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  • The Muldoon Courthouse, built in 1890 is now considered a Texas historical landmark:<br />
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Located in southwest Fayette County, the Muldoon area was first settled in the 1830s. The community was named in honor of Father Miguel Muldoon and is situated on land acquired in 1831 through a Spanish land grant from Stephen F. Austin. Father Muldoon was of Irish heritage, educated in Spain and moved to Mexico in 1821 when he entered the priesthood. In Mexico, he met Stephen F. Austin, who gave eleven leagues of land to Muldoon in return for his ministry to the colonists. Four of these leagues were located in Fayette County.<br />
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The San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad was built through the area in 1887 and the town grew quickly around it. James Kerr established the first post office in January 1888. Within a decade, Muldoon boasted its own physician, general merchandise stores, churches, a barber shop, saloon, meat market, blacksmith shop, hotel, woodworking shop, lumberyard, cotton gin, railroad depot and a school. The Muldoon courthouse building is a rarity. Constructed in 1890, it is one of six justice precinct courthouses that were built in Fayette County. Over the years, it has been used as a mattress factory, canning kitchen, site for quilting bees, voting location, community meeting place and a museum. Muldoon is also known for its “Muldoon blue” sandstone. Taken from the A. B. Kerr quarry, the sandstone was used in the construction of several sites in Texas, including courthouses, a jail, churches and later in the construction of Galveston and other coastal jetties. Muldoon was once a thriving community, but declined as the railroad industry became less relevant. (2014)<br />
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Marker is property of the State of Texas"
    MULDOON COURTHOUSE, PRECINCT 5
  • A.B. Kerr property. The walkway is made of sandstone which was manufactured by the Kerr company in Muldoon, Texas.
    MULDOON TX-9.JPG
  • A.B. Kerr property. The walkway is made of sandstone which was manufactured by the Kerr company in Muldoon, Texas.
    SANDSTONE ROAD
  • The ACCO Feeds Store is one of the few remaining structures in Muldoon, Texas. None of the buildings were open when I visited and I did not see any people in the entire town.
    ACCO FEEDS STORE
  • This is Boulton Creek road in Muldoon Texas, the road that leads to where my family lived between 1880 and 1950.
    THE ROAD HOME
  • A.B. Kerr's company exported Sandstone from Muldoon, Texas. This is the water tower that was adjacent to the manufacturing facility in 1880.
    KERR WATER TOWER
  • Buckner's Creek near Boulton Creek Road in Muldoon, Texas
    BUCKNER'S CREEK
  • The Cedar Creek Cemetery has been deemed a Texas Historical Landmark. This land was given to my 4th great grandmother and other recently freed slaves to use for a church and a cemetery. <br />
The Marker Reads: <br />
This burial ground was established around 1875 to serve the African-American community of Cedar Creek. The African Methodsist Episcopalian Church, which organized in 1874, recieved this property from the estate of N.W. Faison. Members erected a church building and laid out the cemetery behind it. <br />
The earliest known burial is of Christofer Myres, dating to 1877. Unique grave markers include one shaped into a concrete ball, one made of petrified wood, several partially made from sea shells, and an obelisk. The church served the area for more than 50 years. Today the Cedar Creek Cemetery is all that remains of the historic cedar creek community.
    CEDAR CREEK CEMETERY
  • SAN ANTONIO & ARANSAS PASS RAILROAD
  • My Grandmother's family portraits were sewn together by hand with string.
    FAMILY PORTRAITS
  • Portrait of my grandmother as a child in 1930.
    MY GRANDMOTHER HENRIETTA
  • Much of the land at the cemetery is unkempt and overgrown. The headstone were difficult to find, but I noticed a pattern. Most of the burials were by a large trees toward the back of the cemetery.
    THE SCAPE OF CEDAR CREEK CEMETERY
  • Inside the Outhouse. The outhouse is the remaining structure at Cedar Creek Cemetery
    INSIDE THE OUTHOUSE
  • Much of the land at the cemetery is unkempt and overgrown. The headstone were difficult to find, but I noticed a pattern. Most of the burials were by a large trees toward the back of the cemetery.
    THE SCAPE OF CEDAR CREEK CEMETERY
  • My Grandmother's younger brother, Will Burton Jr. The new image of the road was made around the same time of year that Will Jr appeared in the original image around 1935.
    WILL BURTON JR.
  • My Great Grandmother, Mollie Lee Hughes Burton. Here, she sits on the fender of possibly a Ford Model automobile circa 1935.
    MOLLIE LEE HUGHES BURTON
  • This is a picture of my Grandmother Henrietta, about 3 years old in 1930.
    HENRIETTA MARIE COX
  • Will Verse, Age Unknown. Will was the cousin of my 4th Great Grandmother.
