127:. A lake and a settlement on this land were called "Pilgrim." In addition, there were three schools that were part of the Pilgrim Creek School District in the 1880s: 1) Burnett School (established in 1875 and named from another family which had come to the area); Salt Creek School (established in 1878, named for the salt flats in the area); and Lake Grove, (a school then only for blacks established in 1883). The Pilgrim Presbyterian Church and the Pilgrim Cemetery were also named for Thomas J. Pilgrim. A Texas Historical Marker was placed on the road attesting to the history of Pilgrim.
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73:. Pilgrim additionally that year began the first Sunday school in Texas; there the children sat on cut logs inside a log house. Pilgrim's Sunday school was of historical note particularly because the school was in violation of a Mexican law which prohibited Protestant worship.
46:. In 1828, Pilgrim heard about the settlements in Texas and left school in New York to travel to Texas in the company of approximately sixty men. The pilgrimage (npi) was led by Elias R. Wightman. Pilgrim arrived at
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97:. Lucy died in 1839. In April 1841, Pilgrim married Sarah Jane Bennett, daughter of Major Valentine Bennett. The Pilgrims had thirteen children, but only seven reached adulthood.
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