Hi All of this is very interesting. I love history of old places like this You spoke of a Duffau Creek, my husband's grandpa was born at Duffau, Is this in that general area? Is there a listing for the Cemeteries around that area? Thanks for all the info Callie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A.Wyly" <wyly1@juno.com> To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [ERATH] Pony Creek > Hi, > Pony Creek did not join Chalk Mountain- Marble or Martheal's Gap. > commonly called "Greasy" School was between them. Brileys of Indian > Creek were related to McCartys and had attended 'Greasy". it was near the > Howell Dairy and past the Bumper Gate road towards the Paluxy. and the > other end went to Iredell back past Marshall Sherrod's and through > Maratheal's Gap, east of Skipper's Gap. When Marble closed as inactive, > Howells and McKnights came to Johnsville School and others went to Chalk > Mountain school, before Pony Creek (Which was made up of 3 smaller > schools), Chalk Mountain and Johnsville consolidated to form the Three > Way School on Hiway 67 across from the newer Johnsville store and the > Johnsville to Pony Creek road. On Hwy 67, the main or Prarie branch of > the Duffau Creek crosses Hwy 67 twice, going south the second time, then > you cross Pony Creek below the store, which runs north to the Paluxy. The > Evans and Gillentine and Box- Pony Creek cemeteries are between the North > branch of Duffau Creek and the Pony Creek. Tjhe Box School was cleared on > weekends for dances or Community meals. > > Bro. Becker used to come out from Stephenville and hold Summer Revival > Meetings under the Oak Trees at Pony Creek by the church, where it was > cool. No tabernacle was used. Maurice Chandler and Autrey Roberson built > the present benches in the church and the 3 Sunday School rooms upstairs > in the attic. > > Some thought the water from the Evans- old Pony Creek cemetery was > polluting the hand dug well between Pony Creek Church and the old Box > Methodist Church School, and lodge hall. Johnsville also had a 2 story > building across from Post Office and cotton gin - a Lodge upstairs and a > former Blacksmith shop was used by us kids of Johnsville School and > retired men for Horseshoes, Washer to, and Dominoes. Next to it in > Marion Mills' pasture was the Johnsville Baseball field used by Bosque > Valley League. Billy Joe Stasey had left the Roswell team to farm the > Chalk Mountain home place and pitched for Johnsville against White > Settlement, Iredell, Dublin?, Tolar some, and Grandbury on Sunday > afternoons. A Pony Creek Baptist Deacon and Johnsville Church of Christ > Elder went to Stephenville together to a Judge who ordered that charging > on Sundays was a violation of State Blue Laws of Sunday Observance, sote > custom, was begun to pass the hat through the fans. > > Cled Pruitt of Purves taught us at Johnsville in the "Big Room" and was > the Principal . Connie Herring, Ruby Beach Rumph,Clara Atkins, and others > had taught in the "Little Room"- grades 1 to 4. 4 th graders taught > some spelling and reading to first graders and in doing so, helped > themselves to better education. > > Cled's brother M.B. became a Baptist pastor and pastored at Pony Creek > while attending Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth. He later pastored a > large church near Mesquite, Texas. . He told us one Sunday that at one > time he could see 4 to > 6 fires "Burning Cedar Brush" where people were cooking off Moonshine. We > could see the ridge towards Comanche Peak and some other Hood and > Somerville County hills across the Paluxy from the area. Howard Keith > of Stephenville- Dublin area also pastored there and Cedar Point, as did > Bro. Holt from Bluff Dale. > > Lost yet? > > Charles A. Wyly > > On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 03:50:21 -0800 Peggy Broughton <peggyj@our-town.com> > writes: > > According to a map I have of the creeks in Erath County, it is some > > where > > around Chalk Mountain, I know there was a community there at one > > time. > > The Handbook on line doesn't tell much about it. > > > > Peggy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <mygen@att.net> > > To: <TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2005 10:55 PM > > Subject: [ERATH] Pony Creek > > > > > > > Can any one tell me where Pony Creek is in Erath County? > > > > > > Margaret > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > > > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > > > > > > > > ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== > --- Author Retains Copyright --- > -- Copyright 2005 Author -- All Rights Reserved > Post to List: TXERATH-L@rootsweb.com http://www.selfroots.com > Unsubscribe request To: TXERATH-L-request@rootsweb.com > ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >