Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:


Mount Pleasant


William Mynatt Peck was probably the first to settle the Mount Pleasant area in 
1849 in what was then Limestone County that in 1850 was considered Freestone
County.  After the Civil War, Mount Pleasant became a predominately Africian-
American community located about 3 miles southeast of Lanely.  The land around 
Mount Pleasant is drained by Mustang Creek on the south and Plum Creek on the 
north.

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church probably dates back to the 1880s or earlier and 
was still standing in 1990.  Next to the church is the Mount Pleasant Baptist 
Church Cemetery swallowed by large trees.

Mount Pleasant school has a long consistent tradition of educating Africian-
American students.  Scholastic census records and newspapers of the time tell
us that Mount Pleasant school had 15 black pupils in 1887, 39 in 1891-2 school 
year, 62 in 1893 and 14 in 1903. The school closed after shortly after 1930.


School:
Mount Pleasant school (?-abt 1931)
  had 15 African American pupils in 1887
  39 African American students in 1891-92
  62 African American kids in 1893-94
  14 African American students in 1903
  
Church:
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (1880s?-current)

Cemetery:
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery

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