Marshall in Harrison County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Peter and Dicey Whetstone Memorial

Peter and Dicey Whetstone Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 24, 2014

1. Peter and Dicey Whetstone Marker

Inscription.
In memory of Peter Whetstone and Dicey Whetstone, pioneer settlers in Harrison County. Donors in 1843 of the site of the City of Marshall, a part of the Peter Whetstone headright granted in 1838 by the Republic of Texas.

Erected 1936 by State of Texas. (Marker Number 10227.)

Topics and series. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Charity & Public Work • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the Texas 1936 Centennial Markers and Monuments series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1838.

Location. 32° 32.704′ N, 94° 22.026′ W. Marker is in Marshall, Texas, in Harrison County. It can be reached from the intersection of Bolivar Street and East Houston Street, on the left when traveling north. The marker is mounted above eye-level on the northeast corner of the Harrison County Historical Museum (formerly the Harrison County Courthouse), facing Bolivar Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Peter Whetstone Square, Marshall TX 75670, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and in the Piney Woods.

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: Telegraph Park (within shouting distance of this marker); Governor Edward Clark (within shouting distance of this marker); General Elkanah Greer / Knights of the Golden Circle

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(within shouting distance of this marker); James Harper Starr (within shouting distance of this marker); Harrison County (within shouting distance of this marker); Marshall (within shouting distance of this marker); C.G. Lancaster (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of The Capitol Hotel (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Marshall.

Also see . . .
1. Peter Whetstone (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: Peter Whetstone was an early pioneer leader in the Republic of Texas most remembered for founding the city of Marshall, Texas with Isaac Van Zandt. Whetstone married Dicey, or Dicy, Webster in 1816 in Arkansas. When he settled in Harrison County, Texas in 1838 he received a first-class certificate grant, which were only issued to married men who were in Texas when the Texas Declaration of Independence was ratified, indicating he was in Texas before March 2, 1836.
In 1841 a new seat was sought for Harrison County, and Whetstone offered some of his land in central Harrison County to build a church and a school on, and to subsequently
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 24, 2014

2. Harrison County Historical Museum (northeast elevation)
The marker is mounted above eye-level on the northeast corner of the Harrison County Historical Museum (formerly the Harrison County Courthouse), facing east (Bolivar Street).
divide the remainder into 190 lots.
Whetstone soon became entangled in the Regulator–Moderator War as a Moderator. In November 1843, Whetstone was shot and killed by a Regulator, Col. William T. Boulware, on Marshall's city square, later named Whetstone Square.

(Submitted on October 4, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Peter Whetstone (1790–1843) (Handbook of Texas).

Excerpt: Whetstone received 320 acres of land in Wood County for his military service during the Texas Revolution and purchased an additional 640 acres of property in Upshur County. In 1841, as an inducement to the commissioners who were to locate a site for the county seat of Harrison County, Whetstone offered land for a church, courthouse, masonic temple, and girls’ school, as well as 190 city lots for Marshall. According to legend, added inducements from a jug of whiskey that he had hidden at the proposed spot. The offer was accepted, and Whetstone's friend, Isaac Van Zandt, reportedly named the town and its streets.

(Submitted on October 4, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

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