Freestone County, Texas Communities Rehoboth Rehoboth was a small community that that later became Young community. The Rehoboth cemetery was named for the Rehoboth community. Rehoboth was located north of Young overlooking Prairie Creek. Rehoboth school Miss Ella Cook taught at the Rehoboth school in 1886. had 32 students in 1887 had 31 pupils in 1891-2. Cemeteries: Rehobeth Cemetery Known people in Rehoboth were: Casey, J. B. Casey, J. D. Granberry, H. W. Young, Dr. Tolbert Fannin ==================================================================== Young/Young's Mill Young is just off Farm Road 1124 ten miles northeast of Fairfield in northeastern Freestone County. Young was located about three miles north and east of the Lake Chapel community. The farms around Young are drained by Prairie Creek on the west and Bear Creek on the east. Young was named for an early settler of the area, Dr. Tolbert Fannin Young, who moved to Texas from Memphis, Tennessee, in 1868 and taught school at Ward Prairie before returning to Tennessee to study medicine. Young received his doctor of medicine degree from Vanderbilt University in March 1874. He then came back to Freestone County and settled in the area now named for him. He married Margaret Hill and built a fine home where he also treated his patients. Young built the first general store of the community and also had a cotton gin, gristmill, and sawmill. He donated land for one of the three schools built in the vicinity. The school closed in 1940, and Young died in 1942. A post office operated in Young from 1883 to 1926. Community activities were centered at the Round Prairie Baptist Church, established in 1883. In 1887, Young was endeavoring to build a two-story school house/Masonic lodge building. The 1895 Rand McNally atlas shows Young with a post office, but no express office or railroad. In the same year, 1895, the Round Prairie Baptist Church had 60 members. Around this time frame, the rich land was used for farming and raising cotton and cattle. In later years Young was known as a bootleg capital during the Prohibition era, and its product, "Freestone County Bourbon de Luxe," was famous. The population was estimated as fifty in 1926. Cars came by Blount loaded down, and went up a sand hill. Good mash. Residents of Blount remember raids by local sheriff resulting in left over long 6' barrel staves being converted into porch swings with the addition of some cable and hogs enjoyed the mash. There famous raid by Texas rangers on moonshine stills in 1928 resulted in the death of Texas ranger, Tim Willard. Towards Wortham and Kirvin. In the late 1970s a decision was made that the area would be strip-mined for lignite coal to be used in generating electricity. In 1988 and 1990 the population of Young was twenty-seven, and the settlement had no rated businesses. Deer used to jump over the fence to eat in Dr. Young's garden. The Granberry family had general store there that sold tobacco. Sheriff Sessions chased boys that were moon shining from down near Edwards Creek one day and one of the boys lost his brand-new Stetson hat in the chase that the Sheriff returned to his father later that day at the store. Post Office: Young had a post office from 6 Nov 1883 to 15 Sept 1926 (after which mail went to Fairfield). The Cobb post offfice closed and sent mail to Young in 1896. The post offfice of the Blount/Blunt community closed in 1908 and routed to Young. The post office was temporaily discontinued on 31 Oct 1899 sending mail to Yerby till it was reestablished on 20 Dec 1900 by John J. Hale. Schools: Prairie Creek school - a free public school taught by Mrs. Lucretia Kent in Jan. 1872. (Prairie Creek runs from Young down past Rehoboth Cemetery and turns to pour into Tehucana Creek). Young school - 47 in 1887 Rehoboth school - 32 in 1887; 1888; 31 in 1891-2; 1888 trustees were Pink Bennett, Mac Cockrell, and Billie Greer. 1889 teacher was Mrs. J. W. Hill. Round Prairie school - 1888 trustees were John Sessums, Joe McEachern and W. H. Henderson. a black school that students then attended Dunbar High School The last school in the Young area closed in 1940. Churches: had several churches Round Prairie Baptist church Had 45 members in 1884 led by P.E. Kirvin Had 39 members in 1886 led by E.J. Brown Had 39 members in 1887 Had 80 members in 1889 led by E.J. Brown listed in Freestone County Baptist Association in 1895 but with no information Cemeteries: Rehobeth Cemetery (located north of Young overlooking Prairie Creek) Social Organizations: County Alliance Literary Club Round Prairie Farmers Alliance [number unknown] [exists in 1888. led by James Norelda Hayden and B. F. McMillan] Might be here: Prairie Creek Grange #41 (led in 1874 by W.T.C. Lane) Businesses: 3 stores Nearby Churches: Mt. Zion Church (to the southeast) Hope Well Methodist Episcopal Church (to the southeast) Bethel Assembly of God Church (1934-1988) (to the south) Founder was Robert Quinton Hankins. Began