On March 2, 1836, members of the Convention of 1836 signed the Texas Declaration of Independence at Washington-on-the-Brazos, declaring Texas independent from Mexico. Of the 59 signers, five were from Red River County, more than from any of the . . . — — Map (db m96900) HM
South Carolina native Edward H. Tarrant enlisted in the Kentucky Militia in 1814 and served under Gen. Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans. Moving to Tennessee after 1816, he was elected Colonel of the Henry County Militia and served as . . . — — Map (db m188852) HM
Texas patriot Jesse Burnam (also spelled Burnham), born in Madison County, Kentucky, was the youngest son of seven children. In 1812, Jesse married Temperance Null Baker in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Jesse was a private in the Mounted Volunteers of . . . — — Map (db m139958) HM
During its brief existence, the Congress of the Republic of Texas made significant efforts to plan for the inevitable increase in settlement. One of those efforts was the establishment of the Central National Road, designed to connect the Red River . . . — — Map (db m246080) HM
The Rev. E.R. Barcus served as the first pastor of the congregation, organized in 1882, one year after the city of Temple was founded. The original structure on this site was destroyed by fire in 1911. The present Romanesque Revival building was . . . — — Map (db m207219) HM
Founded in 1882 to serve the area's German population, this congregation originally was known as the Friedens (Peace) Church of the Evangelical Association. This sanctuary was completed in 1883 on land donated by the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe . . . — — Map (db m207299) HM
A Virginian by birth and education • Jurist and statesman of Alabama, 1813-1825 • Came to Texas, 1825 • President of the constitutional convention, March 1836, and member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas • Born February 14, 1781 • Died . . . — — Map (db m299572) HM
City's first congregation and one of oldest in Texas. Formed 1839 with Henderson Palmer as pastor. Noted minister Littleton Fowler was presiding elder at organization. Methodists shared a structure with Crockett's other denominations until erecting . . . — — Map (db m206926) HM
During the early days of the Republic of Texas, settlers and pioneers coming from the United States entered Texas by crossing the Red River in Northwest Red River County. On the north side of that crossing was the terminus of a U.S. Military . . . — — Map (db m28828) HM
George Washington Warthan came to Texas from Tuscaloosa, Alabama with brothers Thomas I. and Robert J. in 1852. G.W. wed Amanda Johnson, and the couple settled in the Red River Valley in 1855. In 1861, he mustered into Company E of the 32nd Texas . . . — — Map (db m234359) HM
Named for James Bowie (1799-1836), who fought for Texas freedom from 1819, when he joined the Long Expedition, to 1836 — when he died in defense of the Alamo.
Inhabited before 1800 by agricultural Indians, charted 1819 for . . . — — Map (db m96141) HM
By 1835, the under-funded provisional government of Texas offered to pay its soldiers with land. Surveying parties flooded the frontier, ingressing Native hunting grounds. Hard-fought battles and skirmishes brought no lasting victories to the . . . — — Map (db m244229) HM
The first influx of settlers into the area now known as Fannin County began in the early winter of 1836 when Dr. Daniel Rowlett brought ten families up Red River to a site about 16 miles northeast of present day Bonham. Because of the ease of river . . . — — Map (db m234067) HM
Clarksville's first Presbyterian Church has occupied this site on the banks of the Delaware since 1858-1859. The church was organized by the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which established many congregations during the western expansion of the . . . — — Map (db m190033) HM
An outstanding school of the southwest before the Civil War. Established in 1841 by the Reverend John W.P. McKenzie (1806-1877), pioneer missionary to the Choctaws, circuit rider in Texas in 1838. Opened in a log cabin, it expanded to four large . . . — — Map (db m300155) HM
Born in Carthage, Tennessee to Elizabeth (Travis) and Claiborne
Wright, George Washington Wright (1809-1877) was the founder of
Paris. In 1816 the family moved by keelboat to southwest Arkansas,
settling initially along the Red River near Pecan . . . — — Map (db m305272) HM
William Becknell was born in Amherst County, Virginia. He married Jane Trussler in 1807 and in
1810 moved to St. Charles. In the War of 1812 he joined Daniel Morgan Boone's company of U.S. mounted rangers and later participated in Major Zachary . . . — — Map (db m252449) HM
Ambrose Ripley and his wife Rachel (Wood) brought their family to Texas in 1837, settling near here in what was then Red River County. They established their home near the Nacogdoches Road (Cherokee Trace) and a stream now known as Ripley Creek. . . . — — Map (db m293983) HM
Father and son, James and Andrew Jackson Titus, played key roles in
the growth and development of the advancing American frontier.
