Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:


Gibson Chapel

Gibson Chapel was only a quarter mile south of Cotton Gin.  Gibson Chapel was 
located two miles west of Teague in direction of Cotton Gin.

A number of churches and schools were in the area.  About a half mile southeast
was Tinsley school. About a half mile south was Whitings Chapel.  Gibson Chapel
was about a mile from the county line with Limestone County.

Gibson Chapel served as a school in the 1887 for 110 African-American students.
As early as 1891 Gibson Chapel had a black school, which had an enrollment of 
ninety-nine in 1893 and ninety in 1903. In the 1930s the community had a school, 
a church, and a number of scattered dwellings. From the 1960s to the 1980s it 
had a church, a business, and one dwelling.


Buildings:
Gibson Chapel

Known Past Residents:
Cox, Henry Morton (school teacher for 35 yrs)