Historical Markers of Texas

151 Amity Cemetery 17 miles northwest on SH 36, then c. 6 miles west to cemetery. When 14-year-old Charles Farley died in Feb. 1878, his parents buried him near their farmhouse, as this frontier locality had no cemetery at the ...

23539 Bibb Community SH 36, roadside park picnic area 6 mi. N of Sidney, SW side 0.5 mi. NW of CR 113 and 10 mi. NW of Comanche The town of Bibb began when Anglo settlers moved to the area in the 1870s to farm cotton. Perhaps among the first settlers was John Wesley (1834-1924) ... 22539 Big Eye Cemetery CR 235 George William Montgomery moved to Comanche County from Mississippi in 1855. In 1869, George and Nancy C. (Hicks) Montgomery purchased 480 acres ... 23583 Board Church Cemetery marker pending marker pending

719 Captain James Cunningham Home 12 miles south on SH 16 to Mt. Creek Ranch on east side of road (marker is on chimney). 1855. Lumber hauled from Waco by ox wagon. Local stone. Place of county's first wedding. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965 12520 Central Christian Church of Comanche 400 N. Austin St. In 1855, Dr. G. W. Montgomery came to Comanche from Mississippi. He built a log cabin near his home, holding religious services there. In the late ... 838 Choctaw Robinson Tree beneath a tree, on the north side of FM 591 approximately 1300 ft. west of the FM 1702 intersection; embedded in a rock monument The Rev. William Robinson (1809-98), pioneer Baptist missionary, was born in North Carolina and came to Texas in 1848. He organized and served as ... 989 Comanche County US 67 at SH 36 (West Central Avenue) First settled in 1854 by five families, the county, created and organized 1856, was named for Comanche Indians, Lords of Texas frontier, who were ... 1007 Community of Comyn-Theney FM 1496, Comyn (in front of Comyn Post Office). During the rapid settlement of this area following the removal of the Indian threat, about 1875, a rural community developed here. Besides a few ... 1012 Community of Sidney At intersection of FM 1689 and FM 589, Sidney. Began about 1870 when William Yarborough and J. A. Wright, early settlers, located on Jimmie's Creek. As a community developed, the settlers built ... 1057 Cora SH 36, north side of the road and west of Main St. First County Seat of Comanche County: Cora (about 4 miles south) Founded 1854, as Troy. Later renamed in honor of a Miss Beeman of Bell County. In ... 18920 Cora Cemetery From Gustine, CR 240 S to near FM 2486 on private property. 1100 Cox Cemetery From Sidney, take FM 589 NE about 2 miles. William Driscol Cox (1839-97) and his wife Amanda (Shugart) moved with their family from Tennessee to Texas in 1872. Cox taught in Robertson County, ... 1133 Cunningham Family Reunion Newburg community, 9 mi. S of Comanche, W side of the road on private property James (1816-1894) and Susannah (1817-1899) Cunningham came to the Republic of Texas in 1839-40 and settled in this area in 1855. An influential family ... 1139 Cyrus Campbell De Leon City Cemetery, Weatherford and Reynosa Streets, De Leon. (October 11, 1810 - September 12, 1883) A blacksmith by trade, Cyrus Campbell migrated to Texas in 1828. He performed a number of jobs for the Republic ...

1187 De Leon Peanut Company 303 N. Texas St. Cotton was the major cash crop for farmers in Comanche County until the early 20th Century. The combined effects of distastrous weather conditions ... 24154 Downing Cemetery marker pending marker pending

18948 Energy Cemetery 1.4 miles east of Energy on FM 2486 12521 Evergreen Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery, CR 360, E side 0.3 mi. N of SH 36 The community of Evergreen began to take shape in the late 1860s. A small strip of land was donated for a community cemetery in 1885 when Mrs. W. ...

