Corn Hill Community

Shared note	Corn Hill Community (Texas Historical Marker text) Corn Hill Community Settled primarily by settlers from Texas and southern states, Corn Hill was one of the earliest communities in Williamson County. John E. King, county judge from 1858 to 1860, named it for the home he built on a hill and nearby cornfield in 1852. The dispersed agricultural community was the first stop on the stage line running from Georgetown to Fort Gates (Coryell County). A post office opened in 1855 and by the 1860s, an influx of new residents settled here. In 1878, George G. Grant established corn Hill Academy Male and Female School, built on land donated by Judge King. It thrived and in 1886 moved to a new two-story building with four classrooms, a bell tower and an auditorium, which provided meeting space for local church services. By 1893, a public school opened as part of Corn Hill Independent School District. By the end of the 19th century, Corn Hill had a saddle club, several churches, two locl cotton gins, Corn Hill College, fraternal lodges and school organizations. By the early 1900s, community residents became active in Populist politics and in the Farmers’ Union. Industrial activity of the early 1900s included the Corn Hill and Gravis Telephone Company and a waterworks; a planned interurban to Bartlett never materialized. The settlement began to decline in 1909 when the Bartlett Western Railway bypassed two miles to the north, establishing the town of Jarrell. Steam engines helped move homes and businesses to the new townsite, and other moved to the village of New Corn Hill, but many residents chose to remain here. Today, the dispersed Corn Hill settlement survives as a reminder of the area’s early agrarian heritage. (2007)
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Corn Hill Community
(Texas Historical Marker text)
Corn Hill Community
Settled primarily by settlers from Texas and southern states, Corn Hill was one of the earliest communities in Williamson County. John E. King, county judge from 1858 to 1860, named it for the home he built on a hill and nearby cornfield in 1852. The dispersed agricultural community was the first stop on the stage line running from Georgetown to Fort Gates (Coryell County).
A post office opened in 1855 and by the 1860s, an influx of new residents settled here. In 1878, George G. Grant established corn Hill Academy Male and Female School, built on land donated by Judge King. It thrived and in 1886 moved to a new two-story building with four classrooms, a bell tower and an auditorium, which provided meeting space for local church services. By 1893, a public school opened as part of Corn Hill Independent School District.
By the end of the 19th century, Corn Hill had a saddle club, several churches, two locl cotton gins, Corn Hill College, fraternal lodges and school organizations. By the early 1900s, community residents became active in Populist politics and in the Farmers’ Union. Industrial activity of the early 1900s included the Corn Hill and Gravis Telephone Company and a waterworks; a planned interurban to Bartlett never materialized.
The settlement began to decline in 1909 when the Bartlett Western Railway bypassed two miles to the north, establishing the town of Jarrell. Steam engines helped move homes and businesses to the new townsite, and other moved to the village of New Corn Hill, but many residents chose to remain here. Today, the dispersed Corn Hill settlement survives as a reminder of the area’s early agrarian heritage.
(2007)

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Sarah Catherine Overby Sallie Sarah Catherine Swann Father: Henry Franklin Overby Mother: Margaret Ann Grinstead Maggie				January 6, 1877	147	Virginia, USA	8	March 28, 1963	61	86	Texas, USA	Saturday, May 30, 2015 2:33 PM	F	YES	Y100
Henry Franklin Overby Frank Father: Henry Franklin Overby Mother: Margaret Ann Grinstead Maggie				March 7, 1879	145	Virginia, USA	6	March 5, 1961	63	81	Texas, USA	Sunday, December 1, 2019 2:09 PM	M	YES	Y100
Margaret Ann Grinstead Maggie Margaret Ann Overby Father: Benjamin Franklin Grinstead Mother: Catherine Ann Ingram				March 23, 1855 March 28, 1856	169	Virginia, USA Virginia, USA	8	May 31, 1912	112	57	Texas, USA	Sunday, June 19, 2011 2:56 AM	F	YES	YES
Andrew Cunningham Grinstead Andy Father: Benjamin Franklin Grinstead Mother: Catherine Ann Ingram				June 9, 1843	181	Virginia, USA	5	June 28, 1894	130	51	Texas, USA	Sunday, June 19, 2011 2:56 AM	M	YES	YES
W. Emory Grinstead Father: Andrew Cunningham Grinstead Andy Mother: Rhoda Elizabeth Witt				September 6, 1868	156	Virginia, USA	0	April 14, 1934	90	65		Sunday, June 19, 2011 1:41 AM	M	YES	Y100
Tabitha Alice Grinstead Father: Andrew Cunningham Grinstead Andy Mother: Rhoda Elizabeth Witt				April 29, 1871	153	Virginia, USA	2	after 1940	84	68		Sunday, June 19, 2011 1:39 AM	F	YES	Y100
Samual Tillison Grinstead Father: Andrew Cunningham Grinstead Andy Mother: Rhoda Elizabeth Witt				August 27, 1873	151	Virginia, USA	3	July 1947	77	73		Sunday, June 19, 2011 1:38 AM	M	YES	Y100
Henry Franklin Overby Father: Harvey Overby Mother: Mary Jane Fisher				March 28, 1852	172	Virginia, USA	8	November 28, 1888	135	36	Texas, USA	Sunday, June 19, 2011 1:42 AM	M	YES	YES
Albert Newt Grinstead Father: Andrew Cunningham Grinstead Andy Mother: Rhoda Elizabeth Witt				June 28, 1879	145	Texas, USA	7	December 1, 1923	100	44		Sunday, June 19, 2011 1:36 AM	M	YES	YES
Rhoda Elizabeth Witt Father: … Witt				December 6, 1848	175	Tennessee, USA	5	November 10, 1910	114	61	Texas, USA	Sunday, June 19, 2011 1:44 AM	F	YES	YES
Ollie Lora Virginia Overby Ollie Lora Virginia Davis Father: Henry Franklin Overby Mother: Margaret Ann Grinstead Maggie				March 30, 1875	149	Virginia, USA	6	October 10, 1947	77	72	Texas, USA	Saturday, September 23, 2017 9:51 AM	F	YES	Y100

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