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People of St. John's
People of St. John's
St. John's Cemetery
1. Matilda Allen
2. Ann Allen
3. Melvinie Hays
4. Lewis Vaughner
5. Washington Whitlow
6. Georgia Ann Holstein
7. Louisa Burton
8. Josaphine Finch
Gus Finch
Mattie Finch Washington
9. Thomas Allen
10. Harriet Davis Shears
Risom Shears
Charity Shears Holloway Helm
Henry Shears
Lucy Shears
11. Angeline Williamson
12. Mary Varner Lyles
13. Jennie Lyles Walker
14. James Robinson
15. Martha Billingslea
16. Lindsay Haflin
17. Henry Smith
18. Lissie Smith
19. John D. White
20. Henry Holloway
21. Peggy Oliver
22. Charles Oliver
Unmarked Graves
Isaac Allen
John Burton
D. Davis
Wash Davis
Charlie Ellis
Mrs. Charles Ellis
Mary Turner Fourteen
Eliza Jane White Green
Hezekiah Griffin
Abraham Lyles
L. D. "Lover" Vaughner
Ceborn (Sebe or Seed) Vaughner
Marvin Newsome
Mary B. Finch Peace
Little Safe Smith
George Truitt
Lou Smith Truitt
Amanda Truitt Williams
Agle Lee Truitt
Infant Ware
Infant Ware II
Gone To Texas
Why Texas?
St. John's Community Map
Life in Alabama
Railroad Connections to Texas
From Little Dixie to the Lone Star
Gerrard Davis Probate
St. John's in Context
St. John's in Context
Denton County History
Pilot Point, Texas History
Politics
Reconstruction Era
Farmer's Alliance and Populism
Progressive Era
Political Parties in Texas
Politics in Pilot Point
Agriculture
Farms and Farm Owners in Denton County
Crops in Denton County
Orchards in Denton County
Livestock in Denton County
Manufacturing
Manufacturing Establishments in Denton County
Freedmen's Communities
Freedmen's Communities
Freedmen Communities in Texas
Bear Creek
Deep Ellum
Fourth Ward
Gainesville Chamber 707
Garden of Eden
Grant's Colony
Kendleton
Mosier Valley
Mudville
New Town
Quakertown
Tamina
Church Life
Church Life
Southern Church Life
Old South Church Life
A Preacher's Life
Church & Education
Segregation in Church
Church: A Haven for the Community
African American Church Denominations
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
African American Baptists
Denton County Churches
Lost Churches
St. John's Baptist Church
County Line Baptist Church
St. James Baptist Church
St. Emmanuel Missionary Baptist Church
St. James AME Church
Mt. Pilgrim CME Church
Lane Chapel CME Church
Education
Education
African American Education in Denton County
African American High Schools in North Texas
Fred Douglass High School
I.M. Terrell High School
Booker T. Washington High School
Colleges
Wiley College
Texas College
Paul Quinn College
Bishop College
Tillotson College
Samuel Huston College
Prairie View A&M University
Historical Memory
Historical Memory
Clean Up Efforts of St. John's Cemetery
Oral Histories
Winston Bruce
Yolanda Harris
Willie Hudspeth
Willie Pearl Jackson
Pearlie Mae Simpson
John White
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Pearlie Mae describes church life at St. James
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Oral History clip of Pearlie Mae Simpson (2018)
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Pearlie Mae describes church life at St. James