The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1913 Page: 2 of 8
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PIANOS
You Will Save Money, Time and Worry and Enjoy
Piano Satisfaction if You Purchase
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Vickers-Siebe Jewelry Company
The Leading Jewelers and Opticians
TEAGUE,
TEXAS.
CO-OPERATION should be the chief aim of all
of us. We are all interested in the one common cause
—the encouragement of all that ir BEST pertaining
to our OWN community. Then iKfollow> that we Can
render it no better assistance than to “Keep Teague
Money in Teague.” We will make this to your inter-
est by giving you the very BEST quality, GUARANr
•TEED in EVERY instrument sold; figuring opr prof-
-so low as to put the priee wfithin reach of all; ahd if
you like, arranging terms so you can easily meet them
and in case anything should happen wrong with any
instrument AFTER purchase WE are HERE to look
after it for you.
COME IN TODAY AND
LET’S TALK IT OVER
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Most any music hpuse can sell you a piano. That
is their business^ It’s also OUR business. But being
PERMANENTLY located in Teague, wc are natural-
ly identified with Teague and Freestone County ^ peo-
ple. Your interest is our interest, and your welfare
means our welfare. Then from a logical view-point,
WE MUST MAKE GOOD with every instrument
we place with the public. THIS WE DO. Ask our
custdfnfiefrs. -We are here to see to it that the instru-
ment we' sell you keeps on giving you absolute satis-
faction. *
LET US PROVE OUR
ASSERTIONS TRUE
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F eestone in
My Childhood
By J. K. Lane
The “Garden of Eden” just
after a “Spring Shower” never
looked grander and prettier and
sweeter than did Freestone
county when I was a child. The
country was open, the airfresh,
pure and braceing. A choice
bill of fare had been provided.
Hare were the'Beai ts of the Held,
fowls of the air, and tish of the
seas. The scenery was lovely
combinations of heaven anq
earth's best selections. The di
vine artist having just given the
U&t touch and God himself had
turned on the light. The fresh
soil, the nice timber, the run-
ning streams and the waving
grass bad formed a “combina-
tion” and thrown wide their
gates.
Here was water without dig-
ging, pastures Without sowing,
vineyards without plaoting and
gardens without dressing.
Shall we ever behold such
again? No, sever until this cor-
ruption shall have put on incor-
ruption and this mortal shall
have put pn immortality and we
art conducted through the gates
into the new Jerusalem.
First Settlers op Fairfield.
Among the first settlers of
Fairfield the following may be
mentioned: Karner, Adams,
Cboat, King, Clough, Yarbro,
Hender-
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Cotton, Noland, Love,
„ non, Roller, Crole, Moody, Wiley,
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County Organized
Freestone was created on the
6th of September, 1850. The
county contains about 883 square
miles, being bounded on the
west by Limestone, on the north
by Navarro, on the south by
Leon and on the east by Ander-
son counties.
At the first county election, in
November, 1850, the following
county officers were elected:
Chief Justice, Nelson Tarver.
District Clerk, J. M. Hender-
see.-—■ --------—...........
County Clerk, Emanuel Clem-
ents.
Sheriff, Wm.Clements.
Surveyor, B. P. Hammett.
Assessor, J. M. Montgomery.
Treasurer, Wm. Daviss.
Commisioners: Elisha Hobbs,
John N. Clay pool, B. F. Tyler
and P. S. Black.
First County Court
The, first county court of Free
stone county mot at Fairfield,
Feb. 4th, 1851. The record
reads: “Februirv Term: Chief
Justice Tarver, Commissioners,
P. 8. Black, John N. Claypool,
Elisha Hobbs, B. F. Tyler, and
Emanuel Clements, Clerk of the
County Court, and Wm. Clem-
ents, Sheriff, present.” The
first order was for laying off of
beats, four in number; the elec
tion place in No. 1 being at Wm.
B. Nettles, in No. 2 at the town
of Troy, in No. 8 at “ old man”
Self’s on “Alligator” and at No.
4, not decided. Wm. Clements,
P. S. Black and Martin Kolb
were the respective officers of
the three settled places.
the November term provis-
were made for roads, B. F.
SHIN
that Monday, the third day of
May, A. D. 1852, it being the
sixth Monday after the fourth
Monday in March of said year,
there was begun and holden at
Fairfield, the county seat of
Freestone county, at the court
bouse thereof, a District Court
in and for said county of Free-
stone. Present, theHoh. R. E
B. Baylor, Judge of the third
Judical District, J. -M. Hender-
son, Clerk of the District Court
of Freestone county, and Wm.
when the following proceedings
were had:- Then came the
venire facias, and these were
chosen as Grand Jurors: John
W. Blackmon, foreman; W. T.
Harris, M. Bateman, R. M. Gard-
ner, Wm. Cotton, W. Stewart,
Hugh Tony, Benj. Mayo, S. W.
Cheek, Jas. M. Craig, T. A.
Gaston, W. Weaver, Robt. Hunt,
J. B. Young and T. G. Mayo.
The Attorney licensed was John
Whitt, Esq.”
Court House and Jail
The first court bouse used by
the county fathers was a small
board ahanty” erected in the
south east corner of the public Wroe.
square. This shanty, aided by
a post oak grove, furnished
shelter for the Courts until 1855
when a neat two-story brick
court house was built at a cost
of $12,000. In 1892 the present
structure was finisbed at a cost
son, John Waldrom, D. Bragg,
A'. L. Reed, J. C? -Yarbro, E. Al
McCrackfnt N, L. Womack.
' County Judges
O. C. KUVen, T„ W. Sims.R. J.
Hatcher, A. G. Anderson, W. M.
White, H. B. Daviss, J. Ross
Bell, John Terry, R, • L. Willi-
ford.
/Btate Senators
J. C. Yarbro, L. D. Bradley,.
Robt, E. Steele, J. A. Wayland,
A. J Harper, J. A. Astin.
Representatives.
Wm. F. Daniels, Col. Busby,
W. M. Peck, L. D. Bradley, Gus
Sessions, H. Manning, C. L.
Watson, B. A. Philpott, Robt.
Steele, G. W. White, J. N. Bar-
bee, L. D. Liliard, Lee Salter-
white, R. M. Edwards, J. R.
Bell, J. K. Lane; Flotorial Rep-
resentative, W. A. Tarver.
Co. Attorneys.
R. M. Stell, C. H. Graves, F.
G? Gullett, B. H. Gardner, A.
G.’Anderson, B. 8. Gardner, J.
R. Bell, J. A. Tucker, Jeff
Childs, H. B. Daviss, R. M. Ed
wards, R. L. Williford, J. G. An-
derson, R. M. Edwards, O. M.
made in 1852 for a jail at a cost
of $8,000. This met the demand
untill 1881 when the present
^aiLwas greeted at a cost of
Dist. Clerks.
J. M. Henderson, Wm. Cotton,
A. G. Anderson, J. W. Waters,
W. R. Boyd, J. C. T. Hendrix,
W. 0, Jefferson, J. M. Taylor,
J. B. Robinson, O. C. Kirven, Jr.,
of $23,120 Arrangements were Vat^Ts. KTurnw.Vrs. ^'
Anderson, J. N. Haydon, H. H.
Powell, J. F. Roper, Watt Walk-
er, J. F. Roper, W. J. Lott, Geo.
W. Burleson.
* Treasurers.
Wm. Daviss, D. Bragg, W. C.
Day, T. J. Bonner, Jake Wom-
ack, A. Simpson, T. J. Sims,
Lee Eubank, John C. Hender-
son, I. H. Bonner.
Assessors.
5 M Montgomery, H S Wills,
Peter Stubbs, W T Watson, M R
D Richards, L G Sandifer, J L
Jordan; J J DeBorde, Boonr
derson, Paddy Speed, J P Ogles-
by, J C Mayo, J 0 Henderson,
A P Carter, A J Eo)mons,t T W
Manahan, John Newell, Jim
McDonald.
Collectors.
H. P. Daviss, W. A. Cobb, L.
G. Sandifer, W. R. T. Drum-
wright, L. A. Dunagan, R. P.
Riley, T. S. Peytom.
Freestone County
Freestone county is one o
the best counties in the State.
It is essentially an agricultural
county of strong, fich lands and
industrious, prosperous and
moral people. The soil is won-
derfully productive, the water
excellent‘and the climate
The timber lands furnish a
great variety of valuable woods
adapted to various
ing purposes.
kinds of farming lands can
within the bounds
E. Turner.
Co. Clerks.
appears
jsrosr*
require but little care. Hogs
often fatten in the woods on
mast, without an ear of corn.
In the matter of schools and ed*
uc&tion Freestone county ,is un-
surpassed. Her schools are
above the average and their ex-
istence indicate the moral and
intellectual state of her citizens.
Every neighborhood has its
churches and church-going peo-
ple. The principal denomina-
tions are Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterians and Primitive
Baptist. Fairfield, her county
seat, is beautiful for situation,
being located near tbe geograph-
ical den ter of the county. Her
merchants, mechanics, minis-
ters, editors, lawyers, doctors,
farmers and county officials
are of the highest and best, tbe
homes of her citizens are kept
pure and sacred by the love and
devotion of her beautiful and
godly women.
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FAIRFIELD
TEXAS
D. T. GARTH
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Kirgan, Lee. The Fairfield Recorder (Fairfield, Tex.), Vol. 37, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, May 23, 1913, newspaper, May 23, 1913; Fairfield, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1110257/m1/2/?q=yarbro: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Fairfield Library.