Hello all, I was wondering if anyone knew anything about Mt. Hope Church in or near Gainesville, Texas? My gr.gr. grandmother was Isabella Jane McDowell, who was born 6/21/1830, in Spartanburg, S.C. and died 4/13/1874 in the home of her then present (2nd) husband at that time, whom she had married in 1866 and then gone to Texas with, Mr. James Henry Calvert, who also fought in the War For Southern Independence in Holcombe's Legion, S.C. Vols., C.S.A.. She originally had married John Warren White, my g.g.grandfather, but he being killed in 1864 in the War, she remarried the afore mentioned James Henry Calvert in 1866 and they migrated to Gainsville, Texas in Cooke Co. that same year. Her son, my great grandfather, Rev. Wm. Henry White, wrote that she is buried in the graveyard at Mount Hope Church there in or near Gainsville. She was the daughter of Henry and Dorcas Foster McDowell there in Spartanburg, S.C.. Anyway, I wonder if Mt. Hope church is still there or if its graveyard is still there and what sort of shape they are in? I live in Alabama and will probably never be able to make it out to Cooke Co., Texas but I am just curious about her last resting place. I wonder when was the last time anyone visited her grave. She had some more kids by Mr. Calvert while out yonder. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, David Edelen Millbrook, Al.