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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Grimes County, Texas
Adjacent to Grimes County, Texas
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| On South Main Street (County Road 245) at Johnson Street, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street. Reported missing. |
| | Organized November 11, 1844. Baptist General Convention of Texas organized here in 1848. Twenty-three of Texas' thirty-four Baptist churches were represented. Present building was constructed with native rock by slave labor and finished in 1855. . . . — — Map (db m128637) HM |
| On South Main Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Built in 1834 by Henry Fanthorp as a home for his bride, Rachel Kennard. Enlarged for hotel purpose. Served as first mercantile establishment and first post office (1835) in the region. Here Kenneth Lewis Anderson, Vice-President of the Republic of . . . — — Map (db m118940) HM |
| On South Main Street (Loop State Highway 429) at West Buffington Avenue, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street. |
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On road used 1690 by Spanish explorer Alonso de Leon. In 1821 Andrew Millican began settlement. Henry Fanthorp opened his inn 1834, a post office 1835. Kenneth Anderson, last Vice-President, Republic of Texas, died at Fanthorp's, 1845. After his . . . — — Map (db m118977) HM |
| On South Main Street (Loop State Highway 429) at West Buffington Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street. |
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Unique Victorian Texas public building. Third courthouse here. Site, in an 1824 land grant from Mexico, was donated 1850 by Henry Fanthorp, first permanent settler in county.
Built 1891 of hand-molded brick with native stone trim. Vault is . . . — — Map (db m118975) HM |
| On South Main Street (Loop State Highway 429) at Buffington Avenue, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street. |
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Civil War military concentration point for troops and ordnance. Rich farm land.
By 1861 densely populated. Favored secession by 907 to 9 vote. Sent 5 cavalry, 4 infantry companies to Confederate Army.
Arms and ordnance works at Anderson . . . — — Map (db m118976) HM |
| On South Main Street (State Highway 429) at Buffington Lane, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street. |
| | Mathew Caldwell was called Paul Revere of the Texas Revolution. Caldwell’s daughters Lucy Ann and Martha Elizabeth came to Grimes County from Gonzales. Martha E. Married Isham Dixon Davis and settled N. Grimes County at Mesa, near Iola, by 1846. . . . — — Map (db m111903) HM |
| | Front:
Erected by the State of Texas
in memory of
Kenneth Lewis Anderson
Born in Hillsboro, North Carolina, Sept. 11, 1805
District Judge, Speaker of the House of the Sixth Congress
and last Vice President of the Republic of Texas . . . — — Map (db m118937) HM |
| On Fanthorp Street 0.1 miles south of Apalonia Avenue (Farm to Market Road 1774), on the right when traveling north. |
| | This short stretch of road is the last remaining local portion of two very important early Texas roads. La Bahia Road (early 1700's) was an old Spanish military road that forked southwesterly from the Old San Antonio Road west of Nacogdoches, to . . . — — Map (db m118974) HM |
| | Born in Tennessee. In 1828 he and family joined Robertson's Colony, bound for Texas. Arrived in 1830, probably having stopped to "make a crop" along the way.
Lived in present Grimes County; was granted a third of a league of land in Robertson's . . . — — Map (db m118939) HM |
| On South Main Street (County Highway 245) south of West Apalonia Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | This historic bridge was originally located on CR 263 (known locally as CR 180) over Rocky Creek. Constructed around 1905, the Warren pony truss measured 50 feet in length and is a rare survivor of a once-common structure. The single-span, four . . . — — Map (db m111910) HM |
| On County Highway 244 1 mile west of State Highway 90, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Of the Southern Confederacy established in 1861 · In operation until 1865 · Cannon, cannon balls, guns, pistols, swords, sabers, bayonets and gun powder were manufactured
Erected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m157882) HM |
| On Houston Street at West Apalonia Avenue (Farm to Market Road 1774), on the left when traveling south on Houston Street. |
| | Built before 1860. Log walls are unspliced. Slaves hand-hewed the timbers, stones, made doors, window shutters. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965 — — Map (db m157834) HM |
| On South Main Street (Loop State Highway 429) at West Buffington Avenue, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street. |
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In memory of
Colonel Benjamin Fort Smith,
Dr. Robert C. Neblett, Veterans of
The War of 1812
Colonel Benjamin F. Smith
Veteran of the Black Hawk War, 1832
Jared E. Groce, Joshua Hadley
William Robinson, delegates to the
First . . . — — Map (db m118943) HM |
| Near County Highway 108 at Sollock Lane, on the left when traveling west. |
| | In 1822, at the age of seven, Katy Holland migrated to Texas with her parents as a member of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" Colony. Her life reflects the harshness of frontier life in Texas. Twice widowed before her marriage to William Cobb in the . . . — — Map (db m158888) HM |
| On County Highway 108 at Sollock Lane, on the left when traveling west on County Highway 108. |
| | Zion Cemetery is the final resting place of early pioneers of Grimes County and their descendants whose memory is preserved here. Methodist Episcopal Church, South, now known as Zion United Methodist Church, formed in 1852 when settlers purchased . . . — — Map (db m158885) HM |
| Near Courtney Cemetery Road 0.1 miles north of County Highway 327. |
| | Located on land which is adjacent to the 1873 subdivision of Courtney known as McAlpine town this cemetery was established by developer Dugald McAlpine (1795 - 1876). The oldest documented grave in the cemetery is that of W.S. Draper (1828 - . . . — — Map (db m159520) HM |
| On Nolan Street at Holland Street, on the right when traveling north on Nolan Street. |
| | Organized in 1866, drawing members from old church at Washington, Texas. First building, erected in 1876, was replaced in 1894 by this Victorian Edifice finely crafted in the taste of its English builders. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark . . . — — Map (db m159691) HM |
| On Holland Street at South Brewer Street, on the right when traveling east on Holland Street. |
| | The first worship services of the Methodist Church in Navasota were held in 1853 in the community schoolhouse. The Rev. T.W. Blake served as part - time pastor for most of the Antebellum and Civil War years.
