Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:


Pleasant Hall


Pleasant Hall Baptist Church was believed founded before 1875 when the property
was still owned by Mr. Blackmon.  The earliest written proof is dated 1898 when
three acres were given for a school, church, and cemetery.  This Africian-American 
church located about a mile northeast of the community of Winkler on a dirt road.

Slaves and former slaves were buried at a pre-Civil War cemetery called Kelly 
Cemetery a few miles east of the church. Kelly Cemetery was abandoned about 1890
when people began burying relatives near the Pleasant Hall church building.  The 
old Kelley Cemetery was for the slaves of the old Blackmon Plantation.

School:
  A school was held in the church building, but only for a short time (1905 to 
1906).
  

Church:   
Pleasant Hall Baptist Church (bef 1875 - current)
   Rebuilt structure in May 1944 under Rev. B. W. Williams
   Rev. E. W. Washington was pastor in 1978.
   
Cemetery:
Pleasant Hall Baptist Cemetery (abt 1890-?)
Kelley Cemetery (slave cemetery, bef 1860-abt 1890)

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Known Former Residents:
Anderson, Aubrey
Anderson, G.
Anderson, Posey
Bluitt, Eurin
Bonner, A.
Haynes, Adolphus
Kelley, A.
Washington, Rev. E. W. 
Washington, Teel
Williams, Rev. B. W.