1722 First Comanche County Courthouse Comanche County Courthouse grounds, southwest corner facing W. Central Ave. (US 377). Moved here c. 1983. Medallion is on exterior wall and inscription plate is on interior. A dwelling before county organization, 1856. Served as courthouse in town of Cora until 1859, when Comanche became the county seat; then reverted ... 13642 First United Methodist Church of Comanche 217 E. Grand The congregation has historic ties to the frontier town of Cora, the early seat of government for Comanche County. The Rev. J.W. Whipple, presiding ... 1911 Fleming Oak Comanche County Courthouse grounds, southwest corner facing W. Central Ave. (US 377) Camped here in 1854 with his father, young Martin V. Fleming hid behind this tree and saved himself when hostile Indians rode through the grove. ... 2045 Frances Marie Sparks Brown Old De Leon Cemetery, near road on north boundary, SE of Bell and Menchaca streets (October 17, 1849 - January 1, 1934) Frances Marie Sparks, a native of North Carolina and daughter of Daniel and Kezziah Sparks, married Thomas Brown ...

2123 General Ashbel Smith, C.S.A. Comanche County Courthouse grounds, southwest corner facing W. Central Ave. (US 377) (1805-1886) Born in Connecticut. Graduated at 19 from Yale. Studied medicine in France, where friends were Revolutionary War hero Lafayette and inventor ... 2166 George Washington Gentry Oakwood Cemetery, corner of Cedar and Bryan Streets, Comanche. (1808 - 1883) A member of Stephen F. Austin's Colony, George Washington Gentry came to Texas in 1835 with his father and brother. Settling in what ... 6254 Gustine SH 36, north side of the road and west of Main St. Settlers began arriving in this area of Comanche County in the 1870s. Among the pioneers were members of the Blankenship family, who inherited land ...

2359 Hanging Oak Comanche County Museum, W. city limits, on Moorman Road, .2 mile west of intersection with Hilcrest, Comanche. Oak used 1874 by mob to hang Joe Hardin, Tom and Bud Dixon, kinsmen of John Wesley Hardin in reprisal for murder of Deputy Chas. Webb. Recorded Texas ... 15917 Hanson Cemetery HW 377/67, turn west on FM 1476N, then north onto FM 1496 (Comyn Highway). Go 3 miles to CR 438. The first road to the right is Hanson Cemetery Road When brothers J. H. and J. G. Walton and J. H.'s wife Annie Warsham Walton formally granted approximately one acre of land for a community burial ... 2820 Hardin, John Wesley Comanche County Museum, located west of city limits, on Moorman Road, 2 miles west of intersection with Hilcrest, Comanche. Champion gunfighter in personal combat, Hardin was brought to justice for first time for murder of Deputy Sheriff Charles Webb here in Comanche in ... 2405 Hasse Community From Comanche, take US 67/377 east about 6 miles. Began as "Cordwood Junction," a siding on the Fort Worth & Rio Grande Railroad. Flatcars loaded wood here to be shipped over a wide area. As demand ...

2635 Indian Raid in Comanche Comanche County Courthouse grounds, southwest corner facing W. Central Ave. (US 377) One of boldest depredations in Texas history, made in May 1861, during the "Bright Moon". A braying mule wakened town after nearly all horses were ...

2845 Jones Crossing 6 miles southeast of De Leon on county road Named for "Sut" (Sutton) Jones, 1850s pioneer who lived near the ford and used his horses to aid freighters hauling heavy loads. This was on trail ...

2980 L. B. Russell Home 801 N. Elm Two original rooms built 1877 of rubblestone hauled to site by ox wagons. Purchased 1886 by Texas pioneers L. B. and Alice Beeman Russell, who added ... 3020 Lamkin at south city limits of Lamkin on SH 36 Originally established 1870, one-half mile north on bands of the Leon River. Named for George Lamkin, donor of land for townsite. Business firms ... 23824 Laura Valenta 148 South Texas Born in 1883 to Bohemian immigrants Anton and Mary Freytag, Laura Freytag married Wenzel Valenta in 1898. Wenzel died in 1907, leaving Laura a young ... 16699 Lindsey-Gore Home 603 East College Avenue Attorney and politician Newton R. Lindsey (1847 – 1908) constructed this home between 1881 and 1888. Born in Alabama, Lindsey served in the Confederate ...

