Confederacy. After the Civil War, the mill supplied Ft. Belknap and Ft. Griffin. Mann built the Ralph Mann Homestead Mansfield Tarrant 604 W. Broad St. cabin in 1866 and later added rooms constructed of brick. Illinois native Alfred M. Hightower came to Texas in 1858 and became a prominent rancher. Initially opposed to secession, he served as a mounted rifleman in the Alfred Madison Hightower Marker N. Richkland Hills Tarrant 6600 Smithfield Rd. Confederate Army and fought at the Battle of Pea Ridge. Dedicated to the preservation of articles, homes and exhibits of early White Settlement residents. Features an exhibit on White Settlement men who served the White Settlement Historical Museum White Settlement Tarrant 8320 Hanon Dr. Confederacy during the Civil War. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Western Counties

Civil War Site City County Address Site Description Kentucky native William T. Allen (1842-1893) settled here in 1857. William served in the Confederate Army and built the cabin after the war. The cabin was relocated to its William Terry Allen Cabin White Settlement Tarrant 8320 Hanon Dr. present address in 2003. African Americans that served in the Union Army were stationed at an outpost here after the war. The outpost was attacked by Indians from across the Red River. Their dead Tenth Cavalry Creek Burkburnett Wichita SH 240 at Tenth Cavalry Crossing were buried in a mass grave. The courthouse features a statue dedicated to all Wilbarger County Courthouse Vernon Wilbarger Town Square Confederate soldiers from Wilbarger County. 1st Lt. Robert Calvin Mount of Blythe's Militia was born in Tennesse and came to Texas in 1855. The house was built in 1874 from stones that Mount and his sons hauled from Palo Pinto County. Mount is buried in the nearby family Robert Calvin Mount Home Chico Wise N. Mount St. cemetery. The Mount Family still owns the property.

Cattle Crossing Trail Decatur Wise U.S. 380 between Decatur and Denton Cattle trail blazed by Jesse Chisholm after the war in 1865. Organized in 1862, it had the oldest congregation in First United Methodist Church Decatur Wise 104 S. Miller Rd. Decatur. It served the community during the Civil War. Former Missouri guerillas and famed outlaws Frank and Jesse James camped near here. Their campsites were sometimes known to nearby settlers, who feared or Jesse and Frank James Campsite Decatur Wise 5 miles from Decatur on U.S. 380. befriended the outlaws. Vessey was an African American slave that served as a battlefield aide to Confederate General W.L. Cabel. A popular fiddle player, he was kidnapped by Comanches then held for ransom. Ponies were delivered to the Comanches to obtain his release. African American scout Randolph Vesey Marker Decatur Wise State St. at Courthouse Brit Johnson obtained Vesey's release. Tennessee pioneer, Sam Woody, built a cabin near Deep Creek in 1854. Woody helped guard the frontier against Indian raids and served in the Confederate Army. The cabin served as a trading post where Indians traded Buffalo robes for corn. It was also a popular stop for frontier Sam Woody Cabin Decatur Wise 1602 S. Trinity travelers. Wounded twice while serving in the Confederate Army. Born in Indiana, Long served as Captain of Company A Texas Rangers. This company was the official escort of Texas Ranger Commander Major John B. Jones in the Texas Ranger Captain Ira Long Decatur Wise CR 4226 1870's. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Western Counties

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County was named after Henry Wise; a Virginia senator that voted for the annexation of Texas. The 1st District of the state militia was headquartered here. They provided protection against Indians and chased down army deserters. 100 deserters were captured in April, 1865 on their way to New Mexico. A plot to overthrow the Confederate state government was uncovered here. Fifty people were arrested. Five were hanged. Decatur was a refugee center for frontier families fleeing the Comanches. Supplies for the militia were stored at the old Howell and Wise County C.S.A. Marker Decatur Wise Courthouse Square Allen store. Collection of artifacts from the Civil War period. Includes a Wise County Historical Museum Decatur Wise 1602 S. Trinity St. very fine horse drawn funeral carriage. Site of reunions for Civil War vets and pioneers. Upwards of 12,000 attended, parading from the courthouse to the camp ground. Programs included speeches, rodeos, and battle re-enactments. The 3 day reunion is the oldest Wise County Reunion Grounds Decatur Wise Decatur St. recurring public event in the county. Town named after John Slidell who was one of the Confederate diplomats captured during the "Trent Affair." The community supplied goods and services to nearby Slidell Marker Slidell Wise Main St. at FM 455 farmers. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries

Cemetery City County Address Cemetery Description Several Civil War veterans were buried here, including Sgt. Thomas Fortenberry of the 21st Arkansas Infantry England Community Cemetery Seymour Baylor FM 1790 Regiment. The Clifton Family deeded their land over in 1877 for a public cemetery. The final resting place for settlers and Oswald Cemetery Clifton Bosque Fm 3221 Civil War veterans. Established by the John Olde Family at the death of John Poston - Olde Cemetery Valley Mills Bosque CR 3160 Olde's sister. Civil War veterans were buried here. The community of Pleasant Valley was started here after the Civil War. A number of Civil War veterans were buried Pleasant Valley Cemetery Buffalo Springs Clay FM 3077 here. Established in 1884 by the International Order of the Odd Fellows. The southeast corner is a slave burial ground. Allen Cemetery Allen Collin 400 E. McDermott Civil War veterans were also interred here. Included in an 1836 land grant to Dr. Daniel Rowlett who came to Texas from Kentucky with his wife and 6 children. A Baptist Church was established on Rowlett Creek which included the cemetery. Civil War veterans were buried Rowlett Creek Cemetery Allen Collin FM 2478 (Custer Rd.) here. The family cemetery of Allen Daniel who came to Texas from Tennessee in 1847. His daughter, Tennessee P. Daniel Huson, gave the land to the community for a public cemetery. Slaves, former slaves, and pioneer families were Huson Cemetery Farmersville Collin CR 814 buried here. Contains the grave of John T. Coit (1829-1872) who was a lawyer from South Carolina and raised a regiment in the Frankford Cemetery Frankford Collin Briargrove Ln. Dallas werea. He served as colonel of the regiment. Served the McKinney werea since 1881. Confederate and Altoga Cemetery McKinney Collin CR 912 Union veterans were buried here. Part of the Ed Ward and Nancy Bradley homestead who came to Texas in the 1840's from Kentucky as members of the Peters Colony. The south section includes a slave Bradley Cemetery McKinney Collin 300 Wilson Creek Pkwy. graveyard. The park is on land granted to Samuel McFarland by the Republic of Texas. Known for its grove of Pecan Trees, the park commemorates the pioneers of the werea. Dr. James Webb Throckmorton (1825-1894) is one of the pioneers. He served as a Confederate brigadier general during the Civil War. He was later Governor of Texas (1866 -1867) Pecan Grove Memorial Park McKinney Collin 1660 S. McDonald St. and a U.S. Congressman (1875-1888). Confederate Captain Thomas M. Scott was buried here as Melissa Cemetery Melissa Collin Fannin Rd. well as other Civil War veterans. Sam and Patience Young came to Collin Co. from Illinois in 1842. The cemetery was established in 1847 after Patience Young Cemetery Plano Collin Ridgeview Golf Course, 2701 Ridgeview Dr. died. Includes the graves of Civil War veterans. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries

Cemetery City County Address Cemetery Description Burial spot of Col. James Bourland who commanded the Border Regiment during the Civil War and was Provost Marshall of Gainesville at the time of the October, 1862 Manion Cemetey Gainesville Cooke Cooke Co. hangings.

Former mayor William O. Davis was buried here. A Georgia native, he came to Texas in 1870 and served in the Confederate Army. The cemetery was established in 1854 when a tornado struck the Howe Family cabin near Gainesville. Numerous Civil War veterans were buried here. Confederate Sgt. W.H.H. Addington (1840-1862) is the only Civil War casualty buried here. He died from a wound suffered at the Battle of Chustenahlah in the Indian Fairview Cemetery Gainsville Cooke 710 Fair Ave. Territory. Burial spot of Ohio native James Parrish who settled here in 1844 as part of the Peters Colony. He established a home on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River which became Bethel Cemetery Coppell Dallas 601 Christi Lane known as the Parrish Neighborhood. The land was set aside by Absalom Humbard (1835- 1909)and his wife Mary. Humbard was wounded and imprisoned during the Civil War. Several Civil War Cox Cemetery Dallas Dallas 4000 Dalgree veterans and Dallas County pioneers were buried here. Established in 1859 on land donated by a Baptist Church (later known as 5 Mile Church). Several Confederate Five Mile Cemetery Dallas Dallas Kiest Blvd veterans were buried here. A memorial to a cemetery where former slaves were buried. A highway expansion forced the removal of the Freedman's Cemetery Dallas Dallas Lemmon Ave. at Central original cemetery.

Donated by James G. Garvin (1830-1897), his wife Eliza, Colonel William L. Crawford (1841-1910), and Judge M.L. Crawford (1839-1920). Several Civil War veterans were buried here including Colonel G. Sword (1834-1878) that Gavin Memorial Cemetery Dallas Dallas 3800 West N.W. Hwy. led an assault against Union forces at the Battle of Corinth.

