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By Duane Hall, June 8, 2016
Maverick Marker
GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On State Highway 158 0.3 miles east of County Road 297, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Founded in the 1870’s. Named for Samuel A. Maverick (1803-1870), who came to Texas 1835. Fought in the Texas War for Independence. In Secession Convention, 1861, he was made one of the commissioners to negotiate surrender of United States troops in . . . — — Map (db m95277) HM |
| On Worth Street (Farm to Market Road 83) at South Oak Street, on the right when traveling west on Worth Street. |
| | A borderland between Spain and the United States, 1803-1819...Entry for many Anglo-American colonists and travelers after 1820, first included in the municipality of Nacogdoches; After 1832 in the municipality of San Augustine; On December 15, 1835, . . . — — Map (db m107169) HM |
| On State Highway 21 east of State Highway 87, on the right when traveling east. |
| | John C. Hale, one of nine patriots killed at the Battle of San Jacinto, was born in Scott County, Virginia on April 3, 1806. He married Barshaba Miller in his home state in 1830, and by 1835 moved with his wife and children to Sabine County. They . . . — — Map (db m29876) HM |
| On State Highway 21 west of State Route 87, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Founded in 1828 as Red Mound Named in 1835 for Benjamin Rush Milam Seat of justice of Sabine municipality, 1835; of Sabine County, 1837-58. Incorporated December 29, 1837. Internal Revenue post during the Republic headquarters of the Quartermaster's . . . — — Map (db m29875) HM |
| On State Highway 21, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Dr. Samuel (1765-1843) and Precious Wofford (d. 1841) Thompson and their sons were among the earliest settlers of this area. Samuel Thompson served as alcalde of the San Augustine municipality and later organized area churches and schools.
. . . — — Map (db m31107) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 1514 0.2 miles north of Brown Road. |
| | Born Va., July 17, 1790. As U. S. Army officer in War of 1812, was in Battle of New Orleans, married Anne Eliza Hill, of N. C. Had 7 children. Came to Texas in 1834. Served Republic of Texas on staff of Gen. Sam Houston, 1836; . . . — — Map (db m155897) HM |
| On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 666) north of McGloin Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| | The battle of San Patricio was fought in the streets of Old San Patricio at 3:00 A.M. on February 27, 1836. The general council of the provisional government of Texas had instructed Francis W. Johnson and Dr. James Grant to lead an independent . . . — — Map (db m122042) HM |
| On Main Street (Farm to Market Road 666) at McGloin Street (County Route 1740), on the left when traveling north on Main Street. |
| | Founded in 1830 by John McMullen and James McGloin as the seat of their Irish colony under an empressario contract dated August 17, 1828 which was fulfilled by the empresarios 1830-1835.
Named in honor of Saint Patrick the Patron Saint of . . . — — Map (db m77532) HM |
| On State Highway 16 0.1 miles from East Lewis Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | A member of the party of young Texans who captured the escaping Mexican General Santa Anna after Battle of San Jacinto, during the Texas War for Independence.
Migrated from Alabama in 1828. Served in Texas army at Gonzales and Bexar (San . . . — — Map (db m155534) HM |
| Near S. 2nd Street (State Highway 6) at S. Main Street (U.S. 283), on the right when traveling east. |
| | Physician and military commander, Jack Shackelford, was born in Richmond, Virginia. He earned an M.D. degree and in 1811, moved to Winnsboro, South Carolina, where he opened his first practice and met Maria Youngue, whom he married. Shackelford . . . — — Map (db m85600) HM |
| Near Main Street (U.S. 180) at S. 1st Street, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
In Honor of the Georgia Battalion
Georgia was the only state in the Union to supply arms from its state arsenal when her sons came to Texas to join the fight for freedom. The Georgia Battalion of 5 companies of volunteers came as a . . . — — Map (db m94068) HM WM |
| On Austin Street at Runnels Street, on the left when traveling east on Austin Street. |
| | Part of the neutral ground, 1803–1819. Settled by Anglo-Americans, 1824–1836. In 1833 a district of the Municipality of Nacogdoches, known as Tenehaw. In 1835 became municipality of Tenehaw with Nashville as the seat of government. . . . — — Map (db m111000) HM |
| On North 3rd Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born in Marlboro, Mass., to Micah and Susanna Dennison (Frost) Sherman, Sidney Sherman (1805-1873) lived in Boston, New York City, and Cincinnati before settling in Newport, Ky. There he married Catherine Isabel Cox (1815-1865) in 1835; the couple . . . — — Map (db m151077) HM |
| On Harris Creek Church Road (County Road 336) 0.2 miles south of County Road 41, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
Came to Texas, 1833. Became a
soldier in the Texas army, 1836.
Was commissioned Lieutenant of
Rangers by Sam Houston, President
of Texas.
Fought for Texas during the
Vasquez and Woll invasions. Had
horse shot from under him in . . . — — Map (db m88745) HM |
| On North Grant Street (U.S. 83) at North Athens Street (Farm to Market Road 650), on the right when traveling north on North Grant Street. |
| |
A body of Texans intent on invading Mexico camped here on December 21, 1842. After being made prisoners at Salado, Mexico, they drew beans, white for life in prison, black for death. 17 members of the expedition were shot by order of General . . . — — Map (db m119463) HM |
| On South Stewart Street west of Silver Creek Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| |
William M. Rice first came to Texas in 1834 and settled in what is now Nacogdoches County, where he was involved in frontier defense and served a an alcalde in the Mexican government. He served in the Texas Revolution and was wounded in the . . . — — Map (db m147092) HM |
| On West Weatherford Street (State Highway 347 Spur) at Main Street, on the left when traveling east on West Weatherford Street. |
| | Born 1796, died at Fort Belknap 1858. Veteran of War of 1812, active in Battle of New Orleans. Veteran of Texas War of Independence 1836, Commander of Ranger Forces of Northwest Frontier 1837. Representative from Red River District in Congress of . . . — — Map (db m52516) HM |
| On Camp Bowie Boulevard at Thomas Place, on the right when traveling west on Camp Bowie Boulevard. |
| | Headquarters, 36th Division, United States Army, 1917-1919. Established to train Texas National Guard and Oklahoma National Guard, after the U.S. entered World War I, April 1917. Named for James Bowie (1795-1836), one of the commanders who died at . . . — — Map (db m28979) HM |
| On Oak Street at S. 4th Street on Oak Street. |
| |
“I shall never surrender or retreat”
Travis
Edward, James, George,
sons of Anson Taylor
died at the Alamo
March 6, 1836
Taylor County was named
for these gallant men
Erected by the John Hudnall Chapter of the . . . — — Map (db m79762) HM |
| Near Congress Avenue at W 11th Street, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Many African Americans, free and slave, supported Texas during its 1835-36 war of independence from Mexico. Although official recognition of the African American role was generally denied, recorded accounts of individual acts of bravery and . . . — — Map (db m25746) HM |
| |
A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
Secretary of the Treasury of the Republic.
Born in Tennessee, 1795. Died on Caney Creek, Matagorda County October 12, 1836 — — Map (db m25688) HM |
| | Here sleep Capt. and Mrs. Chauncey Johnson. Capt. Johnson was born in Burlington, Vermont May 1, 1798. Served in the War of 1812. Came to Texas in 1840. Captured by General Adrian Woll at San Antonio, September 11, 1842 and imprisoned in Mexico. . . . — — Map (db m25696) HM |
| | A soldier in the Army of Texas, 1835. Commander of Company C. First Regiment, Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto. Member of the 1st and 2nd Congresses of the Republic. Participated in the Woll Campaign, 1842. Member of the Senate, 5th and 8th . . . — — Map (db m25775) HM |
| | Born in Mississippi November 25, 1810. Came to Texas in 1833. A volunteer in the Army at Anahuac, 1835. Commanded a company at the Capture of San Antonio, 1835. Signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. Commanded a company at San Jacinto. First . . . — — Map (db m25676) HM |
| | Georgia native Lewis Washington came to Texas about 1835 and joined the revolutionary forces at San Antonio. A member of Col. Fannin’s staff, he served with the Georgia battalion at Refugio and Goliad. He was appointed to an office in Sam Houston’s . . . — — Map (db m26725) HM |
| | Participated in the disturbance at Anahuac June, 1832 and the storming and capture of Bexar, December 5 to 10, 1835. Born in North Carolina February 20, 1801. Died in Goliad County, Texas March 4, 1881.
