Joseph Sowell In September 1836, Joseph Sowell (1804-1841) came to Texas shortly after the republic was established. Settling on his 1280-acre land grant just south of the Red River, Sowell made his home about 1.5 miles northwest of this site.
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Located approximately two miles south of the Red River, Mulberry was established in the early 1880s as a small farming community. One of the first settlers in Mulberry was Civil War Captain Thomas Lightfoot and his family from Alabama, who bought . . . — — Map (db m203533) HM
Gideon Smith (b. 1815), a native of Alabama, moved to Fannin County in 1851 and purchased a 3000-acre tract. He deeded half of the property to his brother John C. Smith, who joined him in 1855. Gideon smith served one term in the Texas Legislature . . . — — Map (db m203438) HM
A historically African American community developed near this site on what had been the Smith Plantation before the Civil War and emancipation. Families established Siloam Baptist Church in 1870 adjacent to already existing burials, according to . . . — — Map (db m203591) HM
