Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sugar Land, Texas
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Sugar Land is in Fort Bend County
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A veteran of "Swamp Fox" Francis Marion's South Carolina brigade during the American Revolution,
Alexander Hodge (b. 1760) brought his family to Texas in 1825. Hodge was prominent among
the "Old Three Hundred" settlers; his sons fought in the . . . — — Map (db m27747) HM
Prior to the Civil War, this rich river bottom land was known for its cotton, corn and sugar cane crops and sugar mill. With the emancipation of slaves in 1865, area plantation owners struggled to work the fields and mill. In 1878, landowners L.A. . . . — — Map (db m157744) HM
Alonzo Richmond Green, also known as Lonnie, is the only Sugar Land soldier who lost his life while serving in World War I. Lonnie was born in Sebastopol, Mississippi, on Dec. 21, 1892. He moved to Sugar Land with his family sometime between 1912 . . . — — Map (db m210002) HM WM
Tennessean William Joseph Stafford and his second wife, Martha Cartwright, moved their family to this area in 1822 as part of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colony. Here they reared eight children and developed a plantation with a sugar cane mill and . . . — — Map (db m202071) HM
Methodist services in Sugar Land date back to as early as 1910, when Rev. C.C. Miller organized an informal church. There was no full-time minister, and activities such as evangelical worship services, bible study and hymn singing were intermittent. . . . — — Map (db m202062) HM
In memory of the former students of Sugar Land High School, who gave their lives in World War II that future generations might enjoy free education.
Joe W. Boston, Jr. • Manuel Carillo • Pete Hernandez • Earl G. (Jack) Hill • Alvin Kadlecek • . . . — — Map (db m210003) WM
A public school was established as early as 1912 for families moving to the company town of Sugar Land. In 1918, the State Legislature created Sugar Land Independent School District No.17, with the requirement that at least two of the seven board . . . — — Map (db m157771) HM
The center of the sugar industry from Texas colonial days and the site of the first sugar refinery in Texas located by S. M. Williams on land granted to him by the Mexican government. — — Map (db m27764) HM
Central State Farm's roots trace to the late 1870s, when the original 5235 acres of the sugar plantation here were worked by convict labor. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, public sentiment largely supported a self-sustaining prison system, . . . — — Map (db m28499) HM
One of the Oldest Anglo-American Cemeteries in Texas. On Aug 16, 1824, the Mexican Government Deeded Him 6.8197 Acres.
William Joseph Stafford Mar. 22, 1764 - Sept. 23, 1840
Martha Ann Cartwright Stafford Jan. 28, 1800 - Mar. 14, 1842 . . . — — Map (db m202072) HM
