“The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them, becomes that between employer and hired labor. The…
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From Proud Heritage, Vol. 1 by DCPA, not currently in print. Dr. John Cole was born in Virginia, June 15, 1795. A young veteran of the War of 1812, he met and married Polly McDonald who was also born in Virginia, June 9, 1794. They began their family in Sumner County, Tennessee, June 16, 1816…
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Those in attendance at C. C. Young’s Meeting Hall were delighted to learn about the Peak family from speaker Ann McKinley. Ann is the Chief Advancement Officer for Juliette Fowler Communities. She discussed the century long history of the Juliet Peak Fowler benevolent organization and the family members of Jefferson and Martha Peak. Juliet Peak…
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From Proud Heritage, Vol 1 by DCPA, not currently in print. Augustus Frazier “Gus” Poovey was born October 21, 1853 in York County, South Carolina. Gus was too young to serve during the Civil War, so it was his job to protect the family horses from the Yankee soldiers who would ride through the communities in an…
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WIDOW OF PIONEER EXPLAINS HOW JIMTOWN GOT ITS NAME RECALLS TRINITY TOLL BRIDGE “When I first came to this house, in 1881, I came as a bride,” said Mrs. John H. Yeargan, at 2311 Cedar Springs, “and I have lived here ever since. There weren’t any neighboring houses close by, and Mr. Yeargan, who owned…
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In February 2022, DCPA and family members held work days at the historic Beeman Cemetery. Below are some images from that effort. Additional comments and images will be added when it becomes available.
William Thomas Lagow (1869-1943) was an early resident of Dallas County. He appears to have been born in Augusta, Houston County, Texas to Silas Frank Lagow (1840-1897) and the former Elizabeth L. Murchison (1845-1876). Some accounts show him having been born in Houston in Harris County, but the 1870 census shows that the family consisted…
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From DCPA’s Proud Heritage, Vol. I, not currently in print. Clement Letot, founder of Letot, Texas, is the only veteran of the Crimean War ever known to have settled in Dallas County. A native of France, who was born near Paris in 1836, Letot served in the French fleet that was sent into the Black Sea…
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From Proud Heritage – Vol. I (not currently in print), published by Dallas County Pioneer Association William Brown Miller came to Texas from Alabama in 1849. He purchased 1,284 acres of land located on present Bonnie View Road near Kiest and built Millermore, the only remaining antebellum house still extant in Dallas, which is presently…
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Over the years, Joppa/Joppee has been spelled numerous ways including Joppa, Joppee, Joppie and Joppy. This article is intended to be an overview of the history of the community. We will use the name Joppee for convenience, since this is how the name has usually been pronounced. Joppee is one of the older Freedman communities…
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