Historical Markers in Joaquin

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Historical Markers in Joaquin

1 ► Texas, Shelby County, Joaquin — 7688 — B.F. Morris and the Town of Joaquin —

Alabama-born Benjamin Franklin Morris (1827-1900) came to Texas in 1838 and settled in the area that became the pioneer village of Sarat. A prosperous farmer and rancher, he gave right of way through 500 acres of his land to the Houston, East & . . . — — Map (db m212225) HM

2 ► Texas, Shelby County, Joaquin — 16832 — Brookland Cemetery —

Georgia natives Henry L. and William Rubin Brook, brothers who married sisters Mary Jane and Caroline E. Henry, respectively, migrated from Alabama to Shelby County by 1850. Henry Brook settled 320 acres through an 1845 Republic of Texas Act . . . — — Map (db m160610) HM

3 ► Texas, Shelby County, Joaquin — 15804 — Lone Cedar Cemetery —

Lone Cedar Cemetery was founded on land that was part of a 1280-acre grant issued to Josiah White in 1841. White subsequently set aside two acres for a cemetery and another acre for a school. A church was organized in 1892 and eventually took the . . . — — Map (db m268286) HM

4 ► Texas, Shelby County, Joaquin — 14444 — Sholar Cemetery —

Several families from Henry County, Alabama, settled in this area in 1846, including the John and Nancy (Kirkland) Scott family. Their son William sold his brother-in-law David Sholar 111 acres here in 1850. This site became a burial ground in the . . . — — Map (db m268287) HM

5 ► Texas, Shelby County, Joaquin — 12682 — Site of Truitt Community —

Also known as Willow Grove, this early Texas community was named for its founder, pioneer settler James Truitt (1795-1870). Truitt was a Republic of Texas congressman, a state legislator and military company leader in the Regulator-Moderator War . . . — — Map (db m268288) HM

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