Coryell County, Texas
Oglesby is home to 5 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
County's First Baptist Church. Organized, June 1885, by Elders John Clabaugh and S. G. O'Bryan. Charter members were Green and Adaline Franks; Rebecca Gibson; J. G. and Sarah Ann Green; Naomi Hall; Martha Hicks;…
View on map ↗This congregation grew from an early Coryell County fellowship known as the Church of Onion Creek. Worshippers met in a log building until it burned in 1854. In 1858 this site was acquired for a new church building. In…
View on map ↗This congregation was organized in 1891 as the Methodist Episcopal Church, south, and boasted 56 members in its first year. The Rev. J. David Crockett served as its first pastor. A church structure built in 1891 was…
View on map ↗Located next to the Station Creek Methodist Episcopal Church, south, this cemetery was established in 1856 with Robert F. Morris (1828-1856) as the first burial. His mother, Mary F. Morris (1800-1876), is buried next to…
View on map ↗This church traces its history to 1893 when a revival was held in Oglesby. The official founding date of this congregation is September 1896. J.M.B. Gresham was elected as the first pastor of the church, which held…
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