On Montgomery Road south of Winner Foster Road, on the right when traveling south.
In 1821, Stephen F. Austin was granted a permit from the Mexican government to act as empresario for 300 families to settle in Texas. That summer, he and the settlers, known as the Old Three Hundred, began crossing into Texas. From 1823 to 1824, . . . — — Map (db m209258) HM
On State Highway 6 1 mile west of Farm to Market Road 521, on the right when traveling east.
Daniel Perry, an early area settler, was born in 1791 in Mississippi. He came to Texas in 1832 with his wife Eliza Whitehead and two sons. He was widowed and in 1833 married Louisa Ann Morton. They had four children and lived on her inherited land . . . — — Map (db m225204) HM
On State Highway 6 1 mile west of Farm to Market Road 521, on the right when traveling east.
David Fitzgerald, a veteran of the American Revolution and the War of 1812, came to Texas from Georgia in 1821.His son-in-law, Eli Fenn, followed in 1832. Fenn served during the Texas Revolution and signed the 1837 petition for the creation of . . . — — Map (db m225202) HM
This flagpole is dedicated to the memory of all the men and women buried in Morton Cemetery who have served in the Armed Forces of our Country from the War for independence from Mexico to the present. It is because of their gallant service . . . — — Map (db m213749) WM
Scout under Gen. Wm. Henry Harrison, 1813 Served under Gen. Andrew Jackson, War of 1812 Alcalde, San Felipe de Austin Delegate to the Conventions of Texas, 1832-33 Member of the Consultation, 1835 Captain of A Company in the Army of Texas . . . — — Map (db m212056) HM
On Farm to Market Road 723 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 359, on the left when traveling south.
Born in the Natchez District of Spanish West Florida on March 12, 1790, Randolph Foster was the son of John and Rachel (Gibson) Foster. After service in Captain Randal Jones' Company during the War of 1812, Randolph hunted and explored throughout . . . — — Map (db m156724) HM
On Eugene Heimann Circle 0.5 miles east of Richmond Parkway.
American Stephen Fuller Austin in 1821 contracted with the Spanish colonial government to bring in 300 families of settlers to the fertile bottom lands of the lower Colorado and Brazos rivers. Among his original "Old 300" colonists were the . . . — — Map (db m235371) HM
On State Highway 87 at Anderson Avenue, on the right when traveling east on State Highway 87.
Born in Charles County, Maryland, Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long was a Texas pioneer. She married James Long in 1815, and joined him in Texas during his military invasion of the then-Spanish colony, settling in Nacogdoches. The occupation was . . . — — Map (db m184359) HM
On North Velasco Street (Business State Highway 288) at West Live Oak Street, on the right when traveling north on North Velasco Street.
Robert James Calder was born in 1810 to James H. and Jane E. (Caldwell) Calder in Baltimore, Maryland. His father died when he was a child, and Robert and his mother moved to Kentucky, where he was raised in part by his mother's family. They moved . . . — — Map (db m120660) HM
On Jackson Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at South 4th Street, on the right when traveling east on Jackson Street.
Came to Texas from Georgia, 1838. Clerk, Republic of Texas State Department. Prominent Fort Bend County planter, lawyer, district judge and legislator.
Served as one of the speakers of Texas House of Representatives in critical Civil War . . . — — Map (db m126513) HM
On Farm to Market Road 723 0.1 miles south of Farm to Market Road 359, on the left when traveling south.
John Foster was born on May 25, 1757, in South Carolina to William James and Mary (Hill) Foster. Family history indicates he may have served with his brothers in Charleston against a British attack in June 1776. He married Rachel (Gibson), and . . . — — Map (db m156722) HM
On an unnamed cemetery road, on the right when traveling north.
Born a slave in North Carolina, Walter Moses Burton was brought to Texas about 1860. At the end of the Civil War, he purchased land from his former owner, Thomas B. Burton, from whom he had also learned to read and write. Walter Burton became a . . . — — Map (db m126527) HM
Near Cemetery Road 0.3 miles north of 1st Street (Farm to Market Road 1093).
Kentucky natives William Henry Guyler (1823-1897) and Lydia Ann English (1826-1920) were married in 1845 and journeyed to Texas in 1859. They purchased a homestead on the Milburn and Davis Land Grant in Austin County. William Guyler erected a log . . . — — Map (db m168489) HM
On Eugene Heimann Circle 0.1 miles east of Richmond Parkway.
Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar (1798-1859), a Georgia native, first visited Texas in 1835 when he supported a declaration for Texas Independence from Mexico and helped to build a fort at Velasco. He returned during the Texas Revolution, enlisting as a . . . — — Map (db m235369) HM
Born January 9, 1813, Came to Texas in 1824, Served in the Texas War for Independence, Participated in the action at Anahuac, Died October 31, 1892 — — Map (db m254736) HM
Near Eugene Heimann Circle 0.1 miles east of Richmond Parkway. Reported damaged.
Fort Bend was a log structure cabin or blockhouse built in a large bend of the Brazos River in what is now Richmond, in order to provide protection against Indian raids. It was erected in 1822 by an agent of Stephen F. Austin's first colony, "The . . . — — Map (db m235338) HM
On Eugene Heimann Circle 0.1 miles east of Richmond Parkway.
Fort Bend was built in a large bend of the Brazos River approximately 450 yards northwest of this location. River erosion eradicated the fort's original site. — — Map (db m235295) HM
Gustav (Gustaf, Gustave) August Samuelson (1832-1919) was one of 13 children born to Johannes Samuelson and Anna Petersdotter of Forserum, Sweden. At the age of 16, he emigrated from Sweden, arriving in Houston with a group of other Scandinavians on . . . — — Map (db m122988) HM
On George Bush Drive at Avenue E, on the right when traveling west on George Bush Drive.
The Katy Post Office was built sometime before 1920. In 1922 it became the fourth post office for the town of Katy. It has also served as a grocery store, a warehouse, a jewelry store and a private residence. It was donated to the Katy Heritage . . . — — Map (db m165308) HM
On East Orange Street, on the right when traveling west.
Robert Lee Hunter and Julia Iva Martin had roots in Pearland as early as the the 1890s when the area was known as Mark Belt. Robert Lee Hunter was born to Josephine Bonaparte Estes and Thomas Johnson Hunter on November 16, 1868 in Fort Bend County . . . — — Map (db m174018) HM
On Eugene Heimann Circle 0.1 miles east of Richmond Parkway.
Lamar's first wife, Tabitha Jordan, died in 1830, followed by his son, John Burwell in 1831, and his daughter, Rebecca Ann, in 1843. His second wife, Henrietta (1827-1891), was the daughter of John Newland Maffitt, Sr., renowned Methodist minister, . . . — — Map (db m235353) HM
On Walnut Street (U.S. 90) at Travis Street, on the left when traveling west on Walnut Street.
Following the American Civil War and emancipation of slaves in 1865, it
was not until 1871 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 m314163) HM
On Jackson Street (Alternate U.S. 90) at South 5th Street, on the right when traveling east on Jackson Street.
This classical revival building is the fifth courthouse for Fort Bend County, which was organized in 1837. The structure was designed by C. H. Page of Austin and dedicated in 1909. The contractor was the Texas Building Company, also of Austin. . . . — — Map (db m122796) HM
On Avenue G near 3rd Street, on the left when traveling west.
A native of Arkansas, Charles Harvey Waddell came to Texas with his family at an early age. He became an automobile dealer in 1910 and in 1914 formed the Fort Bend Telephone Company. He served as County Tax Collector from 1919 to 1922, and . . . — — Map (db m158452) HM
On Blume Road south of Matamoros Drive, on the right when traveling south.
Macario García was born on January 2, 1920, in Villa de Castaño, Mexico, to Luciano and Josefa García. The family moved to Fort Bend County, Texas, in 1923 to pick crops in Sugar Land. In 1942, Macario García was drafted into the U.S. Army to . . . — — Map (db m208007) HM
On State Highway 84 1.7 miles Farm to Market Road 489, on the left when traveling east.
Commissioners courts in Texas usually furnished to soldiers enlisting in the Civil War their uniforms, guns, blankets--and sometimes even their horses. The county courts also aided dependents, war orphans and widows. Further, they recognized local . . . — — Map (db m51647) HM
On Rusk Street east of Bagby Street, on the left when traveling east.
A native of Stoke St. Gregory in Somersetshire, England, T.W. House emigrated to the United States in May 1835. A baker by trade, he soon was employed by the St. Charles Hotel in New Orleans. By 1838 he had moved to Houston and established the . . . — — Map (db m116813) HM
Near South Dixie Highway (U.S. 31W) 0.1 miles north of L and N Turnpike Road (Kentucky Highway 335), on the left when traveling north.
(Front Side)
Texas
Remembers the valor and devotion of its sons who served with distinction on Kentucky battlefields during the Civil War.
At Houston, Texas, during August and September 1861, Benjamin Franklin Terry and Thomas . . . — — Map (db m250166) HM WM
On Van Vleet Oval 0.1 miles north of West Lindsey Street, on the left when traveling north.
