Heritage in San Marcos in Hays County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Eliza Pitts Malone

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, May 8, 2023

1. Eliza Pitts Malone Marker

Inscription. In 1842, Eliza Pitts (1832-1923) and her parents came to Texas from Georgia. She was a charter member of First Methodist Church in San Marcos and served as an active church leader. She married James Lafayette Malone in 1850, and they had sixteen children. During the Civil war, 1861-65, Eliza Malone ran their 1,000-acre farm and sewed for Confederate soldiers. After her husband died, she and her daughter Bramwell Malone built this home in 1909. Although in her eighties during World War I, she contributed to the war effort by knitting socks for soldiers.

2nd Plaque
Entered in the National Register of Historic Places - 1983

Erected 1983 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 10298.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers • War, US Civil • Women.

Location. 29° 52.821′ N, 97° 56.985′ W. Marker is in San Marcos, Texas, in Hays County. It is in Heritage. It is on Belvin Street 0.1 miles west of Scott Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is

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at or near this postal address: 715 Belvin St, San Marcos TX 78666, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Hill Country

and in the Austin Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: National Register District of Belvin Street (a few steps from this marker); Belvin Street Historic District (within shouting distance of this marker); O.T. Brown Home (within shouting distance of this marker); George Thomas McGehee House (within shouting distance of this marker); Robert Hixon Belvin Home (within shouting distance of this marker); George Henry Talmadge Home (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Alexander Gates & Lillian Johnson Thomas House (about 400 feet away); Joseph W. Earnest Home (about 700 feet away).

Eliza Pitts Malone and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, May 8, 2023

2. Eliza Pitts Malone and Marker

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Credits. This page was last revised on May 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 11, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 285 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 11, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.