On County Road 778 0.2 miles north of County Road 776, on the left when traveling north.
Brinkley Davis and his family, including his daughter Mary Ellen, moved to this area from Indiana in 1833. Brinkley Davis received a land grant of about 4500 acres from the Mexican government in 1835, and the surrounding area became known as Davis . . . — — Map (db m294833) HM
On County Road 725 0.4 miles south of State Highway 14, on the left when traveling south.
The Richard Eaton family came to Texas in 1833 as members of the Robertson Colony. They moved to this area about 1845 and established a home and farm. The oldest grave in this cemetery, which was established on the family farm, is that of Richard's . . . — — Map (db m293416) HM
On County Road 742 0.5 miles north of County Road 740.
The area surrounding this graveyard was known as McKenzie Prairie, named for Joseph S. McKenzie and his family who settled here in 1853. The oldest grave here is that of Elizabeth Etemon and her infant daughter, who died while traveling through the . . . — — Map (db m293418) HM
On Farm to Market Road 147 at Farm to Market Road 339, on the left when traveling east on Road 147.
The Odds community, a dispersed agricultural settlement, was founded upon the arrival of the David Barron family circa 1854. Additional settlers soon arrived in the area, including the John Wilford Erskine family, R. A. McAllister and the William . . . — — Map (db m293341) HM
On Sansom Cemetery Road (County Road 735) 1 mile north of Sterling Robertson Dam Rd.
Dr. J.L. Sansom deeded two acres of land for burial purposes to be known as the Sansom Cemetery. The following names are the ex-service men that fought in the Confederate Army from 1861 to 1865 and are laid to rest in this cemetery.
Dr. J.L. . . . — — Map (db m293419) HM
On Sansom Cemetery Road (County Road 735) 1 mile north of Sterling Robertson Dam Rd, on the right when traveling north.
Dr. J. L. Sansom deeded two acres of land for burial purposes to be known as the Sansom Cemetery — 1877. The following names are the ex-servicemen that fought in the Confederate Army from 1861–1865 and are laid to rest in this cemetery.
Dr. . . . — — Map (db m293420) HM
On Sansom Cemetery Road (County Road 735) 1 mile north of Sterling Robertson Dam Rd, on the right when traveling north.
Located on a tributary of the Navasota River known as Running Branch, this cemetery has been in use since the days of Reconstruction in Texas. Soon after the end of the Civil War, a group of settlers, including Dr. J. L. Sansom, P. K. McKenzie, and . . . — — Map (db m293421) HM
On Farm to Market Road 1246 at County Road 758, on the left when traveling east on Road 1246.
The fine white clay mined near here was used at this shop from the 1840's to 1912 to make pitchers, jars, crocks, churns, flower pots, and ornamental urns, which were used locally and shipped out of county.
In the 1870's the shop, built by . . . — — Map (db m293343) HM
On E Navasota Street (County Highway 746) at Farm to Market Road 937, on the left when traveling east on E Navasota Street.
Settlers at the turn of the 20th century educated their children in small schools within walking distance of their homes. Limestone County schools in this area were Union, established in 1895; Independence, 1897; Mount Joy, 1911; and Barnett Prairie . . . — — Map (db m293346) HM
On East 8th Street at N Smith Street, on the right when traveling west on East 8th Street.
Thornton was established in 1871 by the Texas Central Railroad and had a post office by 1873. By 1880, the town had approximately 200 residents and three churches, as well as several businesses and a Masonic lodge. Early schools included the . . . — — Map (db m292107) HM
On Tidwell Road 0.2 miles north of County Road 648.
Settlement in this area along Steele Creek began in the 1850s. Known by several names over the years — including Steele Creek, Tidwell, Shady Grove and Pleasant Grove — the community centered around a Methodist church named for the Rev. David J. . . . — — Map (db m293342) HM
