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8983 Calvary Episcopal Church Calvary Episcopal Church and School, SW corner Thompson Rd. and Austin St. This congregation grew out of Episcopal missionary efforts that began soon after Texas gained its independence from Mexico. In 1859, through the ... 8984 Cartwright-McCrary House FM 1093 Jesse H. Cartwright (1787-1849), a native of Mississippi, moved to this area in 1826. He built the original part of this home, a two-room log structure, ... 8985 Cesinger Cemetery 2 mi. south of Needville on SH 36, then 3 mi. northeast on Roesler Rd. to Zamanek Rd. Frederick and Anna Cesinger brought their family to this area to live in 1891. They bought a 320-acre tract of land, and two years later deeded 160 ... 9077 Charles Harvey Waddell 2012 Avenue G (January 18, 1888 - January 28, 1950) A native of Arkansas, Charles Harvey Waddell came to Texas with his family at an early age. He became an automobile ... 18098 Church Of The Living God, Pillar And Ground Of Truth Southeast corner of Travis and Fourth Streets The Church of the Living God, Pillar and Ground of Truth was the first of its kind and denomination in Richmond, established in 1918 by evangelist ... 9059 City of Richmond Houston & 5th St. Area was settled in 1822 by members of Stephen F. Austin's colony, who first called their community "Fort Settlement." Earliest known burial was ... 23681 Cole Theatre 930 3rd St. On August 16, 1919, Czech immigrants Fred Felcman and Miles Podlipny opened the Liberty Theatre, showing silent and Czech films. Renamed Cole Theatre ... 11884 Concord Cemetery 7 mi. S of rosenberg on SH 36; 3.5 mi. SE on FM 361; NE on Fairchilds Road At the end of the 19th century, a community of Mennonites settled on the 33 lots of the Barnabas Wickson league. It is believed that the first persons ... 8981 Constantine W. Buckley corner of Jackson and 4th St., Richmond Texas Confederate Legislator (1815 - 1865) Came to Texas from Georgia, 1838. Clerk, Republic of Texas State Department. Prominent Fort Bend County ... 20104 Court Hardware Company Middle of 2800 block of S. Main St., Stafford, TX

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8991 First Baptist Church of Rosenberg SH 36 In 1896 three Baptist men organized this church. T. E. Muse served as the first pastor from 1898 to 1900. The 1900 Galveston hurricane destroyed ... 22462 First United Methodist Church Fulshear 8201 Harris St. 8993 Fort Bend US 90A, on west bank of brazos River Built in November, 1821 by William Little, William Smithers, Charles Beard, Joseph Polly and Henry Holster. Its name was given to the county when ... 8994 Fort Bend County Courthouse between 4th & 5th Sts. This classical revival building is the fifth courthouse for Fort Bend County, which was organized in 1837. The structure was designed by C. H. Page ... 8995 Fort Bend County Jail 602 Preston st. Completed in 1897, this structure was the third jail building in Fort Bend County. Built to communicate strength and justice to the area's lawless ... 8996 Fort Bend Telephone Company 2012 Ave. G Founded in 1914, the Fort Bend Telephone Company began when Charles H. waddell purchased nine individual telephone lines in the Needville community ... 13291 Foster Community 4 mi. NW of Rosenberg on FM 359 (1.4 mi. from FM 723) The Foster community began in the fall of 1821 as a permanent campsite settled by Randolph Foster (1790-1887) on what was then one of the largest ... 24346 Friedens United Church of Christ Cemetery marker pending marker pending 17257 Fulshear Black Cemetery FM Hwy 1093 W at FM Hwy 359 N ORAL TRADITION SAYS THAT THIS CEMETERY BEGAN AS A SLAVE CEMETERY ON THE PLANTATION OF TENNESSEE NATIVE CHURCHILL FULSHEAR. MANY EARLY BURIALS ARE ... 8999 Fulshear Cemetery Wallis Rd., near intersection w/FM 359 More than six acres here of the Mexican land grant acquired in 1824 by "Old 300" colonist Churchill Fulshear, Jr., were donated to the Methodist ...

