Historical Markers in Trout Creek, Texas

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Historical Markers in Trout Creek, Texas

1 ► Texas, Newton County, Trout Creek — 11136 — Swift Cemetery — (2.7 Miles East) —

The trading village of Salem was founded in 1835 by Seth Swift. A Quaker and whaling merchant, Swift had moved to this area from Massachusetts with his wife, Lydia, and six children. When Lydia died about 1852, Swift set aside an acre of land for a . . . — — Map (db m136287) HM

2 ► Texas, Newton County, Trout Creek — 11138 — Trout Creek Cemetery —

Originally a part of the James West Survey, this cemetery dates to the early 1860s. The land was later owned by Mrs. Frances Ann Dyer (d.1890), and upon her death was inherited by her daughter Udora Dyer Ratcliff (1862-1898) and son-in-law K. R. . . . — — Map (db m136635) HM

3 ► Texas, Newton County, Trout Creek — 12962 — Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church —

Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church Local oral tradition holds that the Trout Creek Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1876. An early church building had that year inscribed on it, and the congregation celebrated its centennial in 1976. . . . — — Map (db m136642) HM

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