Coryell County Texas Archives Deed.....Baptist Church (Eagle Springs), Estep, Grimes, Hall - Estep, Elijah 1859
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Robert Brown survey
Written: 1859

Coreyll County

Deed Book C p 525

Feb 7, 1859

25 acres



Elijah Estep, County of San Saba, for $150 paid by J.H. Estep, F.M. Grimes,

Wiatt [Wyatt] Hall,  25 acres out of the Robert Brown original survey.



Beginning at the NE corner, thence s19 w with east boundary of said survey.



For the use and benefit of the Baptist Church in fee simple.



NOTE:

From Historical Marker.



This congregation grew from an early Coryell County

fellowship known as the Church of Onion Creek.

Worshippers met in a log building until it burned in

1854. In 1858 this site was acquired for a new church

building. In the same year, the Rev. John McLain, a

Baptist Missionary, organized the Eagle Springs

Baptist Church from the earlier congregation. 



Charter

members included J. H. and Nancy Estep; Evan A. and

Tabitha Culpepper; Wyatt, Naomi and Serepha Hall; F.

M., Elmira, and Mary Grimes; Daniel Jones; and C. S.

and Zura Strickland. 



By 1880 Eagle Springs was a

thriving community with two grocery stores, two

doctors' offices, a post office, and a school. The

congregation grew also, with many baptisms being held

in the Leon River. 



During the first decades of the

twentieth century, families began moving away form

Eagle Springs. The community school was closed in

1935, and in 1948 members of Eagle Springs Baptist

Church voted to disband. The church building was

retained, however, for reunions and occasional

services. It is one of the few remaining structures in

the Eagle Springs Community.


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