Eliza Hancock Shipman
Wife of Daniel . . . — — Map (db m25666) HM |
| | A volunteer at Anahuac, 1832. Member of the Consultation, 1835. Commander of the schooner “Flash”, 1836. Most Worshipful Grand Master Grand (Masonic) Lodge of Texas, 1848-49. Born in Virginia, September 30, 1801. Died in Grimes County, . . . — — Map (db m44241) HM |
| |
Born in New York, January 8, 1801. Died in Bastrop County, Texas, October 31, 1853. Doctor-lawyer, soldier, legislator.
Delegate to the Second Convention of Texas, 1833 * Physician in the Army of Texas, 1835-1836 * Signer of the Declaration . . . — — Map (db m25888) HM |
| | Born in Kentucky 1803. Came to Texas in 1840 from Mississippi. Associate Justice, Supreme Court, 1840. Secretary of State, 1841. Attorney General, 1841-42. Charge d'affairs of the Republic of Texas to England, France and Spain 1844-45. Died in . . . — — Map (db m25693) HM |
| | Commanded Co. D., First Regiment of Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto. A member of 1st and 3rd Congresses of the Republic and later a Brigadier General of Militia. Born in Virginia Sept. 20, 1802. Died in Houston, Texas Nov. 4, 1848. His wife Eliza . . . — — Map (db m25765) HM |
| | Permanently wounded in the
Battle of San Jacinto while serving in
Captain William S. Fisher's company
Died January 18, 1842
near Old Cincinnati in
Walker County, Texas — — Map (db m158949) HM |
| Near E 11th St at Congress Ave. |
| | In 1835 E.M. Pease migrated to Texas from his native Connecticut. He joined the Texian forces at the Battle of Gonzales, Oct. 2, 1835, which initiated the Texas War for Independence. In the early days of the Republic, he worked as a government clerk . . . — — Map (db m26210) HM |
| | Henry Smith (1788-1851) immersed himself in public affairs soon after arriving in Texas in 1827. Initially a local political leader in what is now Brazoria County, he was appointed in 1835 as a delegate to the San Felipe Consultation, which met to . . . — — Map (db m26540) HM |
| | Participated in the Capture
of San Antonio, 1835
A member of
Capt. Moseley Baker's company
at San Jacinto
Born in Kentucky
on July 4, 1800
Died in Lavaca County, Texas
February 6, 1869 — — Map (db m44789) HM |
| | A member of Capt. Wm. W. Hill’s Company at San Jacinto. Born in Kentucky March 5, 1805. Died in Lee County, Texas August 15, 1848. Here also sleeps Amanda Wilkinson, wife of James G. Wilkinson. — — Map (db m25738) HM |
| | Born in Georgia, 1797 One of the “Old Three Hundred” Austin colonists A soldier in the Texas War for Independence Died 1847 His wife, Hetty Stiles Jones Died 1899 — — Map (db m26001) HM |
| Near Navasota Street at East 16th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Escaped the massacre
March 27, 1836 and was the
last survivor of Fannin's
Army to die
Born in Kentucky in 1816
Died in Fort Worth, Texas
January 15, 1897 — — Map (db m117215) HM |
| | A member of Captain W. J. F. Heard's Company in the Battle of San Jacinto. Born in New York City, October 3, 1808, died April 1, 1892. His wife Anna (Scott) Lewis Born in Albany, N. Y. 1812 died May 24, 1896. — — Map (db m25690) HM |
| Near Navasota Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Served in the Army of Texas, 1836, the Army of the United States in the Mexican War, 1846, the Confederate Army, 1861-1865. Born in Kentucky June 25, 1818. Died in Ellis County, Texas August 3, 1884.
