Clear Fork, Caldwell County, TX ~ The Plum Creek Almanac Project

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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.

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