Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:



Oak Island

The Oak Island community was near the county line separating Freestone and 
Limestone counties.  Named "Oak Island" for a grove of beautiful huge old oak 
trees that stood on a hill top in lovely rolling countryside.  

The Oak Island church was organized Sept 11, 1848 by five charter members: Mrs. 
Mary Archibald, Samuel K. Archibald, Thos. W. Archibald, Eloisa Patton, and 
Mrs. Mary S. Patton, whose husband, William Patton, donated land for the 
Presbyterian church and adjoining cemetery.  The Rev. John Limber was the first 
pastor.  The church was located in Limestone County, and later was in Freestone 
County when they formed the county in 1850.  This is believed to be the 
oldest church in Freestone County.

By 1873, the church had 102 members and 88 children in Sunday School, but 
the congregation declined after the railroad came through Mexia in the 1870's
as many moved to Mexia.  In 1899, the church was discontinued.

Many of the area's early pioneers are buried in the church cemetery.

Oak Island never had its own post office.  Most residents had Cotton Gin as their 
post office.  Depending on the time frame and farm location, a few later residents 
were listed with a Mexia post office.   

Directions: 6 miles west of Teague on US 84, then about .3 miles north on CR 925, 
   west .2 miles on CR 924 to cemetery


School:  
Oak Island School 
   35 pupils in 1887

Churches:
Oak Island Presbyterian Church 
  (started Sept 11, 1848)
  102 members in 1873
  discontinued in 1899

Cemeteries:
Oak Island Cemetery (started before 1858)

Businesses:

Social Organizations:
Oak Island Farmers Alliance [number unknown] (near Cotton Gin) (existed in 1888)

Nearby Communities:
Cotton Gin (1 mile east)

Nearby Cemeteries:
New Hope Cemetery (2.8 miles northwest)
Grove Island Cemetery (3.3 miles south)


Known Former Residents:
Adamson, Bluford Wells & Mary
Alexander, Rev. Thomas 
Archibald, Samuel K.
Archibald, Thomas W.
 
Balch, widow Sarah Ruth
Barrington, John Hill

Deming, Lewis

Evans, George McTaylor

Gates, F. G.
Gibson, Hiram & Emily

Henson, T. B.

Kennedy, James Means & Nancy

Manns, Harmon & Louisa
Marney, W. D.
Martin, David
McCracken, Ezekiel Armstrong & Catherine
McCracken, Henry Clay
McDonald, widow Mary Logan
McDonald, James Edgar & Bussey
McTaylor, Evans George
Means, James & Eliza
Means, Dr. William Patton
Means, William D.

Oliver, R. L.

Parker, John Marshall
Patterson, Hector & Lucreacy
Patterson, John P. & Lela
Patton, Charles Douglas
Patton, Edwin Leroy
Patton, Theodore F.
Patton, William M.
Patton, William Montgomery
 
Riddle, Levi Nelson & Lucy
Robinson, John James & Margaret
Ross, George W. & Mrs. Elliott

Steele, James & Margaret
Steele, James Warren & Jennie
Steele, Robert E. & Josephine
Steele, William G. 

Ward, John Calvin & Mary
Whitten, J. G. & Margaret