This monument memorializes the brave African American families who migrated to Texas in search of better lives. In January 1867 a courageous group of 435 newly emancipated men, women and children left Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South . . . — — Map (db m307742) HM
When Anglo-Americans began to settle in Texas, the falls of the Brazos were located 2 miles southwest of here. At that time, the water fell about 10 feet over a rocky ledge. The falls served the Indians and early settlers as a trail landmark, . . . — — Map (db m84668) HM
Created Jan. 28, 1850, from Limestone and Milam counties. Organized Aug. 5, 1850. Named for falls on the Brazos River which flow through the center of the county.
White colonization in the area pre-dates the Texas Revolution, but colonists fled . . . — — Map (db m208477) HM
The Texas legislature created Falls County in 1850. The first courthouse was a log cabin, possibly located on this site. In 1855 the county seat (then Adams) was renamed Marlin, and construction was completed on what became the courthouse square. . . . — — Map (db m208470) HM
Born in Falls County. Son of early Texas settlers Albert G. and Elidia Anderson Gholson.
After 1858-1859 service with Texas Rangers, he re-enlisted in company under Capt. J.M. Smith, and in 1860 aided in the rescue of Cynthia Ann Parker, . . . — — Map (db m89697) HM
Youngest of only trio of Texas Brothers who all gained rank of general in Confederate Army. Lived in Falls County in 1850s.
Veteran of Mexican War and of Texas frontier defense. Rose in Civil War to command of Terry's Texas Rangers. Rode with . . . — — Map (db m208476) HM
Tennessee native Albert G. Perry (1807-1874) began the study of law at age sixteen in his brother's Alabama law office. He became a successful attorney, but in 1831 left for Texas, settling in Washington, where he opened a law office. The following . . . — — Map (db m84676) HM
What is known as Bassett Farms encompasses nearly 2,500 acres of land in Limestone and Falls counties. The 1875 Bassett House and surrounding Bassett Home Place tract represent the core of the property, retained in family hands for over one hundred . . . — — Map (db m293480) HM
Following the American Civil War and Emancipation of slaves in 1865, it was not until 1867 that African Americans in Texas were able to uniformly register to vote, following the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. . . . — — Map (db m300108) HM
Dr. Benjamin Jesse Covington (c.1871-1961), his wife Jennie Belle Murphy (1881-1966), and the stately home they built here in 1911 represented a level of achievement, dignity, and civic service matched by few African Americans in Houston during . . . — — Map (db m171291) HM
The Presbyterian faith was preached in the Falls County Courthouse in Marlin in 1852, from a pulpit that was drawn up into the rafters when not in use. Presbyterians organized a church in 1853 in Carolina community (10 mi. SW) and held missionary . . . — — Map (db m208765) HM
Born in Illinois to J. M. and Lucretia (Craven) Bedichek, Roy came to Falls County at the age of six. Educated first in his parents' school at Blevins and later at the Bedichek's Eddy Literary and Scientific Institute, he graduated from the . . . — — Map (db m149434) HM
On January 15, 1867, a transportation request was made to Maj. Gen. Oliver Otis Howard, Commissioner of The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands - The Freedmen’s Bureau - to transport 435 Freed men, women and children from Kingstree, . . . — — Map (db m273598) HM
Born to Cyrus C. Campbell (1810-1883) and Rebecca Elizabeth Robbins (1818-1846), Cyrus Maxwell Campbell was raised near Travis (Austin County). At the age of 21, he enlisted in the Confederate Army at the beginning of the Civil War, serving in the . . . — — Map (db m207091) HM
Named for waterfalls on the Brazos River, Falls County was created in 1850. Brothers George H. and John T. Gassaway came to this area at that time and soon had a profitable cattle business, later contracting with the Confederate government. In 1889, . . . — — Map (db m290647) HM
Missionary preachers served Methodists in this area even before the establishment of Falls County or the city of Marlin. First sent was the Rev. John W. DeVilbiss in 1842. He was followed by other circuit riders until the Rev. Charles Brown was . . . — — Map (db m208781) HM
Kentuckian W. F. Williams met Sam Houston in Tennessee and later joined his army to fight for Texas independence at the Battle of San Jacinto, April 21, 1836. Williams came to Falls County in 1857. A farmer and rancher, he was also a partner in . . . — — Map (db m292132) HM
In 1866 Theodore Rabroker (1835-1905) and his wife Mary Ann (Brucktrops) (1836-1886) immigrated from Westphalia Province, Germany. They lived for a time in Pennsylvania and Iowa. In 1877, while moving to Frelsburg, Colorado County, Rabroker saw the . . . — — Map (db m290654) HM
Thomas Hudson Barron, the son of John M. and Susan Mattingly Barron, was born in Virginia. The family moved to Kentucky by 1805. Thomas joined the Kentucky Militia in November 1814 and participated in the Battle of New Orleans. He married . . . — — Map (db m224317) HM
Located on a straight line from Cameron to Waco, this site was the natural choice for development of a new town along the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad in 1889. The Texas Townsite Company bought land from area pioneers Captain and Mrs. . . . — — Map (db m290646) HM
Setting the scene:
Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar made a January 1839 call for men to form militias to range the frontier and protect settlers from Indian raids and lawlessness. Two Ranger companies gathered at Ft. Milam near . . . — — Map (db m290677) HM
Although there are at least a dozen unmarked graves, the earliest marked burial here is that of Thomas Roberts (1817-1874). At least 20 burials occurred before the land was deeded on March 4, 1901. The cemetery is on land owned by J. G. W. Pierson, . . . — — Map (db m293336) HM
In Aug. 1851 the Falls County Commissioners Court donated three Marlin City lots as sites for Baptist, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches. Pioneer preacher the Rev. Z.N. Morrell selected a lot later designated as the southeast corner of Ward and . . . — — Map (db m208780) HM
Born into slavery in Arkansas, Nelson Taylor Denson (1845-1938) was brought to Falls County in 1856 at the age of eleven. After accompanying his master in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, he returned to Marlin where he was a pioneer . . . — — Map (db m208761) HM
One year after the railroad town of Rosebud was platted, the First Baptist Church was established with eleven charter members. On March 23, 1890, the small congregation organized in a schoolhouse on the Gott farm. In September of that year the . . . — — Map (db m293288) HM
Once known as Sugar Loaf, this bluff overlooking Pond Creek was a landmark to early settlers in the area. In 1835, Neil McLennan, a native of Scotland, built his home here on land that had been granted to him as a member of Sterling Clack . . . — — Map (db m293295) HM
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