James Titus (1775-1843) was born in Botetourt County, Virginia, to
Ebenezer Titus and Rachel Mathews (Bowen) Titus. . . . — — Map (db m299673) HM
Located southwest of Avery, this historic cemetery originated as the final resting place for Red River County pioneer, planter and legislator James Titus (1775-1843). His wife, Rebecca Edmondson Titus (1788-1846), and many descendants are buried . . . — — Map (db m299672) HM
This building was completed in 1889 as the second jail for Red River County. Architects Maj. S. B. Haggart and Marshall Sanguinet designed the structure as a companion building to the County Courthouse, which had been completed five years earlier. . . . — — Map (db m96903) HM
In this vicinity May 24, 1841 General Edward H. Tarrant with 70 men attacked several Indian villages situated along a creek (now called Village Creek) and recovered many horses and much stolen plunder. 12 Indians were killed and many wounded. Of . . . — — Map (db m297189) HM
Projected in 1826 by General Arthur G. Wavell, Scottish-born soldier of fortune. By terms of a Mexican grant, he agreed to introduce 400-500 families into an area on the Red River. Ben Milam, frontiersman, was agent. Many pioneers were actually . . . — — Map (db m290610) HM
During the 4 years, 4 months after secession, Texas sent 18 lawmakers to the Confederate capitols. Her delegates to the Provisional Congress, Feb. 1861 to Feb. 1862, were John R. Gregg, Freestone County; John Hemphill, Travis County; Wm. B. . . . — — Map (db m96899) HM
Originally constructed in 1883 under leadership of the Rev. John Jackson. One of the first Negro church buildings in Red River County. Prior to this members worshipped in makeshift quarters. Rebuilt in 1937. Six generations have worshipped here. . . . — — Map (db m96904) HM
Created December 17, 1840
from Red River County
Organized in 1841
Named in honor of
Mirabeau B. Lamar, 1798 – 1859
Father of Texas education
President of the Republic of Texas
1838 – 1841
Lafayette, 1841
Mount . . . — — Map (db m96841) HM
Joseph and Martha Starks Wagley came to Red River County from Louisiana in 1833, settling in this area south of present-day Annona. The couple had eight children by the time of Martha's death in 1857, and Joseph later married widow Nancy Ann Coffee, . . . — — Map (db m299882) HM
Formed from
Red River and Bowie counties Created May 11, 1846
Organized July 13, 1846
Named in honor of
Andrew J. Titus 1814-1855
Pioneer of northwest Texas
Soldier in the Mexican War
Member of the Texas Legislature . . . — — Map (db m128255) HM WM
William Becknell, known as the “Father of the Santa Fe Trail,” was an American frontier soldier, trader, farmer, rancher and politician. Becknell was born in Virginia in 1787 or 1788 to Micaiah and Pheby (Landrum) Becknell. He married . . . — — Map (db m160379) HM
Archeological excavations along the course of this Trinity River tributary have unearthed evidence of several prehistoric villages. Artifacts from the area date back almost 9,000 years and represent a culture of food-gatherers and hunters.
In . . . — — Map (db m305519) HM
City’s pioneer congregation, organized by the Rev. A.M. Dean, who with hymn book and revolver came in 1855 to the riotous six-year-old hamlet on the Trinity. He held services (at present Belknap and Houston Streets) in a log house built for Post . . . — — Map (db m52834) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
