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Lilac School,
1901
"The boy with the arrow overhead is Henry Baker" - James
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There is a historic
marker at the above intersection across the street from the
Graves Cemetery.
In the spring the cemetery blooms with the flowers of hundreds of
irises.
The highest reported population at Lilac was 100 people in 1884.
It lost its post office in 1905 and the population fell to 40 by
the end of the 1930s.
Today it is what is known as a "dispersed rural community."
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Historical Marker
Lilac
Primarily a farming
and stockraising settlement, Lilac was originally known as Oak
Point. Dr. John H. Graves, a dentist and planter, brought his
family to Milam County
in 1858. The community which developed around his farm was named Lilac
in 1883 when a U. S. post office was established. The Graves family
continued to reside in the area for generations, donating land for
a school, Baptist church, and Methodist encampment. (See Forum
below) At its height Lilac included two stores, a cotton gin, blacksmith
shop, and homes. It declined after a 1921 flood and the Great Depression.
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Lilac, Texas
Forum
Subject: Lilac,
Texas
The old church ground, old school ground, and the cemetery land was
donated by the Richmon family, not the Graves as proclaimed on the
historical marker at the corner
of FM 487 and FM 3061. The Wilson family has held the title to all
of these properties for over 100 years before giving them to the Graves.
- Sincerely, Fred Wilson, January 13, 2008 |
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