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Historical Markers in Chambers County, Texas

 
Clickable Map of Chambers County, Texas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Chambers County, TX (38) Galveston County, TX (340) Harris County, TX (509) Jefferson County, TX (124) Liberty County, TX (91)  ChambersCounty(38) Chambers County (38)  GalvestonCounty(340) Galveston County (340)  HarrisCounty(509) Harris County (509)  JeffersonCounty(124) Jefferson County (124)  LibertyCounty(91) Liberty County (91)
Anahuac is the county seat for Chambers County
Adjacent to Chambers County, Texas
      Galveston County (340)  
      Harris County (509)  
      Jefferson County (124)  
      Liberty County (91)  
 
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1 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — An Anchor — Fort Anahuac Park —
In the fall of 1967, while L.A. Otter and son, Alvin, were shrimping in their new boat, the Lydia Gail, in Trinity Bay near Lonesome Reef, an anchor became entangled in their net. They retrieved the anchor, and it was sandblasted and painted . . . Map (db m163903) HM
2 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9134 — Birthplace of Governor Ross Shaw Sterling (1875-1949)
Governor of Texas 1931-33, during critical years of the Depression. Born and reared on family farm here. As a youth hoeing these fields, learned to stay ahead by taking "3 or 4 licks" while others took 2. Followed this vigorous philosophy . . . Map (db m86614) HM
3 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 13808 — Black Education in Chambers County
The Texas Legislature formed Chambers County in 1858, and Wallisville became the county's first seat of government. The 1869 Texas Constitution called for the creation of free public schools for white and black children to be partially funded by the . . . Map (db m239907) HM
4 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9118 — Chambers County
Formed from Jefferson and Liberty counties. Created February 12, 1858. Organized August 2, 1858. Named in honor of General Thomas Jefferson Chambers 1802-1865 The first and only superior judge of Texas before the Revolution. Member of . . . Map (db m121264) HM
5 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 20094 — Chambers County Courthouse
Named after Texas pioneer Major General Thomas Jefferson Chambers, Chambers County was established in 1858. Until the early 20th century, Wallisville was the county seat and the location for the first three Chambers County courthouses. They were . . . Map (db m157357) HM
6 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9119 — Chambers County Youth Project Show
On July 30, 1955, members of the East and West Chambers County Farm Bureaus and their families held a picnic in Fort Anahuac Park (4 mi. S) which included a variety of youth events and games. The success of the picnic resulted in a sense of unity, . . . Map (db m60319) HM
7 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9117 — Chambersea
Built in 1845. Home of Thomas Jefferson Chambers, early civic and business leader whose love for Texas was proclaimed by the "Star" window in the west gable. The modest board-and-batten pioneer house has another unique feature in the graceful, . . . Map (db m121263) HM
8 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9121 — Events at Anahuac Leading to the Texas Revolution
In the spring of 1832, Wm. B. Travis, Patrick C. Jack and other American settlers in Texas were unjustly imprisoned by Col. Juan Bradburn, commander of the Mexican garrison at Anahuac. Bradburn's refusal to deliver his prisoners for civil trial . . . Map (db m157356) HM
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9 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9123 — Fort Anahuac
Known as Perry's Point until 1825, Anahuac was a port of entry for early Texas colonists. In 1830 the Mexican government established a military post here to collect customs duties and to enforce the law of April 6, 1830, which curtailed further . . . Map (db m117180) HM
10 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9124 — Fort Anahuac
On this site first known as Perry's Point, a fort, established in 1830 by General Manuel Mier y Terán for the purpose of halting Anglo-American colonization was named Anahuac, the Aztec name of Mexico City, then the capital of Texas. The . . . Map (db m117183) HM
11 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 12651 — Graydon
The farming community of Graydon flourished along the west fork of Double Bayou at the turn of the century. Benjamin F. Sterling (1831-1917), one of the earliest settlers in the area, brought his family here in 1869. He is credited . . . Map (db m121360) HM
