Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:

[Possible another Black Jack near Ward Prairie]


Black Jack

The community of Black Jack was located about two miles south of Lanely on the 
heights that forms the source of Self Creek and Plum Creek.  The community was
probably named for the Blackjack Oak (Quercus marilandica) tree in the area.

A newspaper article submitter wrote Black Jack Items in 1903 with occasional 
submissions to the Fairfield Recorder.
  

School:  
Black Jack Grove public school #61
  "Black Jack Grove" had 26 pupils in 1895-1896 #61
  "Black Jack Grove" had 40 pupils in 1896-1897 #61
  "Black Jack Grove" had 39 pupils in 1897-1898 #61
  "Black Jack Grove" had 38 pupils in 1898-1899 #61
  Election was held at the school house on Dec 23, 1899. *1*
  "Black Jack Grove" had 30 pupils in 1899-1900 #61
  "Black Jack Grove" had 14 pupils in 1900-1901 #61
  "Black Jack Grove" had 19 pupils in 1901-1902 #61
  [was switched from county school #61 to district #13 by 1903]
  "Black Jack" had 18 pupils in 1903-1904 district #13
  "Black Jack" had 11 pupils in 1904-1905 district #13
  "Black Jack" had 4 pupils in 1905-1906 district #13
  "Black Jack" had 12 pupils in 1906-1907 district #13
  [was consolidated with Plum Creek district into Lanely, District No. 12]
  existed in 1912 
  existed in 1918.
  Eventually closed before 1931 and white students moved to Concord while the 
  black students moved to Lanely.

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SOURCE:
*1* = The Fairfield Recorder - Friday, December 22, 1899 Page: 8