According to HISTORY OF PARKER COUNTY: "The Debusk family arrived in Parker County in the 1870's. Jonathan and Clarissa purchased 83 acres five miles south of Weatherford in 1877. In September of 1877 they donated four acres to the Methodist Episcopal Church on Spring Creek five miles southeast of Weatherford. Jonathan, a Methodist Circuit Rider, was engaged in farming in Parker County. He was one of the first men to preach at Holder's Chapel. .... "Phillip's [son of Jonathon and Clarissa] first teaching job was at Red Mud or, as it was later known, Debusk School. . . . (above taken from article written by Eleanor R. Edmondson, p257-8] >From the same source: DeBusk School: The first DeBusk ro "Red Mud" School, as it was commony called was probably built about 1880. This school was located in western Parker County near the present town of Cool. The one room log building was "chinked" with red mud dug from the surrounding area where it derived the name "Red Mud." ... [from an article by Nona DeBusk, pp29-30] There is a very long article on Holders Chapel United Methodist Church {pp. 34-40). It was written by Nona DeBusk. This book was published in1980 by the Parker County Historical Commission. I'm sure it is at the Weatherford Library in the historical room. If you can't find a copy, let me know. - Jo Ann Kendrick Robinson paul wrote: > Kermit, > > Thank you for answering my query. I know the area well, but did not know that Cool used to be called Red Mud. My grandparents lived in Mineral Wells in Palo Pinto County. > I remember riding down the brick highway toward Weatherford. > > My grandparents used to go to a small Methodist Church called Holder's Chapel just outside of Cool. In fact, many of my ancestors are buried in the cemetery there. > > My gg grandfather DeBusk donated part of the land for the church and the cemetery. I have been trying to learn more about the Church and cemetery, but no one seems to know > the story. > > Good luck in your search for your ancestors. > > Paul > > Kermit Rutledge wrote: > > > Paul, > > > > About 8 years ago, we went to Parker Co looking for cemeteries, etc. > > One of my mother's cousins had told us about a small town called Red > > Mud. We reached the area where we thought it should be and drove up and > > down the rode, but all we could find in the area was a community called > > Cool. We finally asked one of the residents and they told us the name > > had been changed from Red Mud to Cool...they couldn't remember when the > > change occurred. > > Cool is on Hwy 180 west of Weatherford and just north of Millsap. > > > > Kermit Rutledge > > > > ==== TXPARKER Mailing List ==== > > To search the Parker County mailing list archives, go to http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl Fill in the name of the list and search for your key word. > > ==== TXPARKER Mailing List ==== > The Rootsweb Genealogical Data Cooperative hosts many of the USGenWeb Project and TXGenWeb sites with no cost to the coordinator, as well as providing many other genealogical services. Consider helping rootsweb provide more resources for the genealogical community at: http://www.rootsweb.com/