In 1866 the Houston & Texas Central . . . — — Map (db m159575) HM |
| On McAlpine Street at South LaSalle Street, on the right when traveling north on McAlpine Street. |
| | Frank Augustus Hamer became the Navasota City Marshal in 1908, after the Navasota City Council made a plea to the Governor of Texas for help. Grimes County had become a battleground for the decade prior to his arrival plagued with political and . . . — — Map (db m159681) HM |
| On South LaSalle Street (State Highway 6B) at State Highway 515, on the left when traveling north on South LaSalle Street. |
| | Around 1865, Reverend J.J. Reinhart established the Navasota Colored School for African American students. After several buildings were destroyed by fire, a brick building was built in 1942. A few years later, the school became officially known as . . . — — Map (db m159522) HM |
| On South LaSalle Street (State Highway 6B) at Teague Street, on the left when traveling north on South LaSalle Street. |
| | This Methodist Congregation was founded in 1860, and worshipped with the Baptist Church in shared facilities in Navasota. A church building was erected in 1866 in what was called "Freeman's Town". The Methodist group was formally organized in . . . — — Map (db m159525) HM |
| On East Washington Avenue (State Highway 105) at Brule Drive, on the right when traveling west on East Washington Avenue. |
| | Eliza Johnson (d.1876) had this building constructed in 1874 following a fire which destroyed several structures on the block. It was made of limestone rubble to comply with a city ordinance requiring all new construction to include fireproof . . . — — Map (db m159666) HM |
| On State Highway 6 8.7 miles north of U.S. 290, on the right when traveling south. |
| | A faithful Negro slave. Came to nearby Courtney, Grimes County in 1851 with his master, John W. S. West from North Carolina. West was a prominent and wealthy pioneer planter and landowner.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, West sent Kelly "to . . . — — Map (db m119574) HM |
| On East Washington Avenue at Old Millican Road, on the left when traveling west on East Washington Avenue. |
| | Treacherously slain by his own men near this spot in March 1687 Born Rouen France November 22 1643 Explorer of the Mississippi River Frontier Statesman - Empire Builder A Nobleman in Rank and Character — — Map (db m159591) HM |
| On McAlpine Street at Church Street, on the left when traveling east on McAlpine Street. |
| | In 1864, Bishop Alexander Gregg organized an Episcopal Mission in Navasota that became a Parish in 1866. Originally known as the Church of the Holy Comforter, it was renamed in 1870, when the church building from St. Paul's in Washington (7 mi. . . . — — Map (db m159580) HM |
| On East Washington Avenue (State Highway 105) 0.1 miles north of Craig Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built by Ira M. Freeman, 1856; Way Station and Hotel for passengers on several stage lines through city.
Two-story pine building housed many travelers, among them, Sam Houston. Important visitors, officers stayed here in Civil War. Coaches and . . . — — Map (db m159583) HM |
| On Church Street at Holland Street, on the right when traveling north on Church Street. |
| | In the spring of 1860, six men formed this church, one of the first of any faith in the railroad town of Navasota. By fall there were 52 members, and growth continued. Services were held in the town's schoolhouse, and then in a Methodist church, . . . — — Map (db m159530) HM |
| On West Washington Avenue (State Highway 105) at 10th Street, on the right when traveling west on West Washington Avenue. |
| | A native of Connecticut Lewis J. Wilson (1832–1895) moved with his parents to Grimes County in 1851. His father Samuel opened a general merchandise business in Anderson. Lewis managed the store until 1861 when he left to serve in the Civil . . . — — Map (db m159676) HM |
| On West Washington Avenue at 10th Street, on the left when traveling west on West Washington Avenue. |
| | Local Architect, Contractor and Stonemason James Davern and his brother-in-law C.C. Camp built this commercial edifice in the 1880s. Constructed of cement-covered stone rubble, it was remodeled with renaissance revival detailing in the 1890s, . . . — — Map (db m159645) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1774 at County Road 313, on the right when traveling north on Road 1774. |
| | Settlers mostly from the Lower South (Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia) settled this part of Grimes County near John's Creek. By the late 19th century, Blackberry became a largely African-American settlement. Most families raised livestock . . . — — Map (db m128635) HM |
| On St. Marys Drive (County Road 205) 0.1 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1774, on the left when traveling east. |
| | The first recorded visit of a Catholic priest to Plantersville occurred in the summer of 1860. Infrequent worship services subsequently were held at the home of James Kelly Markey until the first church building was constructed in 1873.
An . . . — — Map (db m128636) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2562 0.5 miles south of County Highway 217, on the left when traveling south. |
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| On Railroad Avenue 0.1 miles south of State Highway 30, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Organized 1854. First pastor was George W. Baines, great grandfather of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson. Congregation worshipped in school room till 1872 when present church was built. Church was moved to this site in 1913. Recorded . . . — — Map (db m158880) HM |
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