On State Highway 63 at County Road 2799, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 63.
Important river shipping and trading point; was made seat of Bevil municipality, 1834. Named for John Bevil, Texas Ranger, a delegate (1835) to Consultation on Texas Independence, Chief Justice of Jasper County (1839), farmer. On Angelina River, . . . — — Map (db m136893) HM
On North Main Street at East Lamar Street, on the right when traveling north on North Main Street.
Jasper County
Included in the Empresario grant to Lorenzo de Zavala in 1829.
Created the municipality of Bevil in 1834, in honor of John Bevil, early settler.
Name changed by the provisional government of Texas, December 3, 1835 . . . — — Map (db m128583) HM
Near Jackson Avenue near South Border Street, on the left when traveling west.
A native of Talladega, Alabama, Samuel Sholars moved with his parents to Jasper County in 1858. A Confederate army veteran, Dr. Sholars received his medical degree in 1872. He practiced medicine in Orange, founded Sholars Drugstore, served as . . . — — Map (db m141709) HM
Near Navasota Street north of East 7th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Born in Virginia, June 4, 1778. Died in Jasper County, March 2, 1850. A delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Missouri, 1821. Senator in Legislature of Missouri. Second in command in the Fredonian War in Texas, 1826. Member of the . . . — — Map (db m26205) HM
On U.S. 96 at Brewster Road (County Highway 301), on the right when traveling north on U.S. 96.
Stephen Williams was born in North Carolina and was the fourth child of blacksmith Richard Williams, Jr. In 1778, he enlisted for the first of what would be many times in the armed forces. Enlisting three times in the United States Army, Williams . . . — — Map (db m136731) HM
On E 20th Street at Paige Street on E 20th Street.
Tennessee native John McQueen Taylor came to Texas with his family in 1829 as a settler in the Empresario Grant of Lorenzo de Zavala. Taylor fought in the Anahuac disturbances of 1834 and later, as a soldier in the Texas army, he participated in . . . — — Map (db m23483) HM
On North 1st Street at South Main Street, on the right on North 1st Street.
This community grew out of Spring Hill (4mi. NE), the oldest settlement in Navarro County. A Republic of Texas Indian agent, Dr. George Washington Hill, started Spring Hill in 1838 as a trading post to improve relationships with the Indians. . . . — — Map (db m214233) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1414 0.4 miles south of County Road 2069, on the left when traveling south.
Brothers Sebern (1809-1865), Allen (1814-1887) and John Woods and their families were living in Yalobusha County, Mississippi, in 1840. They traveled to the Republic of Texas with their parents, John (1785-1863) and Mary (b. 1790) Woods, in the . . . — — Map (db m290449) HM
On Bull Street near Macon Street, on the right when traveling south.
Sergeant William Jasper, the famed Revolutionary hero, was mortally wounded a few hundred yards northwest of this spot on October 9, 1779, in the ill-fated attack of the American and French forces on the British defenses around Savannah. The . . . — — Map (db m5455) HM
On North Bowie Street north of College Street, on the right when traveling north.
During the late 1830s, the Rev. Moses Spear came to Texas and organized a Methodist circuit that included the town of Jasper. A congregation soon was established. In 1839, the Rev. Daniel Carl became first pastor. Jasper Methodists held worship . . . — — Map (db m136892) HM
On State Highway 96 north of Farm to Market Road 1005, on the right when traveling south.
Local tradition and Baptist church records indicate that the Zion Hill Missionary Baptist Church was organized in 1852 with the Rev. John Bean as first pastor. The first church building on this site is thought to have been a small log house. On . . . — — Map (db m136878) HM
On Court Street (U.S. 190), on the right when traveling west.
Georgia native William Blewett came to Texas with his family in 1849. They settled first in Jasper County, where he was District Surveyor about 1853. He married a cousin, Nancy Adams; they later became the parents of 6 children. In 1858 they moved . . . — — Map (db m128590) HM
On Jackson Avenue west of Border Street, on the left when traveling west.
A native of Ireland, Alexander "Sandy" Gilmer came to the United States in 1846 at the age of seventeen. Settling first in Georgia, he worked for his brother John, who had a contract to supply ship masts to the French government. Later the brothers . . . — — Map (db m141239) HM
Near Muldoon Cemeteries Lane 0.1 miles north of Farm to Market Road 2237.
Born 1816 Came to Texas in 1830. Participated in the Battle of San Jacinto as a member of
Captain William Wood's Company
Died 1896 in Flatonia Texas — — Map (db m220219) HM
On East Lamar Street east of North Main Street, on the right when traveling east.
Jasper County was one of the original twenty-three counties created when the Republic of Texas was established in 1836 following the Texas Revolution. Bevil Settlement, established by pioneer John Bevil about 1824, became the seat of government and . . . — — Map (db m128582) HM
Important river navigation point, 1830-1860. Established by John Bevil in whose honor the municipality was first named in 1834 with Bevilport as seat of justice. A mail station in 1835. County seat of Jasper County, 1836-1837. Incorporated . . . — — Map (db m136970) HM
On North Main Street south of Verna Street, on the right when traveling south.
Salesman J. T. Waggoner, Jr. (1860-1942) and his wife Sadie (Scarborough) (1870-1955) built this residence in 1927. It is closely associated with Mrs. Waggoner, a civic leader and longtime Jasper County school teacher affectionately known as "Miss . . . — — Map (db m201888) HM
On North Webb Street at West Daugherty Street, on the right when traveling south on North Webb Street.
Joseph W. Aylor (1839-1917) was one of 14 children. By 1861, Joseph was a member of the Army, actively engaged in the battles of Lexington, Pea Ridge, Prairie Grove, Jenkins' Ferry, and Pleasant Hill. Afterward, he found himself in Texas with only . . . — — Map (db m272208) HM
On South Main Street at Water Street, on the right when traveling north on South Main Street.
Twice the property of Beaty family members, this lot was purchased by Thomas Beaty in 1843 and sold in 1851. His grandson, John T. Beaty (1855-1937), acquired the site again in 1888 and erected this 2-story Victorian residence of native pine. A . . . — — Map (db m136277) HM
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