Part of a Republic of Texas grant called the John Grigsby League that was given for service at the Battle of San Jacinto. Dallas banker W.H. Gaston acquired the land in 1874 through a legal battle and founded Trinity Cemetery. The Greenwood Cemetery Association assumed operation in 1896. Many prominent Dallas citizens and Civil War veterans were buried here. Among the veterans buried here were Major John H. Brown who commanded the 3rd Texas Frontier District during the Civil War. He was a prominent Secessionist that served in the legislature 1855 - 1857. after the War he participated in the Texas Greenwood Cemetery Dallas Dallas 2030 Oak Grove Constitutional Convention. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries Burial spot of: 1) Nicholas Henry Darnell (1807-1885) who commanded the 18th Texas Cavalry. He served in the Republic of Texas Congress,the 1845 Statehood Cemetery City County Address CoCemeterynvention, aDescriptionnd the 1875 Constitutional Convention. 2) ThFormeis cerm Detaerllays wMaasy eostr aJohnblishe McCd onla thnnea 6h4a0n Cacrroesck ofett Elde wasr Ebulir Meiedrr hellere ( al178so.7-18 He4 o9p)e wnhedo ownaes omif thnieste firs ot fl awa D oisfcfiicpeless i no f ChDarillasst .c Hehurc alhs.o Me serrvreedll's a ss o Lnts. GGeorgoverneo arn odf JoTexhna ss eforvr etwod wi th tyheears Co dunfreidengra thtee 1C9ithvil CaWvaar.l r y.3) TAhleexya anndde ro thHaerw voeteodra (ns18 20- Merrell Cemetery Dallas Dallas 4000 Merrell Rd. wer1885)e b cuarmieed tohe Dre.allas in 1844 from Tennessee. He was county clerk 1850-1880. and served as an assistant to Confederate Postmaster General John H. Reagan. Harwood represented Dallas County at the 1866 State Constitution Convention. 4) Trezevant Calhoun Hawpe (1820-1863) came to Dallas County from Tennessee in 1848. He served as Sheriff, Justice of the Peace, and County Coroner of Dallas County. He was Colonel of the 31st Texas Cavalry in 1862 and was instrumental in the Confederate victory at Newtonia. He was stabbed to death by a friend after a quarrel on the county courthouse steps. 5) Mississippi native John Jay Good (1827-1882) practiced law in Alabama and came here in 1851. He was a colonel of a Confederate artillery regiment and was elected Mayor of Dallas in 1880. 6) James K. Polk (1834 - 1872) was District Attorney for Dallas in 1860. He served in the Confederate Army and was a state senator and state constitutional delegate after the War. 7) Barton Warren Stone (1817- 1881) practiced law in Dallas. He came from Tennessee Pioneer Cemetery Dallas Dallas Marilla and Young and commanded two Confederate cavalry regiments. In 1878, John Armstrong Rylie donated land for a school in southeast Dallas County. The site became a cemetery in 1889. Hartwell Bolin Cox and other Civil War veterans Rylie Cemetery Dallas Dallas Rylie between Tufts and Mulberry were buried here. Part of the 1850's William Coombes survey. Many Dallas County pioneers and Civil War veterans were buried here. Z.E. Coombes and W.R. Fisher set aside the land for the Western Heights Cemetery Dallas Dallas 1600 Ft. Worth Ave. cemetery. Thomas Keenan (1808-1879) came here as part of the Peters Colony in 1842. Keenan's descendents along with Keenan Cemetery Farmers Branch Dallas 2600 Valley View several Civil War veterans were buried here. Final resting place of numerous Civil War veterans and pioneers. This cemetery began in the churchyard of Duck Creek Methodist Church which was organized in the Pioneer Cemetery Garland Dallas SH 78 1850's. In 1877, Louis H. Caster (1826-1908) deeded one acre for a community cemetery. Several Civil War veterans were Shady Grove Cemetery Grand Prairie Dallas Shady Grove Rd. and Hardrock Rd. buried here.

Illinois native Alanson Dawdy (1826-1901) operated a ferry for crossing the Trinity River. It operated during the war while Dawdy served in the Confederate Army. The prices were one dollar for a wagon with four animals, ten cents Dawdy's Ferry Hutchins Dallas New Dawdy Ferry Rd. for a man and horse, and five cents for one man on foot. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries

Cemetery City County Address Cemetery Description The land was deeded to Chilton Smith in 1851. In 1845, slaveholders William Haley and William Borah followed Smith. After the war, many former slaves stayed in the werea. In 1879, Minnie Shelton purchased the site for $130 and donated it for a cemetery. It holds numerous burial Shelton's Bear Creek Cemetery Irving Dallas 1525 Hard Rock sites of slaves and former slaves. John P. Potter was a pioneer of the Republic of Texas and served in the Confederate Army. He had 1,000 acres of land and served as a justice of the peace. He and his Potter Cemetery Mesquite Dallas 5841 Lumley Rd. children were buried here. Zachariah Motley came to Texas in 1856 with his family and slaves. His daughter Penelope Motley McLain, wife of Captain J.B. McLain, is buried there along with family Z. Motley Cemetery Mesquite Dallas 3737 Motley Dr. members and slaves. In 1870, Mississippi native and Confederate vet James J. Lee (1820-1901) donated land for a cemetery. Several Civil War veterans were buried here as well as members of the Lee Cemetery Seagoville Dallas US 175 and Seagoville Rd. Lee family. Donated by Elisha and Mary Stowe Chinn in 1853. Features graves outlined with shells. A tradition brought to Chinn's Chapel Cemetery Copper Canyon Denton Chinn Chapel Rd. America by slaves. Cemetery for Lodge 82 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Denton Merchant James Smoot donated the land. I.O.O.F Cemetery Denton Denton Carrol Blvd and Eagle Dr. A number of Civil War veterans were buried here. Confederate Col. Thomas Gynn Davis was buried here. He Oakwood Cemetery Denton Denton E. Prairie and E. Sycamore Streets was a cousin of Confederate President Jefferson Davis.

