On Farm to Market Road 1603 at Rice Road on Route 1603.
Chatfield, a prosperous farming community, was the site of the organization of the Baptist General Association of Texas on July 17, 1868. Originating in the mid-1840s as a trading post established near a spring by Indian trader Norman Chatfield, it . . . — — Map (db m217188) HM
On Farm to Market Road 603 at County Route 0260 on Route 603.
In 1846, the Rev. J. E. Ferguson, whose son was to be a governor of Texas, preached to Methodists in this area. Robert Hodge, who founded Chatfield, built a brush arbor and let camp meetings be held at his spring. In 1858 he donated a site for a . . . — — Map (db m217183) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1603 at Rice Road on Route 1603.
Francis Marion Martin, also known as “Swamp Fox of Navarro,” was a 19th century Texas politician, holding the office of Lt. Governor from 1883-1885. In the dynamic post-Civil War period, he championed farmers and laborers, garnering significant . . . — — Map (db m217186) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1603 at Rice Road on Route 1603.
Chatfield native Lucian King Truscott, Jr. rose through the ranks of the U.S. Army to serve in World War II and the Cold War with distinction. He is the only American officer in World War II to command in battle a regiment, a division, a corps, . . . — — Map (db m217184) HM