On Farm to Market Road 183 at Pearl Road, on the left when traveling west on Highway 183.
This church was organized in 1884 under the guidance of the Rev. E. Berry, a pioneer area missionary and preacher. Originally located in the Bee House community (4 Mi. W), it was first known as the Bee House Missionary Baptist Church. Early worship . . . — — Map (db m217377) HM
On Farm to Market Road 183 at County Highway 183, on the right when traveling west on Highway 183.
Originally named for Swayback Mountain, the community served by this cemetery was named Wayback through a clerical error in 1884. The name was changed to Pearl in 1890 for the young cousin of postmaster E.P. Davenport.
In the early 1890s Pearl . . . — — Map (db m217403) HM
On Farm to Market Road 183 at Pearl Road, on the right when traveling west on Highway 183.
Worship services were first held in the Bee House community about 1878, then in the first Pearl schoolhouse on Cowhouse Creek. This church was organized in October 1895. The members bought three acres of land, built a sanctuary, and added to it in . . . — — Map (db m217385) HM
On Farm to Market Road 183 at County Highway 153, on the left when traveling west on Highway 183.
A group of Methodists gathered in the home of the Rev. John Wesley Shook (1846-1921) in the winter of 1875-76 to organize a congregation. Early worship services were held in the Hope Schoolhouse.
In 1890 landowner Charley Karnes (1854-1933) . . . — — Map (db m217389) HM
On Farm to Market Road 183 at County Highway 139, on the left when traveling west on Highway 183.
Evolved from a log cabin with puncheon floor and with split log benches to a modern plant with a gymnasium. Furnished its fair share of educated citizens.
In early days, a one or two teacher school. First trustees were J.H. Harrison, V.C. . . . — — Map (db m217397) HM
