Family names: Bell, Collins, Hill, Hoodeye, Humphrys, Johnson, Jones, MacKey, Mc Bride, Patton, Story and Young.

School: Union Hill

Church: Union Hill Missionary Baptist

Cemetery: Colorado Chapel”

“From Public Input:

Barton Hill was a community of sharecroppers who primarily worked for the landowners, their former owners. Hugh Barton and his brother-in-law George Warren were atypical slaveholders in that they taught their slaves to read and write. They also built a church for them on the bank of the Colorado River. The Union Hill Church is an active church today. They attended the Union Hill School, the Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church and were buried in the Colorado Chapel Cemetery.

From Texas Historical Commission Atlas:

According to local tradition this site was used by area slaves for gathering purposes. Silvie Story, William Hill, Martha Young, Paulie Johnson, Grant McBride, and Martha J. Hill organized this church in 1864 with the help of the Rev. Joshua Brice. Early baptisms took place in the Colorado River. By 1900 the congregation consisted of about 20 members. The C. M. Rogers family deeded 9 acres to the church in the early 1900s. An educational facility was built in 1976 and a new sanctuary in 1988. The congregation continues to provide worship and educational services for the community. (1995)

From Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church History Page:

For over one hundred years, Union Hill Missionary Baptist Church has been the heart of Utley, Bastrop, and Elgin communities. Union Hill was organized on the First Sunday in April, 1864 by the late Rev. Joshua Brice. During the church history, twelve pastors and nineteen musicians have served.

The pastors were Rev. Joshua Brice, Rev. G.G. Grun, Rev. H.W. Luckett, Rev. Sam Clark, Rev. J.A. Washington, Rev. Jones, Rev. J.A. Thomas, Rev. H.L. Price, Rev. I.W.. Robinson Sr., Rev. J.D. Cleveland, Rev. Aubrey Jackson, and our present pastor, Rev. Adrian Sweeney.