On Farm to Market Road 128 at County Road 3500, on the right when traveling east on Farm to Market Road 128.
Early settlers, who came to this area from Giles County, Tenn., founded an academy at this site in 1859, hired fellow-Tennessean Thomas Hart Benton Hockaday (1835-1918) as the first teacher, and named the new school in memory of their southern . . . — — Map (db m311131) HM
On Farm to Market Road 64 at County Road 3655, on the left when traveling west on Farm to Market Road 64.
After a noted career as an educator and founder of Giles Academy (4 mi. east), Virginia-born Thomas Hart Benton Hockaday (1835-1918) bought more than 280 acres in this area in 1870. He farmed the land and built and operated a cotton gin. He later . . . — — Map (db m311130) HM