On Journalism Day, March 16, 1961, Dr. George Lynn Cross announced that the Journalism Building, first occupied in 1958, would be named Copeland Hall in honor of Dr. Fayette Copeland. As director of the School of Journalism, Copeland dedicated forty . . . — — Map (db m277660) HM
On Farm to Market Road 359 0.2 miles north of Vanbrooke Boulevard, on the right when traveling south.
Planters preferring the prairie to the hazardous Brazos River bottoms settled this village in the 1840s. Named for store owners A. R. and Amanda (Wade) Pitts, it was a major commercial center by 1860. During the Civil War, the Pittsville Home Guard . . . — — Map (db m145863) HM
On Preston Street at North 6th Street, on the right when traveling west on Preston Street.
Completed in 1897, this structure was the third jail building in Fort Bend County. Built to communicate strength and justice to the area's lawless elements, the imposing Romanesque revival style structure features terra cotta decoration and massive . . . — — Map (db m129330) HM
Both descendants of early Texas settlers, Mary Elizabeth "Mamie" Davis (1877-1971) and Albert Peyton George (1873-1955) supported and served Richmond and Fort Bend County through a legacy of ranching and philanthropy. After they married in 1896, . . . — — Map (db m225747) HM
On Carlisle Street at Avenue J, on the right when traveling south on Carlisle Street.
Julius Edward Junker (1891-1972) contributed significantly to the civic and agricultural development of Rosenberg and Fort Bend County. He was a founder of the First National Bank of Rosenberg in 1925 and served as County Chairman of "New Deal" . . . — — Map (db m158511) HM
On Loop State Highway 540 at South 4th Street, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 540.
Founded 1894 by Cecil A. Beasley (1862 - 1908), on the Texas & New Orleans Railroad. First called "Dyer" for Isabel Dyer (1871 - 1933), whom Beasley later married. Post office opened as "Beasley," May 13, 1898. The town boomed in 1910, as Stern & . . . — — Map (db m168553) HM
In memory of all who died in the defense of our Country Sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion Disabled American Veterans of Fort Bend County Texas November 11, 1990 Paid for by Citizens of Fort Bend County . . . — — Map (db m213746) WM
On an unnamed cemetery road, on the right when traveling north.
Born in Virginia 1808, reared in Georgia. Fought in Texas War for Independence, 1836, under James W. Fannin at Refugio Mission. Captured at Goliad, was spared to repair guns for Mexican Army. Escaped during Battle of San Jacinto.
Settled in . . . — — Map (db m126526) HM
On Oilfield Road 0.1 miles east of Creekstone Village Drive, on the right when traveling west.
After the Civil War, former Dewalt plantation slaves, led by Rev. Dave King, formed St. John Baptist Church (Colored) in 1869. In 1900, Anna Cartwright Roberts deeded two acres in the David Bright League to the church and County School District #19. . . . — — Map (db m210001) HM
On an unnamed cemetery road, on the right when traveling south.
Henry Schumacher (1832-1901), a native of Germany, opened one of the first cottonseed oil mills in this region in 1873, assembling the machinery with only the aid of an old encyclopedia. The oil works produced cottonseed oil, meal, and cake, and . . . — — Map (db m126532) HM
On 23rd Street at Sealy Avenue, on the right when traveling north on 23rd Street.
The Rev. James Huckins, a visiting Baptist missionary agent, met with nine charter members in the home of Thomas Borden to organize a Baptist church in Galveston on January 30, 1840. Borden's brother Gail Borden, Jr., and sister-in-law Penelope . . . — — Map (db m180029) HM
On Willie Melton Boulevard west of Main Street (County Road 2919), on the left when traveling west.
During the first half of the 20th century, the U. S. Supreme Court heard a series of significant Texas voting rights cases which collectively ended the “white primary” system established in many areas of the South after the Civil War. White . . . — — Map (db m211552) HM
On Eugene Heimann Circle 0.1 miles east of Richmond Parkway.
Prior to the Civil War and emancipation, Fort Bend plantation owners commonly utilized slaves to provide agriculture and domestic labor. By 1855 there were 105,186 slaves in Texas, 1,746 of which were in Fort Bend County. Male slaves here would have . . . — — Map (db m235346) HM
On Renn Road at Eldridge Parkway, on the left when traveling west on Renn Road.
This site recalls a historic African American Church, school and cemetery in Alief. Only a few African Americans lived in the area in the nineteenth century, working as farm laborers or tenant farmers. More families came in the early twentieth . . . — — Map (db m202061) HM
A native of Scotland, Alexander Beaton came to the United States in 1843. He migrated to Texas in 1848 after serving in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War. In 1850 he settled in Corsicana and began the practice of law. He was chairman of the . . . — — Map (db m60493) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