Land granted to H.H. Swisher, a veteran of the Texas War Swisher Cemetery Lake Dallas Denton 603 N. Shady Shores Rd. for Independence. Contains numerous Civil War veterans. Farmland sold to Masonic Lodge for a community cemetery in 1881. Former slaves of Julius Kane Fox family Smith Cemetery Lewisville Denton 328 Smith Rd. were buried here in unmarked graves. Civil War veterans as well as influenza victims were buried Bolivar Cemetery Sanger Denton FM 455 here. Oldest cemetery in Denton County. Donated by W.A. Bridges family. Civil War veterans were buried here as well Bridges Cemetery The Colony Denton S. Colony Blvd. as members of the Bridges family. Deeded by W.H. Parsons in 1875. Confederate veterans Myrtle Cemetery Ennis Ellis W. Ennis Ave. were buried here. Donated by W.R. Hudson and J.M. Higgins in 1853. Civil Milford Cemetery Milford Ellis US 77 War veterans were buried here. Established by the Peters Colony in 1844. Civil War Ovilla Cemetery Ovilla Ellis 1403 Red Oak Creek DR. veterans were buried here. John I. Richardson of the 12th Texas Cavalry was buried Richardson Cemetery Reagor Springs Ellis US 287 here. Began as the family burial ground of Abraham Kemble in Red Oak Cemetery Red Oak Ellis SH 342 1860. Several Civil War veterans were buried here. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries

Cemetery City County Address Cemetery Description Named for Confederate veteran Jodie M. Bell who was Bell's Chapel Cemetery Rockett Ellis Bell's Chapel Rd. off FM 813 buried here in 1877. Alabama natives Joseph and William Arledge settled here in the 1850's. The cemetery was used by the Arledge family Arledge Ridge Cemetery Bonham Fanin SH 78 and has numerous Civil War veterans buried here. Missouri native Alexander Moore moved to Texas with his wife Mary Jane Jones in 1857 . They were both buried here with their descendants. Numerous Civil War veterans were Moore's Chapel Cemetery Bonham Fanin FM 271 buried here. Tennessee native Ezekiel Phillips Warren oranized a Methodist congregation at his home in 1859. In 1877, Kentucky native and Confederate vet William Bain McCraw donated the land for the church and cemetery. McGraw's Chapel Honey Grove Fanin SH 34 Numerous Civil War veterans were buried here. Established in 1846 and originally known as the Walcott Graveyard. Numerous Civil War veterans were buried here. Members of the pre Civil War slave community were buried here also. Virginia native James Thomas Holt (1841-1919) served in the Confederate Army and built Honey Grove's first public water system. He owned a store and hotel in Mineral Wells. He invested in the Honey Grove Cotton Oil Mill and Planters National bank. He was Oakwood Cemetery Honey Grove Fanin FM 100 buried here. Community cemetery for the Odd Fellows Fraternity and Presbyterians. Civil War vet William Lovelace Foster (1830-1869) was pastor of the 1st Baptist Church. He was Ladonia Cemetery Ladonia Fanin N. Church St. buried here along with other Civil War veterans. Burial spot for members of the Oak Hill Home Guard; a Confederate militia unit that patrolled for Indians, Grove Hill Leonard Fanin FM 1553 outlaws, and Union troops.

Burial spot of John Cadwallader Neale who came here from Tennessee. He served with the 9th Tennessee Cavalry before he purchased a farm in Fannin County. He was a Leonard Cemetery Leonard Fanin Hunt St. leading businessman in the Leonard community. Tennessee native Thomas Lindsey brought his family here in 1837. Lindsey donated the land for a school and cemetery in the 1840's. One of Lindsey's slaves was the first person buried here. Several slaves and Civil War Lindsey-Randolph Cemetery Randolph Fanin SH 121 veterans were buried here.