12 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9116 — Home of Thomas Jefferson Chambers1802 - 1865
Surveyor General of Texas, 1829. Sole superior judge of Texas before 1836. Active in the cause of independence. Member of Secession Convention, 1861. Chambersea, later Anahuac, and a Texas county were named in his honor.Map (db m121340) HM
13 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 12650 — James Taylor White
A veteran of the War of 1812, James Taylor White (b.1789) migrated to this area from Louisiana in 1828. As a rancher, he developed one of the largest herds of Longhorn cattle in southeast Texas. On White's ranch in June 1832, area colonists . . . Map (db m121266) HM
14 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9113 — Juan Davis Bradburn
Adventurer from Kentucky who first came to Texas in 1817 with an expedition seeking to expel Spain from North America. Bradburn served in the Army of the Republic of Mexico in the 1820s, and in 1830 was sent to establish a military post at the mouth . . . Map (db m117179) HM
15 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9126 — Lone Star Canal
Berriman Richard Garland (1840-1918), a native of Indiana, saw the need for fresh water for rice crops in east Chambers County. Garland and A. L. Williams began in 1902 acquiring land and constructing this irrigation canal. It started at the mouth . . . Map (db m121261) HM
16 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9140 — Robert McAlpin Williamson(1804-1859) — Hero of Colonial Struggle at Anahuac —
Crippled by disease at 15, with a leg permanently bent at the knee, wore a pegleg which like his two natural legs was covered with his trousers. Hence he was nicknamed "Three-Legged Willie." Settled in Texas in 1827 to practice law. Here at . . . Map (db m117181) HM
17 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9131 — Round Point
This area on Trinity Bay, three miles south of the town of Anahuac, was called Round Point as early as 1828 when Anson Taylor (1791-1831) settled here. A native of South Carolina, Taylor emigrated to Texas from Tennessee with his wife, Elizabeth, . . . Map (db m121353) HM
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18 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9133 — The Dr. N.T. Schilling Medical Office
Nicholas T. Schilling, born in Bavaria on Nov. 28, 1845, came as a small child with his parents to the United States. He served in the Civil War (1861-65) as a youthful volunteer in the Maryland cavalry. In 1872, he received his M.D. degree from the . . . Map (db m121262) HM
19 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9136 — Turtle Bayou ResolutionsNear site of the signing of
Drafted and signed at Turtle Bayou on June 13, 1832; this first formal protest of Texas colonists against Mexican tyranny formed an early step in events that led eventually to the Texas Revolution of 1836. The settlers were protesting recent . . . Map (db m60341) HM
20 Texas, Chambers County, Anahuac — 9135 — William Barret Travis(August 9, 1809 - March 6, 1836)
Co-commander with James Bowie, siege of the Alamo. Born in South Carolina; moved with family in 1818 to Alabama, where at 19 he was admitted to the bar; came to Texas 1831. In Anahuac he joined William H. Jack and others resisting tyranny of . . . Map (db m117182) HM
21 Texas, Chambers County, Baytown — 11793 — St. Emily Methodist Church
According to oral tradition, the Methodist Episcopal Church of Old River was already located on this site when Mrs. Emily Brown, a midwife and mother of seven who had been born a slave in 1845, inherited the land from her employer. Emily deeded an . . . Map (db m190790) HM
22 Texas, Chambers County, Double Bayou — 18317 — Double Bayou Dance Hall
Nestled in the thick woods and low-lying marshlands of East Texas lies the predominantly African American community of Double Bayou, named after twin waterways in the area. The community was originally settled by rancher John Jackson around 1847. . . . Map (db m213820) HM
23 Texas, Chambers County, Double Bayou — 9132 — St. Paul United Methodist Church
This church was established in 1869 by a group of former slaves who had settled in the rural Double Bayou community. Land at this site was deeded to the congregation in the 1870s by charter member Martha Godfrey, who also donated the original tract . . . Map (db m213821) HM
24 Texas, Chambers County, Monroe City — 9079 — Anahuac Oil and Gas Field
Although oil production of major value began in Chambers County in 1916, this prolific Anahuac field was discovered on March 3, 1935, with completion of Humble Oil & Refining Company's A. D. Middleton No. 1 (1.8 mi. SE). The camp which housed Humble . . . Map (db m86624) HM
25 Texas, Chambers County, Mont Belvieu — 9080 — Amos Barber Homesite and Cemetery
