Believed to be among the oldest independent African American churches in Texas, this congregation was established on the Hayes Plantation and named Antioch after a biblical passage. The church moved from the plantation in 1865 and relocated in . . . — — Map (dbm220338) HM
2 ► Texas, Madison County, Antioch — 33 — Kings Highway Camino Real — Old San Antonio Road — Marker #33 — El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail —
Kings HighwayCamino RealOld San Antonio Road Marked by TheDaughters of TheAmerican Revolutionand The State of TexasA.D. 1918 — — Map (dbm221196) HM
Later known as Spanish Bluff • A fort and town as early as 1805 • Captured by the Magee-Gutierrez Expedition in October, 1812 • Near here the survivors of the Battle of the Medina were executed in 1813 • Inhabitants of the town were butchered . . . — — Map (dbm220332) HM
In 1829 Ransom Allphin (1812-1854) and his parents migrated from Illinois to Montgomery (present Madison) County. Allphin acquired this property in an 1835 Mexican land grant. He and his wife Elizabeth (Johnston) had seven children. Allphin farmed . . . — — Map (dbm220331) HM
In 1883 a small group of people gathered together to organize a missionary Baptist church. Named for its location near Cobbs Creek, the congregation called the Rev. E.W. Mitchell as its first pastor. Land at this site was acquired in 1901, and . . . — — Map (dbm220330) HM
6 ► Texas, Madison County, Elwood — 35 — Kings Highway Camino Real — Old San Antonio Road — Marker #35 — El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail —
Kings HighwayCamino RealOld San Antonio Road Marked by TheDaughters of TheAmerican Revolutionand The State of TexasA.D. 1918 — — Map (dbm221199) HM
7 ► Texas, Madison County, Elwood — 36 — Kings Highway Camino Real — Old San Antonio Road — Marker #36 — El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail —
Kings Highway Camino Real Old San Antonio RoadMarked by The Daughters of The American Revolution and The State of Texas A.D. 1918 — — Map (dbm221202) HM
Alabama native Calvin Cullen Bullard (1824-1882) brought his family to this area from Hunt County, Texas, in 1867 and settled on 160 acres of land between Bedias Creek and Caney Creek. In their new home, he and his second wife, Zillah (Woodbury), . . . — — Map (dbm157880) HM
A part of the national Civilian Conservation Corps program of the New Deal era, Camp Sam Houston in Madisonville was a soil conservation camp. Begun in July 1935 and occupied by workers one month later, the camp provided jobs for 196 men. Members of . . . — — Map (dbm219454) HM
In 1856, two years after the formation of Madisonville, J. W. D. Creath, a missionary to the fledgling State of Texas for the Southern Baptist Convention, deeded two town lots south of this site to the trustees of Madisonville Baptist Church. In . . . — — Map (dbm119573) HM
First United Methodist Church traces its origins back to 1842, before Madison County organized, when circuit riding preacher Henderson Palmer from the Galveston District of the Methodist Episcopal Church, south served the area. Circuit riders from . . . — — Map (dbm220345) HM
Mormon Missionaries came to this part of Madison County in 1907 and were kindly received by families here, in what was then known as the Center community. The first baptisms occurred in 1907-08. In December 1908 a Sunday School was organized with . . . — — Map (dbm157953) HM
Born in Madisonville on February 16, 1896, Jubal Richard "J.R." Parten secured his legacy as a pioneer in the American oil industry and a reputation in local, state and national politics. Studying government and law at the University of Texas, . . . — — Map (dbm135787) HM
This congregation was organized in November 1858 by Brother Benton Sweeney and nineteen charter members. Served by traveling ministers for many years, the members worshiped in a number of buildings erected at various sites in town. Known as the . . . — — Map (dbm220343) HM
In 1880, Madisonville's first school for African American students was established on the northeast side of town in a one-room schoolhouse. Spencer Davis served as the first teacher. In 1885, the school was moved to this site, on land donated by the . . . — — Map (dbm220347) HM
John and Elizabeth Kellett Park buried her brother, Thomas Jefferson Kellett, on their land at this site in 1852. Thomas Kellett was born in South Carolina and served in the Army of the Republic of Texas. John Park's brother Andrew, also a native of . . . — — Map (dbm220339) HM
Russian-born Jewish immigrants Jake Shapira (d. 1903) and his wife Sarah owned a boarding house at this site which burned in 1903. The following year Sarah had this Victorian hotel built. The structure reflects Eastlake styling and features . . . — — Map (dbm220344) HM
The Rev. N.C. McCloud organized this church in 1885 and served as its first pastor. Many of the congregation's initial members were former slaves. Early services were held in the area's school for African Americans until 1902 when the congregation . . . — — Map (dbm220349) HM
Madison County native Truman Kimbro was born in Cottonwood (6 mi. W), and attended school in nearby Center. Drafted into the army in December 1941, he arrived in Europe in October 1943 with the 2nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Division. He was . . . — — Map (dbm119571) HM
Organized in 1873 by the Rev. W. A. Parks and ten charter members, the Methodist Episcopal Church was the second African American church in Madisonville. Early worship services were held in members' homes and a brush arbor. In the absence of a . . . — — Map (dbm135754) HM
In this vicinity, at Paso Tomas on the Trinity, was the Spanish town Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Bucareli (1774-1779). Indian troubles had caused Spain to move Louisiana colonists to Bexar (San Antonio). These people, however, pled to return to . . . — — Map (dbm219453) HM
James (1795-1870) and Calpernia (Franklin) (1805-1865) Mitchell came to Texas from Virginia in 1833 and received a Mexican land grant. In 1837 James served as a member of the commission to locate the seat of the newly formed Montgomery County; in . . . — — Map (dbm219460) HM
24 ► Texas, Madison County, Midway — 34 — Kings Highway Camino Real — Old San Antonio Road — Marker #34 — El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail —
Kings HighwayCamino RealOld San Antonio Road Marked by TheDaughters of TheAmerican Revolutionand The State of TexasA.D. 1918 — — Map (dbm221197) HM
Although records to establish the exact founding date of this church are scarce, it is believed the Midway Church of Christ was organized about 1854. Traveling preachers served the congregation until Joseph Addison Clark (1815-1901) arrived as first . . . — — Map (dbm219463) HM
First known as Paso Tomas (Thomas' Ford) at the crossing of the San Antonio and La Bahia roads over the Trinity. Ferry established about 1821 by Joel Leakey. Named in honor of Nathaniel Robbins who operated it many years. Acquired about 1852 by . . . — — Map (dbm221226) HM
First blazed in 1691 by Captain Don Domingo Teran de Los Rios, first provincial governor of Texas, in an expedition officially directed by Father Fray Damian Massanet O.F.M. apostolic missionary and explorer in Texas. The general route was northeast . . . — — Map (dbm68680) HM
28 ► Texas, Madison County, Normangee — 40 — Kings Highway Camino Real — Old San Antonio Road — Marker #40 — El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail —
Kings Highway Camino Real Old San Antonio RoadMarked by The Daughters of The American Revolution and The State of Texas A.D. 1918 — — Map (dbm221418) HM
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