The final resting place of many Houston County pioneers, this cemetery has been in continuous use since the 1850s. It is located on four acres of land donated by Lucinda C. Sheridan Murchison (1808-1862), widow of early property owner John Sheridan. . . . — — Map (db m245627) HM
A fine example of rural Union churches, this building has served a number of denominations in the Augusta community. It also served as a schoolhouse in the community's early years. Probably built in the 1850s, the church evolved to its current . . . — — Map (db m245648) HM
This area's earliest settlers; from North Carolina. McLean came to Texas in 1813 with Guttierez-Magee Expedition, seeking to free Mexico from Spain. Returning when Austin opened Texas to Anglo-American colonization, he took up land in 1824 on San . . . — — Map (db m245623) HM
A native of Illinois, Darius H. Edens moved to Texas in 1831. He served in a Texas Army infantry unit commanded by Thomas J. Rusk in 1836. A surveyor by trade, he worked in present Houston and Anderson counties. He and partner James E. Box platted . . . — — Map (db m245645) HM
Named for Dr. J.W. Hayes (1854-1932), who came from Tennessee to Texas in 1860s and was a trail driver, locomotive engineer, and rancher. Entering Kentucky School of Medicine at 40, he graduated and became missionary to Indians. Settled here early . . . — — Map (db m245619) HM
John and Lucinda (Nugent) Sheridan left North Carolina in the mid-1820s and became two of Houston County's first permanent settlers. John (Apr. 5, 1796 – May 10, 1837), a former Texas Ranger, was killed by Indians in what is now Anderson County. . . . — — Map (db m245643) HM
Now Memory and Time Will Hold a Treasured Roll of the Soldiers Bold. A Bugle Call for the Brave Who Came; a Salute of Honor for Every Name.
2nd Panel
Republic of Texas Veterans
Darius H Edens •
*John Sheridan* •
George . . . — — Map (db m246031) WM
Settled 1821 by frontiersman Daniel McLean and brother-in- law John Sheridan. Aldrich, Davis, Edens, Kyle, Madden, and Wilson families soon located here also.
Indian troubles included Edens-Madden massacre and killings of McLean and Sheridan . . . — — Map (db m245621) HM
A famous tragedy of the 1830s. While able-bodied men were away fighting Indians, six or seven women, some young children, and four elderly men - most of them relatives – were at home of John Edens (2.4 mi. SW of here). Indians attacked, killing . . . — — Map (db m245625) HM
