Freestone County, Texas
Communities 



Center Point / Cedar Point Community

The Center Point community was located about four miles north west of Butler.  
Farmers in the area planted cotton and corn. Center Point had a joint school 
house/church.  Social events included the farmer's Alliance 

Documentation shows Center Point as a community from at least 1883 to 1896.
Mrs. Mary Shelton obit in Oct. 1895 lists her home near Center Point. Mary Shelton
is buried at the Ivey Cemetery near Butler.  Mrs. L. C. Ivy's  obit in the April 
17, 1903 issue of the Fairfield Recorder does not list her home as Center Point, 
but rather "four miles north of Butler". So it seems that Center Point as a 
community had ceased by then.

Church:
Center Point Baptist Church
  64 members led by J.D. Williams in 1883 listed with Brewer post office
  57 members led by W.B. Childs in 1884 listed with Brewer post office
  53 members led by W.B. Childs in 1886 listed with Cotton Gin post office

School:
  15 pupils in 1887 as Center Point #18 *1*
  1888 had no school
  Miss Allie Driver of Hicks Springs taught the 1889-1890 school year starting 
Nov. 1, 1889.
  10 pupils in 1891-2 as Center Point #18 *2*
  Not listed in 1892-3
  
  [I believe that school #78 is for a Center Point near Winkler in the north of 
the county rather than in the east. Therefore, I believe these are a different
Center Point:
  28 students in 1895-6 as Center Point #78 
  16 students in 1896-7 as Center Point #78 
  47 students in 1897-8 as Winkler #78 
  47 students in 1898-9 as Center Point #78
  35 students in 1899-1900 as Center Point #78
  36 students in 1900-1901 as Center Point #78
  5 students in 1901-1902 as Center Point #118 ]
  
Cemetery:

Social Organizations:
Brewer Alliance

Businesses:

Nearby Communities:
		

Known Past Residents:
Adams, Jeff

Bowman, Hall

Coats, George W.
Coats, Mollie
Coats, William
Cornwell, Charley

David, J. C.
DeFrance, Mrs. Lillie
Driver, Allie (teacher)
Driver, Sallie
Duncan, Green
Duncan, Tollie

Edwards, W. L. Sr.
Evans, Arch
Evans, Ella
Evans, J. R.
Evans, P. T.
Evans, Sid J.
Evans, Tommy
Everett, Carrie (teacher)

Ferguson, T. J.
Franklin, Ernest

Ivy, Ada
Ivy, Dora
Ivy, Jimmie
Ivy, Johnnie
Ivy, L. C.
Ivy, Roxie
Ivy, J. S.
Ivy, Sanford

Lane, Colonel John
Lowry, Dora

Martin, Laura

Powers, Robert

Roper, Dan
Rowe, Fannie

Sawyers, D. J.
Steagall, Lee
Stillwell, J. A.
Stillwell, Mary

White, Mr.
Wood, Rev. J. W.


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SOURCES:
*1* = Fairfield Recorder newspaper - Friday, September 2, 1887 issue
*2* = Fairfield Recorder - September 25, 1891? issue