Freestone County, Texas
Communities


Old Ghost Towns - Never had a post office:


Simsboro
   
Simsboro was located mile northwest of Teague and a mile east of Cotton Gin.  
The community was known to have a school and church.  Simsboro was situated on 
the Trinity and Brazos Valley railroad.  A traditionally Africian-American 
settlement, Simsboro, was famous for its former resident, the musician 
Washington Phillips.

Churches in the area was Wesley Chapel about a quarter mile from the railroad
tracks east.  About another quarter mile east is the Pleasant Hill Trinity 
Baptist Church.  About a half a mile east from the center of Simsboro is the 
Hopewell Church.

Buildings:
School
Wesley Chapel
Pleasant Hill Trinity Baptist Church
Hopewell Church


Known Past Residents:

Ausley, Charlie 

Bircher, Mary Jo Pool 
Blakely, Nell

Dancer, Emma Lee "Sista"
DeVillier, Frank
DeVillier, Pat  
Dixon, Durden 

Horton, H. G. 

Jackson, A.J. 
Johnson, Elder DeAndra
Jones, Roosevelt 

Kirven, Lizzie 
 
McAdams, Dorothy
McAdams, William Grady 

Nealy, Doris Foreman 


Perry, Rev. Derek 
Phillips, George Washington (musician)
Phillips, Sim