Generally known as "Groce's Retreat" • Here he died November 20, 1836 • • The name "Retreat" was continued for a postoffice and village two miles to the east after the house was torn down — — Map (db m169378) HM
Organized in Sawyer community about 1865; had 27 members that year. In 1870 Dougald McAlpine donated this 3 - acre site. Church building was erected in 1880 and Union Baptist Association
held its annual convention here. This congregation (1882) . . . — — Map (db m169241) HM
As communities were developed by early settlers in Texas, small rural schools were established. Primarily serving farm families, the schools were often closed when children were needed to help harvest crops or perform other farm chores.
A . . . — — Map (db m169238) HM
