Near Shelby Street at East Panola Street (Business U.S. 79).
Formed from
Harrison and Shelby Counties
Created March 30, 1846
Organized July 13, 1846
Named for an Indian word
meaning "cotton"
County Seat, Pulaski, 1846
Carthage, since 1848 — — Map (db m104956) HM
Near Farm to Market Road 31 0.4 miles south of County Road 4557, on the right when traveling north.
In the early 1700s, France and Spain began disputing their New World international boundary that included this area; each nation claimed what is now Texas. When the U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, the boundary was still . . . — — Map (db m105262) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1971 at County Road 1741, on the left when traveling south on Road 1971.
The world-renowned American historian Walter Prescott Webb was born near this site. His parents were Casner P. and Mary Elizabeth (Kyle) Webb. C.P. Webb farmed and taught school. The family moved in 1893 to the edge of central west Texas. There a . . . — — Map (db m268436) HM
Kentucky native Jonathan "Old Shelby" Anderson, a grandson of American Revolution veteran Bailey Anderson, settled in this area when Texas was part of Mexico. He served in the Texas Revolution and fought at the Battle of San Jacinto. In 1848 he . . . — — Map (db m105277) HM
A native of Panola County, Margie Elizabeth Neal began her career as a teacher in 1893. She became editor and owner of the East Texas Register newspaper in 1904. A respected educator and leader in the woman suffrage movement, she was the first . . . — — Map (db m104958) HM
On Aspin Street (County Road 3157) 0.2 miles west of County Road 3161, on the right when traveling west.
J.W. Griffith was born November 1, 1923 in Gary, Panola County, Texas. He was the fifth son of W.G. and Ethel Griffith. On August 10, 1946, he married Mae Chapman. They had 4 children: Phil, Joe, Nancy and Mark.
He was saved June 18, 1939 and . . . — — Map (db m270686) HM
Near Anderson Road (County Road 4053) 0.4 miles north of Antioch Road (Farm to Market Road 699).
Situated on the southeast side of Carthage on a hill shaded by large trees, Anderson Cemetery is the burial place for many of Panola County's early settlers. The cemetery was named for Jonathan Anderson (1798-1890), who donated 100 acres of his land . . . — — Map (db m268449) HM
On U.S. 69 at County Highway 1615, on the left when traveling north on U.S. 69.
One of the earliest Texas women to receive a United States patent, Annie Ella (McCallum) Ault (1880-1935) was born in Panola County. She married Charles Wesley (CW) Ault (1861-1949) on January 27, 1900, and they settled at his pineywoods farm in . . . — — Map (db m232297) HM
On Aspin Street (County Road 3157) 0.2 miles County Road 3161.
The first of Wyatt Greer and Francis Ethel Griffith's nine children was born at Mt. Bethel, Panola County, Texas on November 24, 1914, they named him Heaton Oran. He changed it to Oran Heaton. Family and close friends called him Heaton. Others . . . — — Map (db m270688) HM
On Boston Avenue south of North 15th Street, on the right when traveling south.
Western singing star Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter was born in Panola County Texas. He grew up in Nederland and after attending college, began singing cowboy ballads on a Houston radio station in 1928. He advanced to Broadway where he was nicknamed . . . — — Map (db m170580) HM
Western singing star Woodward Maurice ("Tex") Ritter was born in Panola County, Texas. After attending college, he began singing cowboy ballads on a Houston radio station in 1928. He advanced to Broadway, where he was nicknamed "Tex", and in 1936 . . . — — Map (db m170515) HM
On U.S. 79 4 miles west of Farm to Market Road 1970, on the left when traveling east.
The Rev. Littleton Fowler, an early Methodist missionary in East Texas, is believed to have organized this congregation between 1837 and 1839. Land for the first sanctuary, now the site of Old Williams Cemetery (1 mi. W), was donated by Purviance . . . — — Map (db m221458) HM
On Nacogdoches Street south of Shelbyville Street, on the left when traveling south.
John Joseph Emmett (J.J.E.) Gibson was born in Dublin, Ireland. Because of an illness, he was left behind with an aunt when his family immigrated to the United States about 1851. Gibson reportedly studied architecture in Dublin, and finally joined . . . — — Map (db m110998) HM
On 124 near County Road 248, on the left when traveling north.
Panola County pioneer Isaac R. Youngblood was born about 1793. Не and his wife, Elizabeth, moved to Texas from Washington County, Georgia, before 1846. In 1847 the county commissioners named him overseer of Grand Bluff Road and part of a . . . — — Map (db m268526) HM
On Shelby Street, on the left when traveling north.
Designed by J. N. Carnes and completed in 1891, this structure served as the Panola County Jail for sixty-two years. The two-story brick building exhibits Italianate and Romanesque style influences and features a symmetrical facade with projecting . . . — — Map (db m208887) HM
On County Line Road (Farm to Market Road 3231) 3.5 miles south of State Highway 43, on the right when traveling south.
Members of the Scots-Irish Grant clan sailed from the British Isles to the new world early in the 1600's bound for Colonial Virginia and Maryland.
Matthew Matthias Grant was born in Virginia where he grew to adulthood and married Caroline . . . — — Map (db m268554) HM
On Main Street at Front Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Choctaw County’s blues history is distinguished by the accomplishments of two artists in particular, both of them singers, songwriters, and guitarists; Levester “Big Lucky” Carter, who was born in Weir and raised on his family’s farm in French Camp, . . . — — Map (db m205436) HM
On Hill Street (State Road 149) at Stevens, on the left when traveling north on Hill Street.
An early Indian trail later named for Nicholas Trammel who surveyed it in 1813 for the U.S. used in describing most of the boundary between Rusk and Panola Counties. Portions of the Trace are incorporated into the County Line Road, 7/10 of a mile . . . — — Map (db m268545) HM
On West Jefferson Street at S Commerce Alley, on the left when traveling west on West Jefferson Street.
Caledonia Armstrong Trench
Caledonia Armstrong, daughter of Martha Jane Isbell and George Armstrong, was born May 28, 1876, in Panola County, Mississippi. She married Daniel MacKay Trench in Waelder, Texas. They settled in Old Greer County in, . . . — — Map (db m289611) HM
On County Road 433 0.1 miles north of County Road 430, on the left when traveling north.
Organized as Methodist Church Concord; had a house of worship before 1858. Present site was deeded to church Nov. 28, 1876, by E.S. Hull. This building was erected by men of community in winter of 1876-1877. About 1900 name was changed to conform . . . — — Map (db m290720) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