His wife Rebecca Ann (Barker) Singleton. Born . . . — — Map (db m26536) HM |
| | Born in Maine 1804. Died in Austin, Texas July 11, 1846. One of the founders of “The Telegraph and Texas Register” at San Felipe de Austin, October 10, 1835. A soldier at San Jacinto. First Chief Justice of Bexar County, 1836. Member of . . . — — Map (db m25767) HM |
| Near Farm to Market Road 969. |
| | To Josephus Hornsby Mar. 15, 1822 Oct. 21, 1862. Son of Reuben Hornsby; settled here, 1832, Bastrop ranger, 1837. In Flores Fight, 1839 Battle of Plum Creek, 1840 Brushy Fight, 1840, Vasquez and Woll Campaigns, 1842; led fight against Indians from . . . — — Map (db m152157) HM |
| | Born in Virginia, June 4, 1778. Died in Jasper County, March 2, 1850. A delegate to the Constitutional Convention of Missouri, 1821. Senator in Legislature of Missouri. Second in command in the Fredonian War in Texas, 1826. Member of the . . . — — Map (db m26205) HM |
| On Congress Avenue near East 7th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Three double log houses built on this site in 1839 shortly after Austin was selected as the site for the capital of the Republic of Texas served as the offices for the War Department and the Adjutant General. Here Albert Sidney Johnston and Branch . . . — — Map (db m148992) HM |
| Near Albata Avenue at Ardath Street, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Limestone quarried at this site was hauled to Congress Avenue by oxen and used in constructing the 1853 Texas Capitol Building. The structure burned in 1881, but stone from the Capitol ruins was later used in several Austin building projects. The . . . — — Map (db m95577) HM |
| | A soldier in the Army of Texas. Arrived at San Jacinto April 22, 1836. Born in South Carolina March 11, 1815. Died in Johnson County, Texas July 11, 1897.
His wife Elizabeth (Cooper) Walker. Born in Tennessee October 21, 1827. Died in Johnson . . . — — Map (db m25677) HM |
| | Born in Virginia February 14, 1781. Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Virginia, 1820. Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and President of the Constitutional Convention, 1836. Senator in the Congress of the Republic of Texas, . . . — — Map (db m25858) HM |
| On East 5th Street just west of Neches Street, on the left when traveling west. |
| |
Susanna Dickinson-Hannig was a true "frontier woman."
Born, raised, and married in Tennessee, Susanna immigrated to Mexican Texas in 1832. Four years later, she survived the Battle of the Alamo with her infant daughter. Her husband died . . . — — Map (db m154075) HM |
| | Almaron and Susanna Dickinson settled in Gonzales about 1835 as members of DeWitt’s colony. Present with her daughter, Angelina, when the Alamo fell in March 1836, Susanna witnessed the deaths of Almaron and the other Texans. She was released by . . . — — Map (db m25849) HM |
| | In 1839 Austin became the capital of the Republic of Texas. The National Archives – state papers and land titles – were housed on Congress Avenue. In 1842, after Mexican armies seized San Antonio and seemed likely to capture Austin, many . . . — — Map (db m100623) HM |
| | Who manned one of the Twin Sisters Cannon at the Battle of San Jacinto and was a veteran of the Mexican War, 1847. Born in Tennessee June 6, 1804. Died March 27, 1861. — — Map (db m26236) HM |
| On Veterans Drive, on the right when traveling east. |
| | Named in honor of William Barret Travis. Born in Edgefield District, South Carolina, August 1, 1809. Came to Texas in 1831. Commander at the Alamo where he was killed March 6, 1836.
Austin, the county seat, selected as the Capital of the Republic . . . — — Map (db m26686) HM |
| Near Navasota Street at East 8th Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | A member of Captain Jesse Billingsley’s company at San Jacinto. Born in North Carolina October 15, 1809. Died in Williamson County, Texas July 17, 1889. His wife, Elzina (Weeks) Avery. Born in Missouri November 10, 1812. Died in Williamson County, . . . — — Map (db m25760) HM |
| | Born in Missouri
1811
Died in Bastrop County, Texas
May 6, 1880
Participated in the
Battle of Gonzales
October 2, 1835
Served in the Texas Army, 1836
and in the Woll Campaign, 1842 — — Map (db m44739) HM |
| On Greenwood Drive at Houston Road, on the right when traveling east on Greenwood Drive. |
| | Founded 1839, in the Republic of Texas by Rev. John Haynie (1789-1860). First church was of logs, and located a mile north, on land of Andrew Deavers Houston. This building, the third, was put up in 1907.