Originally known as "Big Hill" and later "Barbers Hill", Mont Belvieu was first settled by Amos Barber (1814-1885). Born in Louisiana, he came to Texas as a youth and in 1848 married Susan Ann Hodges Fitzgerald (1827-1910). In 1849 he hauled logs on . . . Map (db m190777) HM
26 Texas, Chambers County, Mont Belvieu — 9081 — Barbers Hill Oil Field
While digging a 65-ft. water well near his home in 1889, Elmer W. Barber (1854-1935), whose father Amos Barber first settled this area, encountered inflammable gas near the top of the salt dome known as Barbers Hill. After the Spindletop discovery . . . Map (db m190776) HM
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27 Texas, Chambers County, Mont Belvieu — 9122 — First United Methodist Church and Cemetery of Mont Belvieu
After Amos and Ann Barber settled in the vicinity in 1849, the village became known as Barbers Hill. Early preaching services were held in the Barbers' home. Captain Robert S. Dingham, a seaman, began a Sunday School and preached in the area. . . . Map (db m190778) HM
28 Texas, Chambers County, Mont Belvieu — First United Methodist Church of Mont Belvieu
After Amos and Ann Barber settled in the vicinity in 1849, the village became known as Barbers Hill. Early preaching services were held in the Barbers' home. Captain Robert S. Dingham, a seaman, began a Sunday school and preached in the area. . . . Map (db m242747) HM
29 Texas, Chambers County, Mont Belvieu — 12582 — Henry and Amelia Griffith
The son of Joshua and Jemimah (Hazelton) Griffith, Pennsylvania native Henry Griffith (c. 1797-1869) moved to Johnson's Bayou near Opelousas, Louisiana, about 1819-20. There he met and married Amelia "Milly" Barrow (c. 1802-?), daughter of Reuben . . . Map (db m190779) HM
30 Texas, Chambers County, Old River-Winfree — 9125 — Hartman Cemetery(450 Yards South)
Robert Wiseman immigrated to Texas in 1825 and received a land grant in 1831 on the banks of Old River in what is now Chambers County. Wiseman sold his land in 1853 to Dr. Edward G. Hartman. Dr. Hartman's wife, Mary Francis Hartman, died about 1853 . . . Map (db m190789) HM
31 Texas, Chambers County, Old River-Winfree — 9129 — Old River
Formed as a channel of the meandering Trinity River, Old River rises in southwestern Liberty County and flows to the southeast, joining the Trinity in northwestern Chambers County. During the 1820s and 1830s the tributary was the center of early . . . Map (db m190780) HM
32 Texas, Chambers County, Wallisville — 9083 — Joseph Blancpain's French Trading Post
French trader Joseph Blancpain established a trading post in this vicinity in August 1754. He had been living in Natchitoches, Louisiana, where he was the owner of a mercantile store. With a small group of men, Blancpain arrived in August and . . . Map (db m117185) HM
33 Texas, Chambers County, Wallisville — 9127 — Mission Nuestra Señora de la Luz
. . . Map (db m117187) HM
34 Texas, Chambers County, Wallisville — 9128 — Mission Nuestra Senora de la Luz del Orcoquisac and Presidio San Agustin de Ahumada
Two of the most misfortune-ridden outposts of Spain in Texas, “Our Lady of the Light” mission and its auxiliary fort, were founded near here in 1756 to guard against French encroachment from the east. The two friars who were to . . . Map (db m117186) HM
35 Texas, Chambers County, Wallisville — 9138 — Site of Old Wallisville
Settled in 1825 by Elisha H. R. Wallis, a pioneer from Georgia, on land in grant of Joseph Vehlein, a contractor working to place colonists in Texas. Chambers County was organized 1858; Wallisville was made county seat. A post office was . . . Map (db m117188) HM
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36 Texas, Chambers County, Wallisville — 9139 — Wallisville Cemetery
Early settler Albert Gallatin van Pradelles (1808-1884) set aside land at this site for the burial of his grandson, William M. "Willie" Chambers, who died on his third birthday on December 10, 1878. The land surrounding the grave was established as . . . Map (db m242746) HM
37 Texas, Chambers County, Winnie — 9143 — Town of Winnie
Site is on 1835 James Hoggatt Grant from Mexico. As late as 1890s, small tracts were homesteaded here. Named for Fox Winnie (1843-1927), a contractor and investor of Newton, Kans., who with L.P. Featherstone in 1895 built Gulf & Interstate Railway . . . Map (db m213847) HM
38 Texas, Chambers County, Winnie — 9144 — Winnie-Stowell
Winnie and Stowell are two communities in northeastern Chambers County that were founded in the mid-1890s on the Gulf & Interstate Railway. The towns share a common economic history and cultural heritage and often are referred to simply as . . . Map (db m76265) HM
 
 
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Mar. 18, 2024