3162 M. R. (Boss) Greene Oakwood Cemetery, Cedar and Bryan Streets, Comanche. (Oct. 14, 1843 - May 12, 1877) Deputy U.S. Marshal: pursued Dee and James Bailey for passing counterfeit quarters in Comanche. After 10 mile chase, ... 6015 Mary Isham 0.5 mile south of Comanche on FM 590, then 0.5 mi. S (inside a fenced ranch) Mary Daughter of Ch & Mary Isham 1853-1855 First white child buried in Comanche County 3283 McCrary House 802 S. Austin St. James Madison McCrary (1845-1932) came to Comanche about 1870. With his father and brother he operated a mercantile on the town square and began ... 3433 Mollie E. Moore US 67 and 377, (Proctor Grocery Store), Proctor. (1844-1909) During the Civil War, wrote poems Texans memorized, cut out of newspapers, sent their boys on the battlefront: about the deaths of heroes, ... 3496 Mount Pleasant Baptist Church From Comanche, take FM 2247 north about 2.5 miles to church (east side of road). Organized under a brush arbor, with 21 charter members, Oct. 16, 1892. First pastor, F. M. Herring, and E. M. Moore, Jesse Cunningham and C. C. McCurdy ...

3590 Newburg Cemetery From Comanche, take SH16 south about 10 miles, then go about .4 miles east on FM 1476. Pioneer settlers of this area of Comanche County arrived in the mid-1850s and established a town named for the nearby South Leon River. P.W. Brewer ... 12330 Nineveh Cemetery From Sipe Springs, 5 mi. E to NE corner of FM 587 and CR 170. Settlement in the community that became known as Nineveh began as some southerners moved west after the close of the Civil War. In 1886, Hezekiah ...

12522 Oakland Cemetery From Sipe Springs, 5 mi. E on FM 587 then 2 mi. N on CR 170, at NW corner of CR 170 and CR 195 Settlement of Oakland community, which was named for the abundant live oak trees in the area, began in the early 1860s. H. S. Anglin and Sarah Frances ... 3660 Oakwood Cemetery Corner of Bryan and Cedar Streets, Comanche. Reconfiguration of Comanche County by the state in 1858 led to a relocation of its county seat. In 1859 local land developer Captain John Duncan ... 3711 Old Cora Courthouse Comanche County Courthouse grounds, southwest corner facing W. Central Ave. (US 377) Soon after the creation of Comanche County in 1856, the town of Cora (10 mi. SE) was platted to serve as the county seat. The courthouse in Cora, ... 3712 Old Corn Trail US 67 at SH 36 (West Central Avenue) Surveyed in 1850 by Army engineers, this was the first wagon road to penetrate this area. Point of origin was San Antonio, site of U.S. Army District ... 23219 Old De Leon Cemetery Marker pending marker pending

3977 Pendergrass Cemetery From Sidney, take FM 1689 south about 1 mile, then go east on county road about 1 mile. Pioneer farmer and rancher William Pendergrass (1818-98) and his wife, Emaline (1819-1907), moved from Tennessee to Smith County, Texas, in 1849. ... 4126 Proctor FM 1476 (Main St.), 100 feet SE of East St., marker placed in the middle of the street at historic town well site. Marker reported missing Jun. 1991. One mile northeast of this well stood Old Proctor, named for A.W. Proctor who gave land for first school. Town moved here in 1890 when construction ... 4128 Proctor Cemetery CR 335, 1.1 mi. NE of intersection of US 377 and FM 1476 The land on which this cemetery is located was once part of a farm owned by the pioneer Larkin Gyger family. The first person interred here was W.B. ...

4302 Robert Thomas Hill Comanche County Courthouse grounds, southwest corner facing W. Central Ave. (US 377) Robert Thomas Hill began life on August 11, 1858, in the aristocratic comforts of his parents' Nashville, Tennessee, home. His family, however, suffered ...

