Historical Markers in Kirvin, Texas

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• Woodland Cemeteryplaced 1975

  In a community founded 1848 by pioneers mostly from Alabama, this cemetery was opened with burial of Capt. John L. Wortham (1841-62), who died in…

• Woodland College for Boysplaced 1936

  Established in 1863. Enrollment more than 300 students. Colonel L. R. Wortham donated ten acres of land for use as a campus, church and cemetery.

• Caney Baptist Churchplaced 1975

  Hopson Burleson (1806-82) and others in this congregation settled this area in the 1830s. The church was organized before 1858 and met in homes or in…

• Sessions Cemeteryplaced 1993

  This cemetery is the largest of three slave graveyards which local tradition indicates were established in the area in the early 1850s.

• Shanks Cemeteryplaced 1977

  Matthew and Robert Shanks of Alabama settled here with their families in 1859. A small farming community developed, and in 1870 a school was built on…

• Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church and Schoolplaced 1993

  Area slaves used a brush arbor for informal church services held by white minister Jeremiah Seely in the early 1850s.

All 6 historical markers in Kirvin

• Caney Baptist Church1975
• Sessions Cemetery1993
• Shanks Cemetery1977
• Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church and School1993
• Woodland Cemetery1975
• Woodland College for Boys1936

Historical markers near Kirvin

• Wortham9 stories · 8 mi
• Richland5 stories · 11 mi
• Fairfield30 stories · 11 mi
• Teague18 stories · 11 mi
• Tehuacana5 stories · 13 mi
• Mexia21 stories · 13 mi

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