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[Texas Historical Commission Marker: Pilot Grove Baptist Church]

Photograph of the Texas Historical Commission marker for Pilot Grove Baptist Church in Pilot Grove, Texas. Text: This congregation traces its history to the establishment of the United Baptist Church here in 1848 on 3.5 acres of land donated by Hezakiah Warden. By 1850 the town of Pilot Grove contained the Baptist Church, a post office, grist mill, drugstore, several saloons, and a cotton gin. Warden donated an acre of land along Pilot Grove Creek to the Baptist Church in 1854. Pilot Grove Bapt… more

Date: 2011-12/2012-03

Creator: West, Carolyn Effie

Item Type: Photograph

Partner: Private Collection of Carolyn West

[State Historical Survey Committee Marker: Old Cedar Community]

Photograph of the State Historical Survey Committee marker for Old Cedar Community in Sherman, Texas. Text: Settled in 1848 by Grayson County pioneers, who reclaimed land from wilderness. Raiding Indians and hardships of frontier life soon created need for a cemetery, established the same year. The plots were free to any person, many noted settlers are buried here, including one Union and 18 Confederate veterans of the Civil War. Of some 400 graves, half are marked. After community was well est… more