Settlers mostly from the Lower South (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia) settled this part of Grimes County near John's Creek. By the late 19th century, Blackberry became a largely African-American settlement. Most families raised livestock . . . — — Map (db m128635) HM
Organized May, 1861, with Rev. N.T. Byars as pastor. Worship was in a schoolhouse until erection of this building, which was dedicated Aug. 4, 1872. Cost $2,701.73, paid in gold. Church bell came by oxcart from San Antonio. Building, including . . . — — Map (db m169124) HM
Organized May 19, 1861, by elders N.T. Byars and George W. Baines. The Rev. Mr Baines was the great - grandfather of the 36th President of the United States, Lyndon Baines Johnson. — — Map (db m169126) HM
Settlers from the southern United States began arriving in this area as early as the 1830s. A post office opened in 1856 as Plantersville, a name suggested by Sarah Greene to honor local planters. Members of her family are buried here.
This . . . — — Map (db m169130) HM
The first recorded visit of a Catholic priest to Plantersville occurred in the summer of 1860. Infrequent worship services subsequently were held at the home of James Kelly Markey until the first church building was constructed in 1873.
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