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Clear Fork ~ ca 1848
While Clear Fork may have seen settlers
arriving a few years earlier, all existing records state that a Baptist Church
was organized there in 1848 and is still active today, the oldest church in
Caldwell County. A stage from Gonzales passed by Clear Fork to the Micenheimer
(sic) farm and delivered mail to the residents. As a result of this stop, a post
office was opened in 1855 with Thomas Burkhead as postmaster; however, it lasted
only a year. The residents continued receiving mail until the 1870s. A school
was established and originally met in the church; later a log cabin was
constructed using split logs for the seats and desks. By 1879 there were 51
pupils in attendance. Mr. Wm. Mooney established a grist mill on the Clear Fork;
two Brown brothers started a grocery store, and a blacksmith shop began
operating. A cotton gin was erected close to Robert Brown's farm, and a Dr. John
Dickerson established a medical practice. By general acceptance, the name Clear
Fork was changed and became Brownsboro. Many of the descendants of the original
settlers still reside in the community.
Source - Plum Creek Almanac Vo. 16, No.
1, Spring 1998 and Caldwell County Kin: The First 150 Years published by the
Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County, November 2000.
The Plum Creek Almanac is a project
of The Genealogical and Historical Society of Caldwell County.
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of Caldwell County Copyright © 1963
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10/14/2019
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