Plaque erected by Houston . . . — — Map (db m79025) HM |
| Near unamed dirt road off Roadrunner View. |
| | This cemetery was set aside out of land settled by Gordon C. Jennings (1782-1836), his wife, Catherine (1790-1867), and four children who came from Missouri in 1833 as part of Stephen F. Austin’s “Little Colony.” Gordon was the oldest . . . — — Map (db m158906) HM |
| Near South Webberwood Way at Sandy Brown Lane. |
| |
A member of
Captain
Jesse Billingsley’s
company at
the Battle of
San Jacinto
April 21, 1836
Died in March, 1856. — — Map (db m82683) HM |
| Near Webberwood Way at Sandy Brown Lane. |
| | An Arkansas native, James Euwin Edmiston came to Texas in 1835, settling near present Webberville. He was a Texas Ranger during the Texas Revolution, and took part in several Indian battles in this area. He was involved in the Woll Expedition and . . . — — Map (db m82678) HM |
| Near River View Road 1 mile west of Highway 187. |
| | Served in the Army of Texas, 1835-36 A ranger under Capt. John C. Hays A member of the Somervell Expedition, 1842 Born in Missouri Sept. 11, 1817 Died Nov. 20, 1905 His wife Elizabeth Turner Highsmith Born in Missouri March 22, 1836 Died . . . — — Map (db m155541) HM |
| On Waresville Cemetery Road 0.2 miles west of Ranch to Market Road 187, on the left when traveling west. |
| | Who commanded the Second Company of the Second Regiment of San Jacinto ·· Born in Kentucky, January 15, 1800 · Died March 9, 1853 — — Map (db m155540) HM |
| On Ranch to Market Road 187 1 mile north of Waresville Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | First nonmilitary colony in Uvalde County, founded 1852 by Capt. William Ware, veteran of Battle of San Jacinto. Ware built first log cabin home (still standing). Other early settlers included Gideon Thompson, whose wife was first . . . — — Map (db m155557) HM |
| On Waresville Cemetery Road 0.2 miles west of Ranch to Market Road 187, on the left when traveling west. |
| | The Waresville Cemetery is one of the last reminders of the Old Waresville Settlement on the Sabinal River established by Captain William Ware (1800-1853). Ware came to Texas in 1828 and first settled in Montgomery County. He fought for . . . — — Map (db m155543) HM |
| On Ranch to Market Road 187 1 mile north of Waresville Cemetery Road, on the left when traveling north. |
| | Capt. William Ware was born in 1800 to Joseph and Elizabeth Ware in Kentucky (Georgia in some sources). In 1828, he and his wife, Ann Murphy, and their three children moved to Montgomery County, Texas. From there, Ware raised a military company in . . . — — Map (db m155556) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 2339 0.5 miles west of Farm to Market Road 4712, on the right when traveling west. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m105484) HM |
| Near Smith Street at West Brazos Street when traveling north. |
| | Born in Texas; fourth son of empresario Don Martín de Leon, founder of De Leon Colony and city of Victoria. Agapito de Leon was active in the colony's affairs, a Texas patriot during the War for Independence from Mexico, a skilled Indian fighter, . . . — — Map (db m95852) HM |
| Near Smith Street at West Brazos Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Born in Texas; third son of the Empresario Don Martin de Leon, founder of De Leon Colony and City of Victoria. Felix de Leon was held hostage on a pirate ship about 1822, to force his father to comply with buccaneer demands. Later he became active . . . — — Map (db m95814) HM |
| Near Smith Street at West Brazos Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Eldest son of empresario Martin de Leon. Came with parents from interior of Mexico to Texas, the northermost province, about 1800. Worked with his fathter in founding De Leon Colony and city of Victoria in 1820s. He was a commissioner of the colony . . . — — Map (db m95700) HM |
| Near Smith Street at West Brazos Street, on the right when traveling north. |
| | Son of the Empresario Martín de Leon, founder of the De Leon Colony and City of Victoria. Silvestre de Leon was active in the Catholic church, served as alcalde of Victoria, and had other commissions. An Indian fighter and soldier, he was taken . . . — — Map (db m95756) HM WM |
| Near 19th Street near Avenue M. |
| | Law office built and used at various periods of his later life by Sam Houston: Soldier, Statesman, Master Mason. — — Map (db m8081) HM |
| On Avenue I at 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on Avenue I. |
| | Born March 2, 1793, in Rockbridge County, Va.; son of Samuel and Elizabeth Houston. Moved to Tennessee in 1807 with widowed mother and her family. In 1813 joined U.S. Army under Gen. Andrew Jackson, with whom he formed lifetime friendship and . . . — — Map (db m8072) HM |
| On Avenue I at 9th Street, on the right when traveling north on Avenue I. |
| | The present monument was erected by the State of Texas and unveiled on April 21, 1911, the 75th anniversary of the Battle of San Jacinto. Among several thousand spectators present were Houston family members, State officials, the two surviving . . . — — Map (db m82312) HM |
| Near 19th Street near Avenue M. |
| | General of the army which won the war for Texas Independence, 1836, and first President of the Republic, 1836-1838, Sam Houston was one of the most controversial and colorful figures in Texas history.
In his eventful career, Houston had resided . . . — — Map (db m8040) HM |
| On 5th Street at Velasco Street, on the right when traveling east on 5th Street. |
| |
Participated in the storming
and capture of Bexar, December
5th to 10th, 1835. A Captain in
the Texas Army, 1836. Born in
Tennessee, 1793. Died Jan. 10, 1853 — — Map (db m145860) HM |
| On Old Cemetery Road at Donoho Street, on the left when traveling west on Old Cemetery Road. |
| | Who commanded a Volunteer Company at the Battle of San Jacinto April 21, 1836 Died at Hempstead May 11, 1867
Elected by the State of Texas 1936 — — Map (db m159308) HM |
| Near Jones Road 0.1 miles west of Farm to Market Road 1736. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m159405) HM |
| On Business U.S. 290 1.3 miles west of Farm to Market Road 359, on the left when traveling west. |
| |
Member of the consultation in 1835 • Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence • First mayor of the City of Austin • Member of the Secession Convention in 1861 • On this property, acquired during the Republic, he resided from 1846 for many . . . — — Map (db m159302) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1887 0.1 miles south of Bosque Road, on the right when traveling south. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m159364) HM |
| On 13th Street (State Highway 159) at Hamilton Street, on the left when traveling south on 13th Street. |
| | Five miles southeast to the camp site of the Texas Army March 31 to April 13, 1836 when it crossed the Brazos on the steamboat Yellow Stone and began its march toward Harrisburg — — Map (db m159312) HM |
| On Farm to Market Road 1458 0.1 miles east of Buller Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Virginia native Edwin Waller migrated to Texas from Missouri in 1831 as part of Stephen F. Austin's third colony. An active participant in the earliest stages of Texas' struggle for independence, Waller participated in the 1832 Battle of Velasco, . . . — — Map (db m145789) HM |
| | A San Jacinto veteran Born in Tennessee April 7, 1812 Died July 27, 1901 — — Map (db m118768) HM WM |
| On Hood Hotel Road 0.1 miles east of Farm to Market Road 50, on the left when traveling east. |
| | A captain in the army of the Republic of Texas 1836 A captain in the Somervell Expedition 1842 Representative and Senator in the Texas Legislature Brigadier General of Hood's Brigade C. S. A. — — Map (db m118705) HM |
| On State Highway 36 at State Highway FM 390, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 36. |
| | One of the first overland routes used by European explorers of Texas, La Bahia Road was originally an east-west Indian trail in southeastern Texas and Louisiana. Earlier it may have been an animal trail. Although not as famous, or long, as El Camino . . . — — Map (db m27787) HM |
| On Waters Lane at Old Baylor College Road, on the left when traveling west on Waters Lane. |
| | A native of North Carolina, John Prince Coles brought his family to Texas in 1821 with Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists. Arriving in present Washington County on New Year's Day in 1822, Coles received a Mexican land grant . . . — — Map (db m156743) HM |
| | First settler of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists to arrive in Texas. Came November 1821 with his wife Nancy and 2 children. In 1824 he received title to over 9,000 acres of land and was made a Captain in the colonial militia. The town of . . . — — Map (db m131018) HM |
| On Park Road 12, on the right when traveling west. |
| | Born in Nashville, Tennessee, January 8, 1804. Died in Galveston, Texas, October 6, 1841. Before coming to Texas in December 1835, he assisted in raising funds and securing volunteers for the Army of Texas. Delegate from the Municipality of Milam to . . . — — Map (db m131019) HM |
| On Park Road 12, on the right when traveling west. |
| | To the memory of
those courageous souls,
the delegates to the
Constitutional Convention
held here March 1-17, 1836
who declared Texas free,
organized a Republic, and
framed its constitution
Jessie B. Badgett
Dr. George . . . — — Map (db m131017) HM |
| On Park Road 12 0.6 miles east of Farm to Market Road 1155, on the left when traveling north. |
| | This village — site of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first capital of the Republic of Texas — began in 1822 as a ferry crossing. Here the historic La Bahia Road (now Ferry Street) spanned the Brazos River. . . . — — Map (db m72114) HM |
| On Business U.S. 59 at East Railroad Street, on the right when traveling south on U.S. 59Business . |
| | In the summer of 1837 Post West Bernard Station was established as an ordnance depot of the army of The Republic of Texas. Its location on the West Bernard River was strategic in protecting Houston, then capital of Texas, from possible invasion by . . . — — Map (db m124425) HM |
| On South Fulton Street south of East Milam Street (State Highway 60), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Born in Georgia in 1806
Editor "The Texas Gazette" and
"The Mexican Citizen," pioneer
Texas newspapers
Active in the Revolution
Member of the Supreme Court of
the Republic, 1836-1839
Member of Texas Legislature
1846-1849
Died . . . — — Map (db m120597) HM |
| | A native of Louisiana, Elisha Allen moved with his parents in 1827 to what is now Orange County. When the Texas Revolution began, Allen joined the army and fought at the Siege of Bexar, Dec. 5-6, 1835. He explored the Texas frontier with a survey . . . — — Map (db m3208) HM |
| On West 8th Street, on the right when traveling west. |
| |
In Memory of
George Washington Glasscock, Sr.
