Near New Waverly in Walker County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
East Sandy Community
Photographed By James Hulse, March 31, 2022
1. East Sandy Community Marker
Inscription.
East Sandy Community. . The Sandel and Powell families moved to this area from Mississippi in the 1850s, helping establish a community church and school in this vicinity. The Rev. Peter W. Sandel (1806-1866) arrived and bought property in October 1851. Twice married, he lived here with his second wife, Louisa J. (Winborn), and children from both marriages. Oliver Powell (1815-1892) also bought land here. He arrived with his wife, Caroline (Quinn), and their children. The agricultural settlement in this area, on the south bank of East Sandy Creek, became known as the East Sandy Community., Both families were Methodists, and they soon established a local congregation. They held services in a small building that also served as a schoolhouse for area children. The building stood approximately 150 feet north of this site, adjoining the East Sandy Cemetery. The first marked grave there dates to 1861 and denotes the burial of twin daughters of A.A. Moore. According to oral history conducted with John Oliver Vick (1869-1959), earlier, unmarked graves are possibly those of members of the Dunn family., In the 1880s, a Baptist congregation began sharing the building for services. In 1903, Lavinia A. Abercrombie and Sallie E. Gibbs sold 10 acres of land, including the burial ground, as well as the church and school site, to J. Rodney Powell, Noah R. Powell and Peter T. Sandel, trustees of the East Sandy Community. The school continued until around 1913, when it merged with Moore's Grove School. , The East Sandy Cemetery is a reminder of what was once the settlement's center. Residents of the rural East Sandy Community, although dispersed, remain bound together by common history.
The Sandel and Powell families moved to this area from Mississippi in the 1850s, helping establish a community church and school in this vicinity. The Rev. Peter W. Sandel (1806-1866) arrived and bought property in October 1851. Twice married, he lived here with his second wife, Louisa J. (Winborn), and children from both marriages. Oliver Powell (1815-1892) also bought land here. He arrived with his wife, Caroline (Quinn), and their children. The agricultural settlement in this area, on the south bank of East Sandy Creek, became known as the East Sandy Community.
Both families were Methodists, and they soon established a local congregation. They held services in a small building that also served as a schoolhouse for area children. The building stood approximately 150 feet north of this site, adjoining the East Sandy Cemetery. The first marked grave there dates to 1861 and denotes the burial of twin daughters of A.A. Moore. According to oral history conducted with John Oliver Vick (1869-1959), earlier, unmarked graves are possibly those of members of the Dunn family.
In the 1880s, a Baptist congregation began sharing the building for services. In 1903, Lavinia A. Abercrombie and Sallie E. Gibbs sold 10 acres of land, including the burial ground, as well as the church and school site, to J. Rodney Powell, Noah R.
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Powell and Peter T. Sandel, trustees of the East Sandy Community. The school continued until around 1913, when it merged with Moore's Grove School.
The East Sandy Cemetery is a reminder of what was once the settlement's center. Residents of the rural East Sandy Community, although dispersed, remain bound together by common history.
Erected 2005 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 13088.)
Location. 30° 34.987′ N, 95° 33.899′ W. Marker is near New Waverly, Texas, in Walker County. Marker is on Possum Walk Road (Farm to Market Road 1374) 0.1 miles west of Parrish Road (County Highway 222), on the left when traveling west. The marker is located next to the cemetery by the road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 5744 FM1374, New Waverly TX 77358, United States of America. Touch for directions.
3. The church next to the East Sandy Community Marker
Photographed By James Hulse, March 31, 2022
4. The view of the East Sandy Community Marker from the road
Credits. This page was last revised on April 6, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 6, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 191 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on April 6, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.