Freestone County, Texas Communities Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office: Antioch (a.k.a. East Antioch) Antioch Church is located about a mile or less northeast of Turlington. Tanyard Branch that flows into Brinkley Slough drains the area. The Pilot Knob School was located about a mile north. Located on the "Old Bugle Road" (CR 240). In 1873, a Antioch Baptist church was organized that remains in use today. In 1878, this was a polling place. The school that was held in the church building moved to Turlington in 1908. Avis Eisen said she went to church at Trinity Chapel and Antioch since they had one service per month. So they attended both. Many people refer to this as "East Antioch" since there is another Antioch church and community in the western part of Freestone County. School: Antioch school 34 pupils - 1887 13 pupils - 1893 32 pupils - 1899 Churches: Antioch Baptist church (started 1873) had 51 members led by W. B. Childs in 1878 had 52 members led by S.M. Hollingsworth in 1879 had 59 members led by W. B. Childs in 1883 had 60 members led by W. B. Childs in 1884 had 64 members led by W. B. Childs in 1886 had 68 members led by W. B. Childs in 1887 had 51 members led by W. B. Childs in 1889 (Had 78 members in 1895 and led by pastor G.W. White, who also had Dew and Rock Springs on his route.) Cemetery: Antioch Cemetery Social Organizations: Antioch Farmers Alliance #2628 (existed in 1888) Antioch Grange #41 (existed in 1888, met at Box church) (a.k.a. National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry) Businesses: Nearby Cemeteries: Hill Cemetery Tyus Cemetery Edwards Cemetery Troy Cemetery Maize Cemetery Nearby Communities: Mount Zion Turlington Brown's Creek Titus Farms Trinity Chapel Troy Turlington Young's Mill Nearby Churches: Mount Zion Baptist Church Spring Bank Baptist Church (in Spring Bank community) Trinity Chapel Baptist Church (in Trinity Chapel community) Nearby Schools: Rocky Springs School Titus Farm School (was in the Blount School District) Spring Bank School (was in the Blount School District) Flat Woods School Union School Known Past Residents: McIntyre, G. T. Pitts, J. H. ------------------------------------------ PRIMARY SOURCES - [Research by Linda Mullen:] Fairfield Recorder - Nov. 24, 1905 issue ANTIOCH - We live six miles east of Fairfield, and eleven miles from the Trinity River. Most of the country is a little broken, while we have some as fine farming lands as in this section of the state producing corn, cotton, oats, potatoes and all kinds of garden truck, and we have got some of the finest fruit lands in Texas. Apples, peaches, pears, plums, all do well here. Ribbon cane grows fine - will make from two to four hundred gallons per acre. We have plenty of good timber for rails and posts. Some board timber, and a belt of pine timber along the river, on the west side. We have fine summer range for cattle. Good range for hogs. There is a scope of country that all kinds of stock run at large upon. This is a fine poor man’s country. Land is here from two to five dollars per acre. Any man can own a home, if he wants one. We have plenty of fine well water and some as fine springs as you will find in Texas. Plenty of live running water in this part of the country and we believe that we live in the healthiest portion of the country, while we have some chills and fevers here. We are pleased to say that we have good schools and good churches and as fine a lot of good common people, as Texas affords; good mills and gins and a few little country towns, Turlington and Butler and Blunt are all located in this part of the county. We have no railroad nearer than fifteen miles, while Fairfield is a fine trading point and we believe that we will have a railroad inside of twelve months. By (Rev.) J. W. Richardson