Sugar Land in Fort Bend County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Stafford Plantation
Photographed By James Hulse, July 11, 2022
1. Stafford Plantation Marker
Inscription.
Stafford Plantation. . Tennessean William Joseph Stafford and his second wife, Martha Cartwright, moved their family to this area in 1822 as part of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony. Here they reared eight children and developed a plantation with a sugar cane mill and cotton gin. The plantation, known as Stafford's Point, produced sugar with a high molasses content and prospered even when local cotton production was low. During the Texas Revolution, Mexican troops burned the plantation buildings, but the family rebuilt, and the settlement surrounding the plantation became a commercial center, known today as Stafford. This site is thought to be the cemetery of the early Stafford Plantation.
Tennessean William Joseph Stafford and his second wife, Martha Cartwright, moved their family to this area in 1822 as part of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony. Here they reared eight children and developed a plantation with a sugar cane mill and cotton gin. The plantation, known as Stafford's Point, produced sugar with a high molasses content and prospered even when local cotton production was low. During the Texas Revolution, Mexican troops burned the plantation buildings, but the family rebuilt, and the settlement surrounding the plantation became a commercial center, known today as Stafford. This site is thought to be the cemetery of the early Stafford Plantation.
Erected 2003 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 13179.)
Location. 29° 36.353′ N, 95° 35.129′ W. Marker is in Sugar Land, Texas, in Fort Bend County. Marker can be reached from Dulles Avenue, 0.1 miles west of Avenue E. You can access Stafford Plantation Cemetery by walking 1,000 feet west of Dulles Avenue along the bayou. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sugar Land TX 77478, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . Stafford, William Joseph (1764–1840). Texas State Historical Association (Submitted on July 12, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)
Photographed By James Hulse, July 11, 2022
2. Stafford Plantation Marker
Photographed By James Hulse, July 11, 2022
3. The Stafford Plantation Marker is on the right of the two markers
Photographed By James Hulse, July 11, 2022
4. The view of the Stafford Plantation Marker from walking along the bayou
Credits. This page was last revised on July 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 12, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 265 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 12, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.
