Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Post Office:



Stonewall
  Stonewall was described to be 4 miles on west side of postal route 8546 from 
Anderson [County?] to Waxahachie. Stonewall was 9 miles south of Birdston, 
12 miles northwest of Fairfield, and the nearest post office was Cotton Gin which
was 9 miles to the south.  Stonewall in the Tehuacana creek watershed.
  Stonewall's original name apparently Woodland on the postal application. Based
on all the directions provided even without the map, Stonewall was the post office
of the Woodland community of Freestone County.  H. M. Black was the contractor of
the post office building.



Stonewall Post Office: 
21 Jun 1871 to 15 Nov 1871


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Known Former Stonewall Residents:
Moore, Mark T. (post master)



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STONEWALL SOURCES:

*1* = The Galveston Tri-Weekly News (of Galveston, Texas) - August 11, 1871 
issue - Page: 2

The Democratic meeting at Stonewall, Freestone county, was a rousing one, and
a great success throughout.


*2* = The Galveston Tri-Weekly News (of Galveston, Texas) - September 20, 1871 - 
Page: 4

There was a grand Democratic meeting and barbecue at Box Church, Freestone 
county, on the 6th inst.  More than a thousand persons were in attendance. At 
Stonewall, in the same county, another large meeting was held on the 7th. - 
Fairfield Ledger, 9th.