Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:


Gibson Chapel (colored)

Gibson Chapel was only a quarter mile south of Cotton Gin.  Gibson Chapel was 
located two miles west of Teague in direction of Cotton Gin.

A number of churches and schools were in the area.  About a half mile southeast
was Tinsley school. About a half mile south was Whitings Chapel.  Gibson Chapel
was about a mile from the county line with Limestone County.

Gibson Chapel served as a school in the 1887 for 110 African-American students.
Then Gibson Chapel had an enrollment of ninety-nine in 1893 and ninety in 1903. 
In the 1930s the community had a school, a church, and a number of scattered 
dwellings. From the 1960s to the 1980s it had a church, a business, and one 
dwelling.

  Gibson Chapel is shown on a 1982 map by the U.S. Geological Survey of the 
Teague North Quadrangle. Go west down Highway 84 from Teague. Turn left going
south at the intersection with 1366.

School:
Gibson Chapel school (#39) (was the largest colored school in the county)
  110 colored pupils in 1887
  112 colored students in 1891-1892
   99 African-American students in 1893
  105 colored students in 1893-1894 
  134 colored students in 1895-1896
  145 colored pupils in 1896-1897
  145 colored pupils in 1897-1898
  127 colored students in 1898-1899
  138 colored students in 1899-1900
  146 colored students in 1900-1901
  161 colored students in 1901-1902 
   90 African-American students in 1903
   36 colored pupils in 1903-1904
   40 colored pupils in 1904-1905
   
Church:
Gibson Chapel

Nearby Churches:  
Union Primitive Church (to the south)

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Known Past Residents:
Cox, Henry Morton (school teacher for 35 yrs)