Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:


[WARNING - Do not confuse with New Hope Baptist Church in the Winkler-St. Elmo 
area]


New Hope (of Cotton Gin)

New Hope was located near the Limestone County line about three miles west of 
Shanks and about five miles southwest of Kirvin.  New Hope was about a mile 
northwest of Cotton Gin. The farms in the area are drained by Willow Creek that
flows into Tehuacana Creek.

The school at New Hope had 47 students in 1887 and 28 pupils in 1891-2.  

A number of churches were in the area such as Friendship Church, Rocky Branch
Church, and Campbell Branch Church.

Modern directions:  Go northwest from Teague down Highway 84. Turn right 
 going northward on County Road 971 before reaching the Limestone county line.
 Go past a little past the "T" intersection with County Road 977.  New Hope 
 cemetery is on the right side.  New Hope is located about 9 miles northwest of 
 Teague as the "crow flies".


School:
 47 students in 1887  *** Warning - there were two schools named New Hope in 1887
                           (one Africian-American and one Anglo). ****
 28 pupils in 1891
 59 pupils in 1906 (all grades)
 Mr. Griffith taught in 1907 and 1907

 A 1936 listing shows a 34 foot well at the "New Hope school" that was located 
"6 1/2 miles southwest" of Kirvin that was drilled in 1920 at location #45 on 
the map. *1*

Social Organizations:
New Hope Farmers Alliance #546  (later moves to Cotton Gin)
Woodmen of the World

Churches:
New Hope Primitive Baptist Church (moved to Shanks from old community of New Hope) 
  Association: Primitive Baptist Association of Texas (Original)
  Association Organized: 10/23/1880
  Joined Association: 7/21/1882
  38 members led by W.F. Harvard in 1884 with Cotton Gin P.O. 
  New Hope #2 - 20 members led by O.C. Blount in 1886 with Luna P.O.   
  20 members in 1887 (not represented)
  in 1889, was represented by letter
  (land donated 10 Mar 1891 - Deed Records, Book 3, pp. 451-453.
   filed July 29, 1891.)      
  Left Association: 1942
   
  Minister Data:        From      To 	 Alive?
  Moore, Thomas J.		  1896	    1905		No
  Kyle, S. C.		        1905			1905		No
  Moore, Thomas J.		  1905			1917		No
  Blackmon, Willis R.		1927			1939		No
  Meese, Joe		        1936			1936		No

  Clerk Data:           From      To 	    Notes
  J. A. Smith		        1896			1903		Rt 3, Cotton Gin, TX
  J. E. Hardie		      1925					    Wortham, TX
  Sister Letta Smith		1936					    Rt 3, Wortham, Texas

Cemeteries:
New Hope Cemetery (probably the original church location was nearby)

Businesses:


Nearby Churches:
Friendship Church
Rocky Branch Church
Campbell Branch Church.

Nearby Communities:
Bi-Stone of Limestone County (1.3 miles southwest)

Nearby Cemeteries:
Spillers Cemetery (1.8 miles northwest)
Oak Island Cemetery (2.8 miles southeast)


Past Known Residents:
Boyd, Ed

Callaway, Annie
Callaway, Arthur
Callaway, J. I. 

DeMoss, J. D.
Dillard, Mrs.
Dillard, Miss Lula

Gant, Louis
Goulding, John
Grant, Clarence
Green, G. W. 
Green, W. J.
Griffith, Professor W. B.

Haddick, Mrs. Maud
Haddick, Roy
Hardwick, J.H. 
Harrison, J. L.
Horton, John

Jackson, John
Jones, F.

Key, Annie
Key, Barney
Key, Horace Richard
Key, Miss Oda
Key, Rosa Rebecca
Keys, J. C. C.
Keys, Tom

Little, Mrs. Maggie
Little, H. R.

Mahoney, I. T.
Manning, Mae
Manning, Rufus
Mayo, A.
McKinney, Alfred James

Norris, Fred
Norris, Sallie

Tabors, Lee
Thornton, Macon & Leenettie (Maddox)   (lived in New Hope from abt 1893 to 1937)

Williams, John

Yeldell, Jonathan Paul 

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Sources:
*1* = 1936 U.S. Geological Survey of Wells and Springs by Samuel F. Turner.