For whom
the city of Georgetown and
the County of Glasscock, Texas are named.
Born in Kentucky April 11, 1810.
Participated in the Black Hawk War, 1832
Came to Texas in 1834 and . . . — — Map (db m25954) HM |
| On CR-152 (County Route 152). |
| | A native of Kentucky and veteran of the War of 1812, John Berry moved in 1816 to Indiana. In 1827 he brought his family to the Atascosito District of Texas. Mexico awarded him lots in Liberty and Mina (Bastrop) when those towns were founded.
. . . — — Map (db m101249) HM |
| On E 20th Street at Paige Street on E 20th Street. |
| | Tennessee native John McQueen Taylor came to Texas with his family in 1829 as a settler in the Empresario Grant of Lorenzo de Zavala. Taylor fought in the Anahuac disturbances of 1834 and later, as a soldier in the Texas army, he participated in the . . . — — Map (db m23483) HM |
| On South Austin Avenue at West 7th Street on South Austin Avenue. |
| | Born in Albany, New York, Greenleaf Fisk was the son of a Presbyterian minister. He began preparation for the ministry himself but left his studies to migrate to the Texas frontier. In 1834 he settled in Bastrop. There he joined a company of . . . — — Map (db m4408) HM |
| | North Carolina native William Cornelius Dalrymple served in the Texas Revolutionary forces and as a Texas Ranger during the 1830s. He married Elizabeth Wilbarger in Bastrop County, Texas, in 1840, and settled on the San Gabriel River in 1846. He . . . — — Map (db m25554) HM |
| | Tennessee native Daniel Harrison (1816-1870) migrated to Texas in 1835. He served with Texan forces during the Texas Revolution, and as a volunteer for the Republic’s militia. He was in the 1839 Battle of the Neches. In 1840, Harrison married Nancy . . . — — Map (db m28812) HM |
| | In this vicinity, Manuel Flores, an emissary of the Mexican government, with a small group of men conveying ammunition to the Indians on the Lampasas River, was surprised by Rangers under Lieutenant J. O. Rice in May, 1839, and killed. — — Map (db m101696) HM |
| | South Carolina-born James O. Rice migrated to Texas by 1835 and served in the Texas Army during the War for Independence. In early days of the Republic of Texas, he protected frontier settlements as part of a Texas Ranger company. On May 17, 1839, . . . — — Map (db m75834) HM |
| On FM-619, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Born in Tennessee on June 15, 1811. While very young learned the printing trade and worked at it in some of the principal cities of the United States.
Came to Nacogdoches, Texas, in November, 1835, in answer to pleas for volunteers for Texas . . . — — Map (db m25218) HM |
| On 3rd Street north of D Street, on the right when traveling north. Reported unreadable. |
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When this county was created in 1860 by the Eighth Texas Legislature, it was named for Texas patriot James Charles Wilson. A native of England, Wilson (1818-1861) left his homeland in 1836 and by 1839 had settled in Brazoria County, Texas. He . . . — — Map (db m117637) HM |
| Near Pecan Street 0.1 miles south of Honeysuckle, on the right when traveling south. |
| | George Lafayette Ramsdale (1820-1884) was a native of Devonshire, England. By 1836, he had come to Texas and enlisted in the Army during the War for Independence from Mexico. After the Revolution, Ramsdale, his wife, Elizabeth (1825-1909), and . . . — — Map (db m146880) HM |
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