On Faulkenberry Road 0.1 miles south of E Yeagua Street (State Highway 164).
Born December 28, 1817. An early Ranger in the Texas War for Independence. Member, Captain Seale's Company 1835-36 that was organized agreeable to order from the Council of Texas. Died September 6, 1875. — — Map (db m293415) HM
On Farm to Market Road 3371 0.2 miles east of E Navasota (Farm to Market Road 937), on the left when traveling east.
Arkansas native Obediah Cox and his wife Angeline (Glover) settled in the Ferguson Prairie (Old Union) community in 1864, following his service in the Civil War. After Angeline's death, Cox wed her sister, Eliza, and they bought several tracts of . . . — — Map (db m293347) HM
On West State Street at Ellis Street, on the right when traveling east on West State Street.
Following the American Civil War and emancipation of slaves in 1865, it was not until 1871 that African Americans in Texas were able to uniformly register to vote, following the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. . . . — — Map (db m304441) HM
On Faulkenberry Road 0.1 miles south of E Yeagua Street, on the left when traveling south.
David Faulkenberry, believed to have been born in South Carolina circa 1795, wed Nancy Douthit in 1814 in Tennessee. The couple had seven children. The family was part of Daniel Parker's Pilgrim Church, an Illinois congregation that came to Texas in . . . — — Map (db m293414) HM
On North Ellis Street (State Highway 14) at West Sabine Street, on the right when traveling north on North Ellis Street.
When Groesbeck was founded in 1871, on Houston & Texas Central Railroad, Old Springfield (5 mi. NW) was bypassed. Some Baptists from the church founded there in 1846 moved here. Visited by William Carey Crane, J.B. Link, Z.N. Morrell and other . . . — — Map (db m164699) HM
On West State Street at South Dr. J.B. Riggs Drive, on the left when traveling east on West State Street.
The Rev. Mordecai Yell conducted the first Methodist worship services in Groesbeck in 1871, the year this congregation was founded. Early worship services were held in a community building on N. Waco Street until the first sanctuary was completed . . . — — Map (db m164698) HM
Near Park Road 35 0.2 miles north of County Highway 401.
Built 1834 for protection from Indians. Named for leaders who brought First Predestinarian Baptist Church body to Texas. Elder Daniel Parker, his father, Elder John, brothers Jas. W., Benjamin, Silas, John. Also here were Kellogg, Frost, Nixon, . . . — — Map (db m166812) HM WM
On Fort Park Memorial Cemetery Road 0.4 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1245, on the right when traveling east.
Site of the grave of victims of the massacre at Fort Parker by Comanche and Kiowa Indians on May 19, 1836, in which Cynthia Ann Parker and others were captured.
The trunk of the oak tree under which they were buried still stands, and the grave . . . — — Map (db m159048) HM
On North Ellis Street (State Highway 14) at County Highway 412, on the right when traveling north on North Ellis Street.
Developers established the town of Groesbeck in February 1871, and Groesbeck College opened two months later on Trinity Street. Education for African American children dates from 1881, when trustees bought an acre of land adjacent to the Lone Star . . . — — Map (db m164700) HM
On West Navasota Street at Ellis Street, on the left when traveling west on West Navasota Street.
The Grand Masonic Lodge of Texas chartered this lodge June 14, 1872. It was set to labor on July 10, with J. J. Lewis as the First Worshipful Master. Lodge membership has included such distinguished Texans as L. L. Foster (1851-1901), a member and . . . — — Map (db m292082) HM
On Ellis Street (State Highway 14) at West State Street, on the right when traveling north on Ellis Street.
A state representative, 1885-1886; Speaker of the House, 1885-1886. President of Texas A. & M., 1898-1901. Appointed by Gov. James S. Hogg to newly-formed commission, created to regulate shipping rates and practices. In his term, 1891-1895, . . . — — Map (db m164694) HM
On West State Street at Ellis Street (State Highway 14), on the right when traveling north on West State Street.
Limestone County was established in 1846. Springfield served as the first county seat, but geographic boundary changes and the burning of the Springfield Courthouse led to the designation of Groesbeck as the county seat in December 1873. Three . . . — — Map (db m164697) HM
On Ellis Street (State Highway 14) at West State Street, on the right when traveling north on Ellis Street.
Dedicated to the memory of the heroes of Limestone County who gave their lives in defense of their country in the World War
Erected by Sim B. Ashburn Post No. 88 American Legion Nov. 11. 1929 — — Map (db m164696) HM
On Farm to Market Road 3371 at County Road 806, on the left when traveling north on Road 3371.
Established by volunteers in 1846; the sponsoring group formed about 1900. According to legend, a man lost in the surrounding woods named the site when he stumbled onto the prairie. The graves of many early settlers include Azariah G. Moore, a . . . — — Map (db m293350) HM
Near Fort Park Memorial Cemetery Road 0.4 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1245.
Daughter of local pioneers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Cull Sanders, and graduate of Kidd - Key College. Married C.D. Kelly in 1910. A Groesbeck Club Woman; served as treasurer, Texas Federation of Women's Clubs, when State Headquarters were being built in . . . — — Map (db m159055) HM
On Farm to Market Road 3371 at County Road 806, on the left when traveling north on Road 3371.
Born in Georgia, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hawkins, Mary Ellephan Hawkins was married in 1847 in Alabama to William Jay Reeves. The couple and their young children moved to Texas about 1855. While her husband served in Company F, 15th Texas . . . — — Map (db m293355) HM
Near Park Road 35 0.2 miles north of County Highway 401.
The stockade-blockhouse fortress that you see here today is a replica of the original fort built in 1834 by eight or nine Illinois families who had come to the Mexican state of Texas in 1832 and 1833. This structure, architecturally, is typical of . . . — — Map (db m186722) HM
On County Road 454 0.5 miles north of County Road 453, on the right when traveling north.
Luther Thomas Martin Plummer and his wife Rachel (Parker) arrived in what is now Limestone County in 1834. They received a Mexican land grant for 3,321 acres in this area the next year. In 1836, Rachel, her son James, and her cousin Cynthia Ann . . . — — Map (db m293413) HM
April 8, 1782
An early Ranger in the Texas War for
Independence. Member, Captain Seale's
Company 1835-1836 that was organized
"agreeable to order
from the Council of Texas."
October 15, 1860 — — Map (db m225706) HM
On South Ellis Street (Texas Route 14) south of Elwood enge Drive (County Road 3401), on the right when traveling south.
The first known school for Groesbeck's African American community was established about two miles southeast of town in 1882 when land was deeded to the county to be used for educational purposes. When the school district formed in 1890, a new . . . — — Map (db m292083) HM