Tennessee native William Boyd Burns (1821-1907) built a log cabin at this site. Among the Civil War veterans, Dr. W.C. Holmes who fought at Shiloh and John W. Connelly a Burns Cemetery Trenton Fanin SH 121 former teacher in the Indian Territory were buried here. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries

Cemetery City County Address Cemetery Description Named after John Barron who came here from Virginia in 1870. Barron and fellow Civil War vet William Jenkins were buried here. Barron gave land for a church-school Baron Cemetery Collinsville Grayson Grayson County building and community cemetery. David Harman Coffman of Poindexter's Missouri Cavalry Regiment came here after the war and donated land for a community cemetery. Adjoining land was used for the Mt. Coffman Cemetery Denison Grayson 1000 N. Layne Dr. Pleasant Baptist Church. Burial spot of William Whitley Wheat and his wife Cynthia who moved to Texas from Alabama in 1842. They settled in Peters Colony. Wheat served as a county commissioner and was the first president of the Old Settlers Association of North Texas that worked to ease tensions after the Civil War. Anderson White deeded 2 acres in 1859 for the public cemetery. A number of Civil War veterans were buried Hall Cemetery Howe Grayson 3 miles west of Howe here. Confederate Colonel George R. Reeves of the 11th Texas Cavalry was buried here. The Tennessee native was a county tax collector, sheriff, and state representative before the war. He participated at Chickamauga and the Atlanta Campaign. He served as Speaker of the House after Preston Cemetery Pottsboro Grayson Northwest of Pottsboro the war. Burial site and first camp of John and Ruth Hendrix who came to Texas in 1846 from North Carolina. Numerous Hendrix Cemetery Sherman Grayson SH 91 on Hilltop Dr. slave burial sites were located here. Burial spot of Confederate Captain John Henry Le Tellier of the 24th Virginia Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia. Hill Cemetary Sherman Grayson 900 W. Lamar Beloved teacher of the Sherman Private School. Harsh pioneer life led to the establishment of this cemetery in 1848 for Grayson Co. pioneers. The plots were free. One Union and 18 Confederate veterans were buried Old Cedar Community Cemetery Sherman Grayson Campground Rd. here. Burial spot of Jesse P. Loving (1836-1919) who served with the 34th Texas Cavalry. He was County Treasurer and State Representative from Grayson County. Helped establish the Old Settlers Association of Grayson County. Rev. John Sillman Moore is buried here. He was wounded three times during his service in the Confederate Army. He pastored Presbyterian Churches in Tyler, McKinney and West Hill Cemetery Sherman Grayson 1304 W, Lamar Sherman. He died in 1903. Began as a family cemetery for Samuel and Ellen Vittitoe who settled here in 1852. Numerous Civil War veterans Vittitoe Cemetery Whitewright Grayson Andy Thomas Rd. were buried here in this 700 grave cemetrey. In service since 1857. Numerous Civil War veterans and Athens Cemetery Athens Henderson400 S. Prairieville pioneers were buried here. An open-air tabernacle for 2,000 people. Eventually Meredith Campground Athens Henderson CR 3901 became a cemetery for Civil War veterans. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries

Cemetery City County Address Cemetery Description North Carolina native James Madison Shelby (1814-1989) established the Presbyterian Church and cemetery. A Shelby Chapel Cemetery Athens HendersonFM 1616 number of Confederate soldiers were buried here. Consists of one acre of land. Number of Confederate Texas Old Rock Hill Cemetery Brownsboro HendersonFM 3204 troopers and early settlers were buried here. Originally a camp meeting site for the Red Hill Methodist Red Hill Cemetery Brownsboro HendersonCR 3621 Church. Numerous Civil War veterans were buried here. Numerous Civil War veterans were buried here. Donated by William Hugh Graham who had his family cemetery Cottonwood Cemetery Eustace HendersonEustace City here. Clark Cemetery Gainesville Henderson910 S. Rusk The grave of a "Great Hanging" victim is located here. Contains the graves of father and son Texas Rangers. Durham Avant served in the 15th Texas Cavalry. His son Tool Cemetery Tool HendersonCR 2436 William served in the 46th Alabama Infantry Regiment. Consolidation of 6 cemeteries because of the 1950 Whitney Memorial Park Lake Whitney Hill Lake Whitney Dam construction of the Lake Whitney Dam. Resting place of Brigadier General Hiram Granbury and Granbury Cemetery Granbury Hood Moore St. and Hwy 51 North family. Established in 1856 for African American slaves. Also Balch-Senterwood Cemetery Alvarado Johnson 205 S. Parkway called Alvarado "Colored Cemetery." Union and Confederate veterans buried here. In 1894, C.Y and Ann Kouns donated land for a Confederate Park. The intent was to have the roads cut through the park and Cleburne Memorial Park Cleburne Johnson Water St. and S. Kouns St. shape it into the Confederate flag. Civil War veterans buried there. Part of 1,400 acres purchased by James F. Scurlock then sold to the town of Grandview Cemetery Grand View Johnson FM 4 Grandview. Established in 1850 for a cotton farming community. Civil Union Hill Presbyterian Church Joshua Johnson FM 917 East War veterans were buried here. Fourney was originally a railroad town and the cemetery was set aside for the entire community. Civil War veterans Hillcrest Cemetery Fourney Kaufman FM 688 were buried here. Burial spot of Captain Israel Baker that helped write the Texas Constitution. Served with the 3rd Texas Cavalry, Co. Fox Cemetery Kaufman Kaufman CR 110 G. during the war. Family cemetery of John and Eliza Baker. Several Civil Baker Cemetery Kemp Kaufman CR 4042 War veterans were buried here. Tennessee native and surveyor Robert Terrell is buried here. He served with the 33rd Texas Cavalry Co. K. The City of Terrell was plotted on the land he surveyed. General John Summerfield Griffith (1829 - 1901) was buried here also. He commanded the 6th Texas Cavalry and saw action in the Indian Territory, Pea Ridge and Holly Springs. Came to Texas in 1839 and was a rancher, Oaklawn Cemetery Terrell Kaufman 1001 W. Moore Ave. cotton farmer and businessman. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries

Cemetery City County Address Cemetery Description Located on land owned by George Washington Wright (1809-1877) who founded Paris. Honors members of the Old Cemetery of Paris Paris Lamar 5th and 6th St. 9th Texas that died during a measles epidemic. Hickory Grove Methodist Episcopal Church was established here in 1852. Includes 1,000 graves. Hickory Grove Cemetary Roxton Lamar SH 137 Numerous Civil War veterans were buried here. Family cemetery of the J. Lee Family that was from Lee Cemetery Roxton Lamar CR 26300 Virginia. Numerous Civil War veterans were buried here. Settlement of the werea started after the Civil War. Brushy Cemetery Bowie Montague FM 3043 Numerous Civil War veterans were buried here. In 1883, Levi Perryman purchased the cemetery land for Montague County. He was a sheriff of Forestburg and served with the 31st Texas Cavalry. Dory Booher and Benjamin Stead of the 14th Texas Cavalry were buried Perryman Cemetery Forestburg Montague FM 455 there. Used during the Civil War. Texas Rangers and Civil War Montague Cemetery Montague Montague East of SH 175 veterans were buried here.

Started by Rev. Abraham Molsbee and his wife Susan who came to Texas from Tennessee. John P. Watson of the 43rd Georgia and Fulton Loe Jr. of the 28th Louisiana Molsbee Chapel Cemetery Nocona Montague Molsbee Chapel Rd. were buried here. Both were civic leaders of Nocona. Site of Baptist Church built there in the late 1800's. Several Center Point Cemetery Saint Jo Montague US 82 Civil War veterans were buried here. Used by pioneers from Meridian, MS that settled nearby in Grange Hall Cemetery Barry Navarro FM 1290 1870. Numerous Civil War veterans were buried here. Located near Indian trading post. Named after Dr. W.S Robinson, the town's first doctor, and Jacob Hartzell, the Dresden Cemetery Blooming Grove Navarro FM 744 owner of the trading post. It was established in 1841. Named after Thomas Conner who settled here in 1856 and Connor Cemetary Corsicana Navarro CR NE 0170 (private property) came from Illinois. Deeded on April 12, 1865 by Col. Roger Q. Mills C.S.A. Modrall Memorial Park Corsicana Navarro N 22nd and Hackberry Several Civil War veterans were buried there. Oldest cemetery in Navarro County and resting place of Oakwood Cemetery Corsicana Navarro North 19th St. numerous prominent Civil War veterans and pioneers. Established in 1840. Numerous Civil War veterans were Eureka Cemetery Eureka Navarro CR SE 3110 buried there.

Civil War veterans were buried here. The site also incudes Long Prairie Cemetery Kerens Navarro SH 309 and CR 3230 Long Prairie School and Long Prairie Methodist Church. Named after William M. Rice, the founder of Rice University. He donated 5,000 acres for the town. Rice Cemetery Rice Navarro Rice, TX Numerous Civil War veterans were buried here. Provided by the estate of William Marsh Rice. Civil War Richland Cemetery Richland Navarro SH 14 and Memorial Dr. veterans were buried here. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries

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Originally the family cemetery of Jane and Alexander Younger Cemetery Silver City Navarro SW 3140 Younger. Numerous Civil War veterans were buried here. Burial spot of A.B. Fraser, a Confederate soldier who went Annetta Cemetery Aledo Parker 1283 O'Neal Ave. North into exile in the Honduras after the war for 5 to 6 years. Confederate widow Sarah Hoggard gave a plot from her Hoggard-Reynolds Cemetery Azle Parker Azle family site to bury the child of former slaves. Goforth Graves Cresson Parker US 377 John Goforth of the 15th Texas Cavalry is buried here. Used by members of the pioneer Lemley Family since the mid 1850's. Five Civil War veterans and early pioneers Lemley Cemetery Lemley Parker FM 920 were buried here. Established in 1872. Seven Civil War veterans were buried Hiner Cemetery Weatherford Parker Hiner Rd. here. Boze Ikard, a former slave from Mississippi, was killed by Indians on Charles Goodnight's cattle drive to Colorado. Goodnight and his son brought his body back over 600 miles to be buried here. S.W.T. Lanham, the last Confederate veteran Texas Governor is buried here also. The largest number of Civil War soldiers in Parker County Old City - Greenwood Cemetery Weatherford Parker Front St. were buried here. Burial site of many Confederate veterans from S. Carolina, Spring Creek Cemetery Weatherford Parker FM 51 Tennessee, Alabama, and Texas units. Zion Hill Weatherford Parker FM 2421 Eight Civil War veterans were buried here. Ambrose Fitzgerald served the Confederacy and settled here in 1846. Served as district clerk, county clerk and Baptist preacher in Rains County. He baptized James Ambrose Fitzgerald Cemetery Emory Rains N. Alexander St. Hogg who later became a noted governor. Established on the property of John and Martha Dewees who migrated here from Indiana in 1856. The cemetery included a log schoolhouse and church. Numerous Civil Mount Zion Cemetery Fate Rockwall FM 552 War veterans buried here. Deeded over to the county by Confederate veteran Hiram Chalk Mountain Cemetery Chalk Mountain Somervell SH 67 B. Rodgers. Civil War veterans were buried there. Encompasses more than 10 acres of land. Includes the Old Arlington Cemetery, W.W.McNatt Cemetery, Masonic Arlington Cemetery Arlington Tarrant 801 Mary St. Cemetery, and Old City Cemetery. Established in 1840 as a ranger station and trading post. Numerous Civil War veterans and Tarrant Co. pioneers Johnson Station Cemetery Arlington Tarrant 1100 W. Mayfield were buried here. Burial site of 19 Civil War veterans and pioneers of Tarrant Bedford Cemetery Bedford Tarrant Bedford Rd. and Central Dr. Co. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries

Cemetery City County Address Cemetery Description Burial spot of James M. Benbrook who settled here in 1876 after the war. The town was then called Merecedes. He served with the 40th Illinois Infantry that was assigned to the Union Army of the Tennessee. He was wounded in the hip and spent six years on crutches. He became a prominent landowner and helped bring the Texas and Pacific Railway line through Merecedes. The town was Benbrook Cemetery Benbrook Tarrant 1812 Mercedes renamed Benbrook in his honor. Dempsey S. Holt donated 30 acres for this cemetery in 1887. Dr Isaac L. Van Zandt, a Confederate vet, donated additional land. Several Civil War veterans were buried Dido Cemetery Dido Tarrant Morris-Dido-Network Rd. here. Burial spot of General Thomas Waul and John Peter Oakwood Cemetery Ft. Worth Tarrant Oakwood cemetery at 700 Grand Ave. Smith. Dr. Adolphus Gouhenant set aside a 3 acre burial site when his friend Major Ripley A. Arnold lost two children in 1850. Many pioneers were buried here along with 75 Civil Pioneer's Rest Cemetery Ft. Worth Tarrant 600 Samuels Ave. War veterans. Kentucky native Pinkney Harold Ford (1831-1901) came to Texas in 1855 and served with a Texas Confederate cavalry unit. He purchased the property in 1879 for use as a Ford Cemetery Grand Prairie Tarrant 602 Fountain Parkway community cemetery. During the Civil War, Isaac Duke Parker (1821-1902) served as a Tarrant County Commissioner before enlisting in the Confederate Army. He assumed ownership of this cemetery and donated the eastern half as a public I.D. Parker Cemetery Haltom City Tarrant 1300 Cardinal Dr. cemetery. He had settled near this site in 1853. After Reverend Greene Fretwell, a former slave, died in 1886. His widow Frances purchased 2 acres for a church New Trinity Cemetery Haltom City Tarrant 4001 NE 28th St. and cemetery for African Americans in Haltom City. North Carolina Civil War vet and Primitive Baptist Preacher Aurelius Delphus Bourland settled here in 1873. He used this site as a family cemetery until 1899 when he Bourland Cemetery Keller Tarrant Bourland Rd. donated 2.5 acres for a public burial ground. Georgia native Thomas F. Rodgers (1835-1906) came to Texas from Kansas in the late 1850's. He served in the Confederate Army and became one of Kennedale's leading landowners. Part of his land was set aside for this Rodgers Cemetery Kennedale Tarrant Shady Oak Dr. and Little School Rd. cemetery. He was a successful farmer and stock raiser. First used after the Civil War and includes Civil War veterans. Victims of the 1918 influenza epidemic were Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery Mansfield Tarrant Burl Rd. buried here also. Missouri native Eli Smith (1848-1879) came to Texas in 1859. He donated part of his farm for the cemetery in Smithfield Cemetery N. Richland HillsTarrant Smithfield Rd and Main St. 1870. Confederate and Union veterans were buried here. Established on the farm of Peters Colonist and Missouri native Thomas M. Hood (1823-1859). Several Civil War Hood Cemetery Southlake Tarrant Coventry Ln. at King's Court veterans were buried here. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries

Cemetery City County Address Cemetery Description This cemetery was established in 1851 with the burial of a child from a wagon train. Numerous early pioneers and White's Chapel Cemetery Southlake Tarrant FM 1709 at Pleasant Run-White's Chapel Rd. Civil War veterans were buried here. Rober K. Gibbs settled in the werea during the 1850's. They buried their infant daughter at the cemetery. Cox Cemetey Canton Van Zandt FM 1863 Includes numerous slave burial sites. Samuel A. High (1809-1894) was the 1st landowner in the werea and donated the land for the cemetery. Numerous High Cemetery Canton Van Zandt CR 2520 and CR 2501 Civil War vets were buried here. Van Zandt County pioneers and Civil War veterans were Hillcrest Cemetery Canton Van Zandt SH 19 buried here. Includes burial sites of pioneers that died during Morris Cemetery Canton Van Zandt FM 1256, Morris Cemetery Rd. epidemics and Civil War veterans. James F. Starr donated land for a schoolhouse here in 1886. Confederate vet Joseph Staley and other Civil War Starr Cemetery and School Canton Van Zandt FM 1215 veterans were buried here. The Watkins community was settled in the mid-1800's. The graveyard contains Civil War veterans among the 400 Wesley Chapel Cemetery Canton Van Zandt CR 2520 graves. Among the 188 graves, 6 Civil War veterans were buried here. Included were Samuel Murphy, David Tumlinson, Robert Boykin,Thomas Piles, F.M. Shirley and Robert Frontier Red Hill Cemetery Edom Van Zandt CR 4913 Beam. Stephen Ingram moved to Van Zandt County in 1850. He was buried first at this site along with his 2 sons who were Ingram Cemetery Edom Van Zandt FM 279 Civil War veterans. Deeded in 1886 by James Richardson whose land grant the town was developed on. Renowned pilot Wiley Post is Corinth Cemetary Grand Saline Van Zandt FM 1255 buried here along with 6 Civil War veterans. Creagleville was settled in the 1840's. 50 Civil War Creagleville Grand Saline Van Zandt CR 1818 veterans were buried here along with early pioneers. Donated in 1860 by Robert K. Gibbs for the Holly Springs Methodist Episcopal Church South. Original pioneers of Holly Springs Cemetery Martin's Mill Van Zandt CR 4403 Martin's Mill and Civil War veterans were buried here. Levi Collins purchased the land from pioneer L.H. Hobbs who settled here in 1850. Collins buried his son in law John Tidmore who died of disease during the War. His wife Marta Elizabeth is buried next to him along with 12 Tidmore Cemetery Martin's Mill Van Zandt FM 2339 Civil War veterans. Started in 1870's for Van Zandt County pioneers. Sgt M.M. (Mike) Robinett (1842-1900)of the 10th Texas Cavalry, Co. Jones Cemetary Willis Point Van Zandt Off FM 1395 H is buried here. Set aside by William James (1804-1875). Four Confederate veterans that were at Appamatox were buried here. They include D.G. Baker, W.N. Canant, J.T. Ellis, and A.M. New Hope Cemetary Willis Point Van Zandt CR 3415 Fears. Texas Lakes Trail Region Civil War Related Sites Cemeteries

Cemetery City County Address Cemetery Description Established in 1870. A number of Civil War veterans were White Rose Cemetary Willis Point Van Zandt US 80 and Post Oak Rd. buried here. 87 Confederate veterans were buried here including the Riverside Cemetery Wichita Falls Wichita Seymour Rd. sister of Jesse James, Susan Parmer. Rosemont Cemetery Wichita Falls Wichita Southwest Pkwy. 7 Confederate veterans were buried here. Confederate vet Finis Dudley Beauchamp, from Mississippi, donated the 3 acre site. Beauchamp and other Aurora Cemetery Aurora Wise Cemetery Rd. off FM 114 Civil War veterans were buried here. Along with early frontier settlers of Wise County, several Deep Creek Community Cemetery Boyd Wise CR 4227 Civil War veterans were buried here. Randolph "Uncle Ram" Vesey, popular fiddler and aide to Confederate General William Lewis Cabel, is buried here. Oaklawn Cemetery Decatur Wise He was born a slave near Savannah, GA. Union Army vet and school trustee James W. Haynes is Preskitt Cemetery Decatur Wise FM 51, Preskitt Rd. buried here along with other Civil War veterans. 110 graves in which half the buried were under the age of 20. They were victims of disease. Numerous Civil War Rush Creek Cemetery Decatur Wise CR 2750 veterans were buried there also. Includes grave of Dr. M.W. Matthews who was born in Kentucky and was an army surgeon during the Texas Revolution. He treated Sam Houston's wound at the Battle of San Jacinto. A firm Unionist during the Civil War, he Paradise Cemetery Paradise Wise CR 3352 escaped being hanged by Confederate vigilantes.

Meeting spot for pioneers because of the spring. There Sand Hill Cemetery Sand Hill Wise CR 4226 were numerous graves of pioneers and Civil War veterans.

The cemetery was founded when Samuel G. Evitts allowed Anna M. English to be buried on land he owned in 1882. The cemetery became a free cost community cemetery Willow Point Cemetery Willow Point Wise FM 220 where pioneers and Civil War veterans were buried.