    WILL VERSE
  • The Cedar Creek Cemetery was home to some very unique head stones. This head stone is a ball made of concrete placed on an obelisk pedestal. Over the years, a green fungus has started to cover the top.
    CONCRETE BALL ON PEDASTAL
  • FRAGMENTS
  • Posts made of Cedar wood line the farms lands and properties of residents.
    BOULTON CREEK ROAD
  • BLACK BARK TREE
  • This is the grave of my Great Grandmother Mollie Lee Hughes Burton. He husband, Will Burton was a tombstone maker and I believe he free hand scripted her tombstone.
    M L BURTON
  • The outhouse is the remaining structure at Cedar Creek Cemetery
    THE OUTHOUSE OF CEDAR CREEK
  • Much of the land at the cemetery is unkempt and overgrown. The headstone were difficult to find, but I noticed a pattern. Most of the burials were by a large trees toward the back of the cemetery.
    THE SCAPE OF CEDAR CREEK CEMETERY
  • The Cedar Creek Cemetery is surrounded by Cedar wood. The posts that enclose the space are aged cedar.
    CEDAR CREEK FENCE POST
  • I added myself to the narrative to show the continuation of the family. I am facing the opposite direction on the road, leading out.
    SELF PORTRAIT
  • The Creek Under Boulton Creek Road
    BOULTON CREEK
  • This grave was marked with a piece of Cedar Wood almost 80 years ago. Over time the wood turned in to petrified rock.
    PETRIFIED ROCK HEAD STONE
  • The back of my grandmother's family portraits which she stitched together.
    A STITCH IN TIME
  • The Cedar Creek Cemetery was home to some very unique head stones. This head stone is a ball made of concrete placed on an obelisk pedestal. Over the years, a green fungus has started to cover the top.
    CONCRETE BALL HEAD STONE
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  • Boulton Creek Road is the road my family lived on in Muldoon, TX
    BOULTON CREEK-35.JPG
  • This is the tombstone of mt 4th Great Grandmother Amanda "Amandy" Stamps Hughes. She was a midwife in Muldoon, and delivered almost 60 babies in the small town. She lived to be 98 years old.
    4TH GREAT GRANDMOTHER AMANDA HUGHES
  • This is the grave of my 4th great Grandfather Charles "Charlie" Hughes. His original name was Houston when his family came from Tennessee. It was changed to Hughes when he became a cook for the Hughes family in Colorado County, Texas.
    CHARLIE (HOUSTON) HUGHES
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  • BOULTON CREEK RD-8.JPG
  • The long, winding road leading home. The area was sparse with little signs of life. Trees were in between seasons Winter and Spring.
    THE LONG ROAD HOME
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  • Bails of hay and cacti line the road side leading to where my family lived.
    HAY AND CACTI
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  • CEDAR CREEK-7.JPG
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  • An aged wooden frame was suspended from a branch over Boulton Creek Road. It is used to symbolize the Passage by my family many times on this road.
    PASSAGE FRAME
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  • CEDAR CREEK-12.JPG
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  • BOULTON CREEK-41.JPG
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  • CEDAR CREEK-11.JPG
  • BOULTON CREEK RD-12.JPG
  • Mollie Hughes Burton (b. 1908), was my maternal great grandmother who lived in Muldoon, Texas. Thankful to have several images of her posing and showing her style. This collage includes text she wrote on the back of one of her photos, "Sour lemon today, o boy. Don't fool with me." those words gave me a sense of her personality and a clue to where my tenacity comes from. <br />
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Will Burton, Jr. was the only son of Mollie and the brother of my grandmother. He wrote these words in a letter to my grandmother during the summer of 1939, sharing his experience of the 4th grade. He died the following year after falling from a tree. These images show both his innocence and mischief.
    Mollie and Will Jr._Collage
  • Henry and Louisa Cox were married in 1891 in Wharton, Texas. Henry is my 3rd Great Grandfather born in 1860. He raised his great granddaughter, my grandmother Henrietta in Wharton. Family lore says she was spoiled by him due to the large gap in age. <br />
Dallas and Malissa Hughes married November 10, 1904 in Muldoon, Fayette County, Texas. Malissa was my 2nd Great Grandmother and daughter of Henry Cox. He passed his mother’s name on to her. She was adopted and raised by the Kelley family in Muldoon after her father was forced to leave the county. The search for my 3rd great grandmother is an elusive one, but one I’m endeared to continue. Dallas’ mother Amandy was a midwife in the small town, delivering almost sixty babies both black and white. <br />
These two portraits correspond with photograph of J.P.L. Davies and Sarah Forbes Bonnetta (Davies) photographed in London in 1862.
    Henry Cox_Dallas & Malissa Cox Hughes