SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Texas takes pleasure 1-2 in recognizing the Creagleville Historical Marker Association on 1-3 the dedication of the Creagleville historical marker on June 21, 1-4 1997; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Before the Civil War, Creagleville was a thriving 1-6 community with a church, a school, a wool mill, and a cemetery; and 1-7 WHEREAS, Named for Henry Creagle, who lived from 1826 to 1-8 1872, the town that was to be Creagleville began to see Anglo 1-9 settlements in the 1840s; winning his citizenship by being promoted 1-10 for bravery during the Mexican War, Mr. Creagle settled in Van 1-11 Zandt County about 1847; the little frontier community was situated 1-12 on the Dallas-Shreveport Road, a major east-west route; and 1-13 WHEREAS, Van Zandt County was created in 1848; the first 1-14 minister of the gospel, Jesse J. Gage, settled in the Creagleville 1-15 area and performed the first marriage in 1848; and 1-16 WHEREAS, While the agricultural community grew, a cemetery 1-17 was founded and homes were built; three acres were deeded by B. F. 1-18 Wheeler in 1879 to a community organization for a church, school, 1-19 and burial ground; and 1-20 WHEREAS, The oldest documented burial was in 1864, and the 1-21 cemetery contains the graves of more than 50 Civil War veterans as 1-22 well as graves of veterans from 20th century wars; and 1-23 WHEREAS, The community decreased in size as people moved 1-24 away; the school district was consolidated with Grand Saline in 2-1 1941, and the Methodist Church was closed in 1991; today the 2-2 activity in old Creagleville concerns the cemetery which is 2-3 receiving an Official Texas Historical Marker on June 21; now, 2-4 therefore, be it 2-5 RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-6 hereby commend the Creagleville Historical Marker Association for 2-7 its outstanding efforts in preserving an important piece of Texas 2-8 history; and, be it further 2-9 RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared as a 2-10 memento of this grand occasion. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 89 was adopted by the Senate on May 12, 1997. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.C.R. No. 89 was adopted by the House on May 19, 1997. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor