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Davis Land 1857
120 acres owned by Frances Davis in 1857 originally granted to P. Black.
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Harriet Davis Birthplace
Birthplace of Harriet Davis
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Oral History clip of Yolanda Harris (2018) Yolanda Harris recollects when the African American community of Pilot Point first heard about an abandoned cemetery, during the mid-1980s, where a horse rancher found his horses being tangled up in vines. This cemetery is known as St. John's cemetery and "Old Slave" cemetery.
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Post-Signal: July 13, 1900 African Americans had a picnic.
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Post-Signal: July 5, 1901 African Americans had a picnic on the Fourth of July.
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Post-Signal: May 4, 1900 Prof. Trimble is closing the colored school for a day for an exhibition.
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Post-Signal: January 26,1900 Enrollment for both white and colored schools is up.
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Dallas Express- St James AME 1920-09-11 Sunday school annual convention held with St. James.
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Post-Signal: June 21,1901 Enrollment records of African American and white students in Pilot Point.
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Post-Signal: September 28, 1900 The colored Baptist church of Pilot Point wanted to give thanks to some white members of the community for helping the with an event.
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Post-Mirror June 17 1892 page 3 Article detailing the visit by governor James Hogg on June 15. Hogg speaking in Denton on railroad and road reform in the state.
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Post-Signal November 27, 1908 Page 5 Newspaper clipping from the Post-Signal in Pilot Point, Texas. It discusses the latest cotton receipts for Pilot Point.
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Post-Signal November 27, 1908 Page 4 Newspaper page from the Post-Signal in Pilot Point, Texas. It contains an article titled “Cotton Statement” that discusses the cotton production along the Katy railroad line for the months of September and October. The data includes Pilot Point as well as other stops along the rail line.
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Post-Signal November 6, 1908 Page 4 Newspaper page from the Post-Signal in Pilot Point, Texas. It contains an article titled “Cotton Receipts” that discusses the latest receipts for Pilot Point. It also contains an article titled “Local Election Returns” that discusses the local election and contains voter returns.
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Post-Signal October 16, 1908 Page 1 Newspaper clipping from the Post-Signal in Pilot Point, Texas. It discusses the latest cotton receipts for Pilot Point.
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Post-Signal October 2, 1908 Page 7 Newspaper clipping from the Post-Signal in Pilot Point, Texas. It discusses the latest cotton receipts for Pilot Point.
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Post-Signal September 25, 1908 Page 4 Newspaper clipping from the Post-Signal in Pilot Point, Texas. It discusses the latest cotton receipts for Pilot Point.
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Post-Signal September 11, 1908 Page 5 Newspaper clipping from the Post-Signal in Pilot Point, Texas. It discusses the latest cotton receipts for Pilot Point.
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Post-Signal August 28, 1908 Page 4 Newspaper clipping from the Post-Signal in Pilot Point, Texas. It discusses the oil prospects in the area surrounding Pilot Point.
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Post-Signal August 21, 1908 Page 12 Newspaper page from the Post-Signal in Pilot Point, Texas. It contains an article titled “One of Largest Gins in the World” that discusses the cotton gin owned by Cooper, Selz, & Co. in Pilot Point.
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Post-Signal October 6, 1911 Page 5 Newspaper clipping from the Post-Signal in Pilot Point, Texas. It discusses the recent cotton receipts in Pilot Point.
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St. John's Baptist Church Deed
This is the Land Deed negotiated between John Skinner and the founders of St. John's Church, Abraham Lyles, John Burton, and Joe Medders. The church was built on two acres in the Northeast corner of the Sylvester Williams survey.
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St. John's Community Map
This map charts where those buried in St. John's Cemetery lived. The pins give the general location of where families lived based on information obtained through tax rolls, deeds, and land grant maps.
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Post-Signal December 23, 1910 page 3 Short article from the Post-Signal newspaper of Pilot Point, Texas. Article discusses an inspection of a new $2,300 steel and concrete bridge under construction across Elm on the Pilot Point and Denton road.
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Post-Signal September 9, 1910 page 8 oil field southeast of Pilot Point, Texas An article in the Post-Signal newspaper of Pilot Point, Texas, and the article talks of activity and possible success at an oil field located southeast of Pilot Point, Texas.