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13044 Macario Garcia Macario Garcia Memorial Park Macario García was born on January 2, 1920, in Villa de Castaño, Mexico, to Luciano and Josefa García. The family moved to Fort Bend County, Texas, ... 22453 Mamie and A.P. George George Ranch Both descendants of early Texas settlers, Mary Elizabeth "Mamie" Davis (1877-1971) and Albert Peyton George (1873-1955) supported and served Richmond ... 9009 McNabb House Decker Park, 6th at Preston Phillip Vogel, a German merchant, built this residence in the 1850s. It reflects the simple Greek revival style popular at the time. A. D. McNabb, ... 9003 Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar Lamar Consolidated High School President of the Republic of Texas A native of Georgia, Mirabeau B. Lamar came to Texas in 1835 and immediately became involved in the movement for ... 15563 Mirabeau Buonaparte Lamar Richmond 13772 Missouri City Missouri City Junior High School, US 90A at Louisiana St. In 1890 Houston realtors R.M. Cash and L.E. Luckel began a real estate development here, promoted to attract settlers from Missouri and Illinois. ... 9011 Moore Home Fort Bend Museum -- Congressman John H. Moore Home Occupied by three generations of the Moore family, this house was built in 1883 by John M. Moore (1862-1940) for his bride Lottie (Dyer). A prosperous ... 9012 Morton Cemetery corner of 2nd and Commerce, 300 Blk. of N. 2nd St. Burial place of illustrious pioneers, including 1838-1841 Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar (1798-1859) and one of State's first women ... 9050 Morton Lodge No. 72, A. F. & A. M. 211 Morton St. Organized in 1850, the Morton Masonic Lodge was chartered on January 24, 1851. Named for "Old 300" colonist and Mason william Morton, the Lodge began ... 9051 Morton-McCloy House 402 N. Second St. "Old 300" settlers William Morton and his family operated Morton's Ferry here in the 1820s. Hand-hewn braced-frame construction suggests that at ... 9005 Mrs. Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long Ima Dru Hutchison Elementary School Site of the home of the pioneer of Anglo-American women in Texas Mrs. Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long (1789-1880) Wife of Dr. James Long, leader of an ...

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23477 “Sugar Land 95” State Convict Lease Labor Camp Cemetery 12300 University Blvd. In 2018, evidence of human burials were discovered during the construction phase of the James Reese Career and Technical Center. Further investigations ... 16950 Simonton School the north front of the school faces the railroad tract at Hwy 1093 IN 1893, SIMONTON COMMON SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 10 FORMED. J. B. JAMISON AND J. W. MULLINS DEEDED LAND AT THIS SITE FOR A NEW FRAME SCHOOL IN 1911. ... 24130 Site of Fort Bend Richmond In spring of 1822, a group of 24 men associated with Stephen F. Austin’s colony, including three enslaved individuals, constructed a humble log building, ... 9056 Site of the Home of Elizabeth Powell not able to access Built before March 21, 1831, when the land was granted to her. This point marks the most eastern advance of Urrea's army and the most southern advance ... 9004 Site of the Home of Mirabeau B. Lamar Ransom Rd., just south of the intersection with Hillcrest Rd. in front of county jail (1798-1859) Father of Texas education. President of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1841. He lived here from 1851 to 1859. 9001 Site of the Home of Randal Jones Wessendorf Park, N side Preston Street between N. 5th and N. 6th streets, near walking trail and parking lot 1786-1873 Member of Long's expedition in 1819 -- Captain of militia under Austin in 1824 - Member of the General Consultation, 1835 - On this ... 9074 Site of Thompson's Ferry Yandell Dr., W side, 0.2 mi. W of Pultar Rd. Where a part of the Mexican Army under command of General Antonio López de Santa Anna crossed the Brazos on April 14, 1836 en route to an engagement ... 9067 Snake Creek Cemetery and Church Needville Tombstones in this cemetery reflect early settlers who lived in Snake Creek community: Hodges, Boon, Boone, Darst, Davis, Gill, Armstrong, Hartgraves, ... 18520 St. John Missionary Baptist Church In Missouri City on TX Hwy 6 South, turn right on Oilfield Road and continue to 6731 on the west side of the road After the Civil War, former DeWalt Plantation slaves, led by Rev. Dave King, formed St. John Baptist Church (Colored) in 1869. In 1900, Anna Cartwright ... 9064 St. John's United Methodist Church corner of Jackson & 4th While Methodist missionaries had served the Richmond area as early as 1824, this congregation was organized January 22, 1839, by the Rev. Jesse Hord. ... 18362 Stafford Municipal School District NW area of 1625 Staffordshire, in front of building The city of Stafford, or Stafford’s point, was settled by William Stafford in the early 1820s. The settlers organized a place for their children ... 13179 Stafford Plantation Sugar Land, Off 500 block of Dulles Avenue Stafford Plantation Tennessean William Joseph Stafford and his second wife, Martha Cartwright, moved their family to this area in 1822 as part of ... 9068 Stafford's Point 3 blocks southof A90 (in front of public library) One of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300," William J. Stafford (1764-1840), founded the settlement of Stafford's Point on the 6819.7-acre land grant he ... 9069 Sugar Land Sugar Land Heritage Foundation, Imperial Sugar Building, in storage Founded 1853. Named by B. F. Terry and W. J. Kyle for sugar mill and plantation bought on their return with fortunes from California Gold Rush. The ... 9070 Sugar Land Auditorium 226 Lakeview Drive Built in 1917, this auditorium is the oldest public building still in use in Sugar Land. It was designed in the Mission Revival style by Imperial ... 22482 Sugar Land First United Methodist Church 431 Eldridge Rd. 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, ... 9071 Sugar Land Independent School District No. 17 Wood St, between Lakeview and 2nd Street, within the Sugar Land Auditorium fence line 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 ...

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9058 Taylor Ray just east of intersection with Ward St. (1863-1936) Born in Wabash, Indiana, Taylor Ray left home at the age of 13 to seek his fortune. In 1890 he married Mattie Newton (1871-1951) and ... 9073 Teague-Waddell House 1810 Avenue M Local businessman Norman P. Teague (1879-1913) and his wife Sidney Claire (Brooks) (1879-1952) erected this two-story residence in 1910. It has ornate ... 16252 Terry v. Adams Willie Melton Blvd, next to the post office During the first half of the 20th century, the U. S. Supreme Court heard a series of significant Texas voting rights cases which collectively ended ... 12990 Texas Prison System Central State Farm Main Building Sugar Land, 1 Circle Drive Central State Farm's roots trace to the late 1870s, when the original 5,235 acres of the sugar plantation here were worked by convict labor. In the ... 8986 The Darst-Yoder House corner of 9th and Jackson St. This 14-room classical revival structure of cypress and pine has 11-foot ceilings, four fireplaces; built in 1908 by R. H. Darst (1859-1938), grandson ... 14673 The Fitzgerald and Fenn Families SH 6, south side, 0.1 mi. E of Post Oak Blvd. David Fitzgerald, a veteran of the American Revolution and the War of 1812, came to Texas from Georgia in 1821.His son-in-law, Eli Fenn, followed ... 8987 The John H. Pickens Davis House on FM 762 east of Richmond in George Ranch Historical Park Built by son of Kinchen Davis, who escaped death by drawing a white bean in famous ordeal of Texans in 1842 Mexican conflict. As a "Jaybird" leader, ... 9007 The McFarlane House corner of 5th and Jackson A native of Scotland, Isaac McFarlane (1840-1900) served with Terry's Texas Rangers during the Civil War and later became a successful merchant in ... 9055 The Peareson-Winston House 404 S. 9th St. Col. P. E. Peareson, a Civil War veteran and lawyer whose firm practiced in richmond almost a century, moved this house to this site in 1869. The ... 9072 The Sugar Land Refinery Hwy. A-90 at Imperial Sugar, Marker reported damaged 5.15.18 Stephen F. Austin's colonists brought sugar cane to Fort Bend County in the 1820s. The Sugar Land area was once part of Oakland Plantation, where ... 9066 Thomas Jefferson Smith Morton Cemetery, 300 block of N 2nd St. Born in Virginia 1808, reared in Georgia. Fought in Texas War for Independence, 1836, under James W. Fannin at Refugio Mission. Captured at Goliad, ... 8998 Town of Fulshear in front of City Hall, FM 1093 On July 16, 1824, land grant of Mexico to Churchill Fulshear, one of the "Old 300" settlers of Stephen F. Austin, father of Texas. Churchill Fulshear, ... 9052 Town of Needville SH 36, 250' north of junction w/FM 1236 Had beginning in 1892 when settler August Schendel opened general store, here, on his land. Blacksmith shop, cotton gin, and room for post office ... 14747 Trinity Lutheran Church Rosenberg 9075 Trone-Ray-Lane House 1314 Third St. This house is located on the 1824 land grant of one of Stephen F. Austin's "Old 300" colonists, Henry Scott. It was built as a wedding gift in 1909 ...