23273 Sand Hill Cemetery marker pending marker pending 4714 Sipe Springs Cemetery 1 mile west of Sipe Springs off FM 587 Pioneers settled this area about 1870, after finding water seeping from a spring. There was controversy from the beginning over the correct spelling ... 4816 Site of Indian Creek Community From Comanche, take SH 36 SE about 1.25 mile, then go east on county road about 2 miles, then north about 0.5 mile to Indian Creek Cemetery. One of the first settlements in Comanche County; founded in 1851 by John A. McGuire. The first public building here was a stockade that enclosed ... 4849 Site of Old Gill Farm from Comanche, take SH 16 NE about 4 miles, then go east on county road about 4 miles, at Old Gill Farm and Family Cemetery, Copperas Creek Park on Proctor Lake Settled 1874 by W. A. Gill (1843-1889), son of W. S. Gill, hero of Battle of San Jacinto. W. A. fought in Civil War and was a Captain in the Texas ... 5159 Site of Swann Hill School From Energy, take FM 2486 3 miles west near CR 252. John Henry Swann deeded this land about 1900 for educational purposes so that area children would not have to travel to Little Valley (3 mi. N) to ... 4980 South Leon Baptist Church At Newburg Cemetery, FM 1476, Newburg. First Baptist church formed in Comanche County. Organized by the Rev. Richard Howard and 8 charter members, under a brush arbor built here, 1857. ... 22414 St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Depot Comanche Chamber of Commerce. S. Austin St., E side S of E. Mill Ave. The Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railway extended tracks to Comanche in 1890 and built depots and a section house. The St. Louis and San Francisco Railway ... 4473 St. Matthews Episcopal Church 410 N. Austin St. The earliest Episcopal worship services in the Comanche area were conducted in the late 1870s by Bishop Alexander C. Garrett of Dallas. In 1886, ... 24160 Stag Creek Cemetery marker pending marker pending

19975 T. O. Moore 402 Moorman Road 12358 Taylor's Chapel (Concord) Cemetery 5.5 miles northwest of Comanche on SH 36, then 2 miles northeast on FM 588, then 1 mile east on CR 144 This cemetery traces its history to the Concord Primitive Baptist Church, organized near this site prior to 1881. Many early graves are unmarked, ... 13136 Taylor's Chapel Congregational Methodist Church Comanche, 9.5 mi. NW at intersection of CR 140 and CR 144 Taylor's Chapel Congregational Methodist Church Under a brush arbor in 1901, Rev. J.V. Havner, a Methodist circuit preacher, led area residents as ... 5251 Texas Central Railroad N. Texas Street is SH 16 Railroad construction in Texas, interrupted by the Civil War and by the national economic depression of the early 1870s, began a period of recovery ... 2718 Texas Ranger Captain James Cunningham Newburg Cemetery, Newburg community Born in Alabama, settled in Comanche County, 1855. Commander of Texas Ranger Company stationed in Comanche County, 1858. Helped bring law and order ... 12519 The Comanche Chief 203 W. Grand Army engineers laid out a military road in this area in 1850. By 1855 thirty to forty families had settled in the vicinity. Comanche County was created ... 12506 The Comanche National Bank 100 E. Central is on US 67/377 The Comanche National Bank The Comanche National Bank was organized in December 1889 with beginning capital of $50,000. The primary organizer was ... 5497 Toliver Cemetery From Lamkin, take county road NE about 0.75 mile, veer right at fork, then continue about 1.1 mile east to end of road; go NE about .15 mile. Burial place of pioneers, including James H. Neel (east center plot), one of first seven men to bring families here (1852), four years before county ...

5598 Union Primitive Baptist Church on county road about 0.25 mile southwest of SH 36 in Lamkin Organized 1892 by Elders A. P. Koen, W. G. Green, W. C. Burks, and Deacons F. W. Bryan, J. H. Caudle. Charter members were Deacon A. B. Neal, Messrs. ...

5956 Zion Hill Baptist Church 5.75 miles north of Comanche on SH 16, then 0.1 mile east to church, in the Van Dyke community Second oldest Missionary Baptist church in county. Organized by C. S. Fritts, J. M. Lumpkin, Dennis O'Brian, Sarah Fritts, Jane O'Brian, Sarah Lumpkin, ... 24155 Zion Hill Cemetery marker pending marker pending