Freestone County, Texas
Communities 



Rocky Mound / Rocky Mount /Rockey Mound

Rocky Mound is a community located between the "Plum Creek" community and the 
town of Oakwood.  (Oakwood is in adjacent Leon County).  Founded by Beeton 
Stroud and other family members.  The farm lands around Rocky Mound is drained 
by Keechi Creek.  Rocky Mound was about a mile west of the Liberty community
and about two miles north of Oakwood.  The Oak View School was about two miles
on the other side of Keechi Creek.

School:
The Rocky Mound school 
  had 22 Africian-American pupils in 1887. *1*
  had 24 Africian-American pupils in 1893-94. *3*
  [Rocky Mound - note mismatch] had 23 Africian-American pupils in 1893-94.  *2*
  had 13 colored pupils in Sept. 1, 1895 to Aug. 31, 1896 school year. *4*
  had 10 colored pupils in Sept. 1, 1896 to Aug. 31, 1897 school year. *5*
  had 12 colored pupils in Sept. 1, 1904 to Aug. 31, 1905 school year *6*
  
Churches:
Rocky Mountain Baptist

Cemeteries:
Rocky Mound Cemetery 
Stroud Cemetery

Social Organizations:

Businesses:

Nearby Communities:

Known Former Residents:


Sources:
*1* = Fairfield Recorder newspaper - Sept 2, 1887 issue - (in chart) 
             #90 Rocky Mount col.  22 pupils  $83.00 amount
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*2* = H. of F.C. Vol I, pg. 70 says 
     "ROCKY MOUND   Between Traham and Oakwood  1893-1894  Black school enrollment 23"
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*3* = Fairfield Recorder newspaper - Friday, October 7, 1892 issue - Page: 2 - (in chart) 
             #90 Rockey Mound col.  24 pupils  $126.96 amount
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*4* = Fairfield Recorder - Friday, September 13, 1895 - Page: 8 
             #84 Rocky Mound c      13 pupils  $48.75
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*5* = Fairfield Recorder - Friday, October 2, 1896 - Page: 8
             #84 Rocky Mound c      20 pupils  $85.38
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*6* = Fairfield Recorder - Friday, September 16, 1904 Page: 4
             #84 Rocky Mound c      12 pupils  $66.48