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JONESVILLE,
TEXAS
AKA Border
and Concord
Harrison
County ,
East Texas
32° 29' 53" N, 94° 6' 40" W (32.498056, -94.111111)
FM 134
21 miles E of Marshall
the county seat
2 Miles N of US 20/Hwy 80
Population: 28 est. (2010)
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History
in a Pecan Shell
First named Border, due to its proximity to Louisiana, it is
thought to have been established sometime in the 1840s. It maintained
its own post office until 1849 when the town was renamed after William
Jones - the community's first storekeeper.
A nearby community named Concord merged with Jonesville - losing its
post office and identity in the process.
In 1884 the town had 60 people and by 1892 it had grown to nearly
300. The community declined to 150 by 1933. By 1950 it was down to
100 and declined further to the present figure above.
Jonesville, Texas Landmarks
> Photo Gallery & Historical Markers
Jonesville by Lelia Vaughan
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Jonesville by Bob Bowman
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The T.C. Lindsey
& Co. General Store
in business since l847
Photo
courtesy Gerald
Massey, August 2011 |
Jonesville
From Longview
& Marshall: A metropolitan Sunday Drive by Bob Bowman
"From Scottsville,
continue on 1998 until you reach the intersection of Farm Road 134.
Head south on 134 to the one-time cotton community of Jonesville.
Here, you'll find an honest-go-goodness general store of the kind
found around the turn of the century. The T.C.
Lindsey & Company General Store, which evolved from the Jones
Trading Post, has been in business since l847 and includes an enormous
antique collection, as well as run-of-the mill store items. The store
has been the scene of several movie and television productions. Nearby
is a new museum housing rare automobiles, jukeboxes, and other memorabilia.
You'll also find at Jonesville a
cotton gin, one of the last such businesses left in East Texas;
the home of Dr. Samuel Floyd Vaughn,
which dates back to the l840s; and Locust Grove, a stunning two-story
house with double porches built in l847.
From Jonesville, continue on 134 to Waskom.
Here, head south on Farm Road 9 until it intersects with Farm Road
2625. Follow 2625, passing through Crossroads, Rosobrough Springs,
Darco and Gailee, until it reaches Farm
Road 968. Head west back into Longview."
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Jonesville,
Texas 75659
Google and
the Two Jonesvilles
Same named towns are not equal.
Ms Lelia Vaughan of Jonesville in Harrison
County (NOT ANGELINA
COUNTY) took the time to write with a vexing problem. It seems
that over the years, this small but still-open-for-business town frequently
gets confused with the ghost
town of the same name in Angelina County. Her letter appears below:
[Dear Texas Escapes]
"Just letting you know the Jonesville, Texas (1847) of Harrison
County in northeast Texas is just a few miles north of I-20 and Highway
80..about mid-way between Marshall
and Shreveport LA.
[This] Jonesville is home of the Dr.
Samuel Floyd Vaughan home (a Texas Historic Site), and Locust
Grove antebellum home along Coleman Road. The pre-Cival War Swanson's
Landing to Marshall Southern railway extended through Jonesville.
When the railway was taken up during the Civil War, the track was
relocated to connect Marshall
with Shreveport. Union Pacific now manages that railroad through the
current town of Jonesville.
We are having to fight to keep our Jonesville Texas Post Office 75659
open...partially because of confusions and incorrect locations listed
by Google Map and other sites that have confused our HARRISON County
Jonesville with the Angelina
County ghost town with the same name.
Buy stamps from 75659 Jonesville to help keep our U. S. Post Office
open."
Thank You
Lelia Vaughan
Great Grandaughter of Dr. S. F. Vaughan
August 09, 2011 |
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The T.C. Lindsey
& Co. General Store
interior
Photo
courtesy Gerald
Massey, August 2011 |
On FM 134, 1.5
miles N of Jonesville
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, August 2011 |
Historical Marker:
Swanson's Landing
(Site 16 mi. NE;
Historic Railroad Bed Here)
A key port on Caddo Lake
for traffic to New Orleans, 1830s-1860s. Founded by Peter Swanson
(1789-1849), a civil engineer and planter. Cotton,
pelts and other products went out and settlers' goods came in at this
landing.
1850s terminal of Southern Pacific (first railroad in East
Texas), built to Marshall
from the landing. During Civil War, 1861-65, road was rerouted to
haul troops between Marshall
and western Louisiana.
Later, port declined. Steamer "Mittie Stephens" on Feb. 11, 1869,
burned near Swanson's Landing with loss of 69 lives.
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Historical Marker:
This home evolved
from a two-room central hall plan house built in 1841-42. The second
story was completed in 1865, and the Italianate style front rooms
and Eastlake style porches were added after Dr. Samuel Floyd Vaughan
purchased the home in 1870. A native of Missouri and a Civil War veteran,
Vaughan (1844-1916) served Harrison County as a physician and surgeon.
The homestead has remained in the Vaughan family for more than 100
years.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1985
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