in 1933 as brush arbor meeting between Hickory Grove School and Jameson Cemetery. Church building started in 1934. Original land was donated by Poindexter and Riley (a land company) and the parcel was previously owned by Arch Gunter. In April 1938, affliated with Assembly of God. Church closed in 1988. The church building was moved after its closure and now resides at the Freestone County Museum. Rehobeth/Rehoboth Baptist church (was in nearby Rehoboth to the north) Known former residents in Young were: [Special thanks to Wilbur Thirkield Bonner Titus for arriving at many of these names.] (Listed below are the names of families and individuals who at one time lived in the Young’s Mill Community of Freestone County, Texas.) Alford, Aaron Alford, Ed Baker, Mr. & Mrs. James Bennett, D. P. Bennett, Pink Betts, Annie and children Betts, J. W. and wife Hattie Coleman and children Betts, Jim , wife Minnie and children Betts, Robert Lee and wife Josephine Coleman and children Betts, William Jeffery (Jeff) and Josie and children Bryant, A. D. and Emma B. Byers, Price Carter, Ardela Mae Carter, John, wife Emmie and children Carter, Rachel Casey, J.B. Casey, Mae Casey, Sr., Roy, Modene and children Coats, Earnest, wife Lillie and family Coats, Marion Coats, Warren Cockrell, Jessie Cockrell, Mac Cockrell, Travis & family Cockrell, Virgil (Boss) and family Coleman, Charlie and Fannie Mae and children Coleman, Paul and Pinkie and children Coleman, Roger, wife Annie Myrtle Lee and children Coleman, Sidney and second wife Dicie Coleman, Sidney and first wife Mollie Cooper Coleman, William and Audrey Dailey, William (Will) and Doris (Dotsie) and Family Deborde, B. C. Deborde, Miss Mary Deborde, J. J. Driver, Mr. Gibbons, Billie Giles, John Govan, Jessie and Fannie and family Govan, Sam and wife Mary Eliza Hunter (Mae Liza) Granberry, Joseph H. Granberry, H. C. And Ruth and girls Granberry, H. W. Granberry, Joe and wife Grayson, Perry and family Greer, Billie Gunter, (Brady’s dad) Gunter, Boisie and family Gunter, Brady and family Gunter, Wiley and family Hale, John J. Hamilton, Thirkield and family Harvey, Riley, wife Addie and family Hayden/Haydon, Glen Hayden/Haydon, James Norelda Henderson, W.H. Hill, Jas. A Hill, Jim Hill, John Hunter, Amanda Marie (A. M.) (Sweet) Hunter, Arthur and first wife Yarborough Hunter, Author and second wife Josie Grayson Hunter, Sr., Bailey and Mary Eliza Thurman with 9 children Hunter, Jr., Bailey and Liza and son Van Hunter, Bailey R. and wife Emma Titus, and sister Ida Blanche Hunter Hunter, Brady Howard Hunter, Burks, wife Theresa and sons Mack Alvin and Morris L. Mitchell Hunter, Sr., Reverend Eldridge and wife Catherine Abney, 14 children Hunter, Sr., Reverend Eldridge and wife Adline Roberts and children Hunter, Sr., Reverend Eldridge and second wife Betty Johnson Hunter, Earnest and wife Laura Betty Roberts Hunter, Elridge Emanuel (Pete) and wife Florida and son Hunter, Elridge Emanual and second wife Annie Mae Govan Hunter, James and wife Harriette Burks and children Hunter, Samuel (Sam) and wife Lila Carden and son Freddie Lee Hunter, Oscar Hunter, Terrell and wife Lorecia Ward Hunter, Warren C. (Duck) and wife Viola Dailey Hunter, William (Willie) and wife Lydia Grayson and chldren Ingram, William C. Jackson, Starling, wife Daisy and family Joiner, A. Hugh and wife Malinda Jackson Joiner, David, wife Bessie Grayson and children Joiner, Ethel Jones, Eldridge and Minnie Lamb, Reverend Larry S., wife Lorraine Hunter and children Lee, Ben and family Lee, Charles, wife Liney and children Lee, Hardy, wife Mary and daughtrs Flower Bess and Maple Lee, Jimmy, wife Florida and children Lee, Sr., John Wesley, wife Ruthia and children Lee, Robert, wife Clara and children Marstellers, Thos. McEarn, sp. McCarn, Lester, wife Mattie and Family McEachern, Dick McEachern, Joe McEachern, N. O. Medaries, O. C. Medaries, W. P. Mostella, T. H. Mostella, W. T. Mosteller, Tom Newman, Stiring and family Owens, D.W. Owens, Thos. F. Owens, W. G. Powell, Gussie Powell, Minnie Presley, Hamp and wife Maggie Keeton Rye, Captain Sessums, John Shields, Boyd (? Boy) and family Smith, Jim and wife Sarah (Miss Gal) Mims Spencer, B.A. Spencer, Ella Stroud, Mr. Titus Columbus and Polly and family Titus, Sam Titus, Woodrow Wilson and wife Ola Mae Jackson and daughters Titus, Woodrow Wilson and second wife Bennie B. And children Traylor, Thos. E. Weaver, Johnnie Webb, J. W. Woodall, William Woodard, Young, Hattie Young, J. R. Young, Joe Young, Miss Bertha Young, Dr. Roger, wife Hattie and children Young, Roger, Jr. and family Young, Jr., Talbot (Talbert) Young, Sr. and family (Talbert) Young, Tolbert Fannin Jr. Young, Tolbert Fannin Sr. (M.D.) ===================================================================== SOURCES: *1* = Dallas Morning News - October 20, 1899 National Capital News The following post offices have been ordered discontinued after Oct. 3: Texas - ...Young, Freestone county, mail to Yerby. ...