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9635 Abshier Cemetery Abshier Cemetery, 4 mi. N of Hankamer on SH 61, then 1 mi. W on CR 112. Historic Texas Cemetery (HTC) medallion installed on post 2019. The families of Benjamin and Hannah (Weed) Abshier and Benjamin and Sarah (Hanks) Weed came to this area of Texas from Louisiana in 1843. The extended ... 24262 Ames Freedom Colony marker pending marker pending 9666 Andrew Jackson Isaacks Oak Shade Cemetery, S of Oak Shade Baptist Church, CR 2212 (Oakshade Rd.), 5.6 mi. NE of Cleveland. Map dot approximate. (December 3, 1817 - January 18, 1864) Born in Jackson, Mississippi. Fought in the Texas Revolution in 1835. Served as sheriff of Jasper County, 1841-1842. ... 22415 Annie Colbert - Rosenwald School 231 South Colbert St. BY 1883, LIBERTY COUNTY MAINTAINED 53 SCHOOLS, INCLUDING 19 AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOOLS. THE AVERAGE SCHOOL TERM WAS THREE MONTHS FOR AGES 8-14 BUT ... 15587 Atascosito northeast corner of FM 1011 and SH 146 A Spanish settlement on the Atascosito Road was established here in 1757 to prevent French trade with the Indians - Four and one-half miles west ... 9658 Augustine B. Hardin Hardin Family Cemetery, 5 mi. N of Liberty on FM 1101 A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Born in Georgia in 1798; died July 27, 1871.

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23602 Bailey's Corner marker pending marker pending 9659 Benjamin W. Hardin Hardin Family Cemetery, 5 mi. N of Liberty on FM 1101 Benjamin Watson Hardin - member of Ninth Congress-Republic of Texas; sheriff of Liberty County. Born in Georgia on March 25, 1796. Died on January ... 9640 Bryan-Neyland Cemetery NW corner Edgewood and Bowie streets. Subject marker placed 1981. Historic Texas Cemetery designation 2018. HTC medallion added to marker post 2018. Also known as the Bryan-Williams Cemetery or the Kersting Cemetery, this family burial ground is the resting place for some of Liberty County's most ... 9689 Burton B. Tarkington Tarkington community, SW corner SH 321 and CR 308A (McGinnis Rd.), in front of Tarkington Volunteer Fire Department Burton B. Tarkington (1790-1861) and his wife Sarah Berry Tarkington migrated with their family from Indiana in the mid-1820s to the Mexican state ...

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9675 Captain William M. Logan SE corner of Courthouse Square, Main and Sam Houston St. Born in North Carolina September 17, 1802. Moved to Liberty 1832. Died in Houston, Nov. 22, 1839. Organized and commanded 3rd Co., 2nd Regiment Texas ... 9642 Casa Consistatorial (Courthouse Square) Liberty County Courthouse grounds, north side facing Trinity St. Originally one of the five squares platted for public use in 1831 by J. Francisco Madero, General Land Commissioner appointed by the Mexican government ... 9643 Catholic Cemetery 1500 block of Grand at Bowie St. In 1853, twenty-two years after Francisco Madero founded the Villa de la Santissima Trinidad de la Libertad, now the town of Liberty, the Rev. Petrus ... 9646 City Cemetery W side Bowie Street, N of intersection with Grand. Subject marker placed 1983. Historic Texas Cemetery designation 2017. HTC medallion added to marker post 2018. In 1848, eleven years after Liberty was incorporated, the town's trustees appointed a committee to select a suitable location for a community burial ... 9647 City of Cleveland corner of Houston and San Jacinto St. in city park (median) The town of Cleveland traces its beginnings to 1878, when local attorney and politician Charles Lander Cleveland (1824-1892) deeded land to the Houston ... 9649 Cleveland-Partlow House 2131 Grand at San Jacinto One of the oldest existing structures in Liberty, this home was built about 1860 by Judge Charles L. Cleveland. It was sold to Frederich F. Foscue ... 14366 Col. Edward Bradford Pickett Liberty 22680 Concord Community Cemetery East of Trinity River. Adjoins First Concord Baptist Church, Hwy 146 22481 Cooke-Griffin Methodist Cemetery Cooke Memorial Cemetery, 0.1 mi. NE of Jefferson Dr then 0.1 mi. SE on turn before 1906 Lakeland Dr. (Liberty Police Department). See also adjacent historical marker for Griffin-Methodist Cemetery. Established 1846. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2018 9650 Cornelius De Vore Liberty City Cemetery, 800 block of Bowie St. A San Jacinto veteran. Born in New Orleans September 11, 1819; died July 29, 1883.

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17880 Dayton's Old School Dayton Old School Museum Dayton began as part of the City of Liberty. The children who lived here were either educated at home, across the river in the main part of Liberty, ...

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9637 Edward Thomas Branch in front of Masonic lodge (December 6, 1811 - September 22, 1861) Virginia native Edward Thomas Branch came to Texas in 1835 and settled in Liberty. As a first sergeant in ...

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9651 First Baptist Church of Dayton 115 S. Church St. The first Baptist congregation in Dayton was formed in 1878, when ten worshipers gathered together to begin a church. A one-room schoolhouse, located ... 9652 First Methodist Church of Dayton 106 S. Cleveland St. Methodist worship services were conducted in West Liberty, later known as Dayton, as early as 1855. By 1900 the First Methodist Church had a full-time ... 9660 Franklin Hardin Liberty City Cemetery, 800 block of Bowie St. -- 9653 French Cemetery 2.5 mi. NE of Dayton on W side of FM 1008 According to local tradition, this cemetery derives its name from a group of French settlers who were killed and buried near the site sometime during ...

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9655 Gillard - Duncan House Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center Dr. E. J. Gillard (1808-75) brought his family to Texas from Louisiana in 1845. About 1848 he built this home on his plantation east of Liberty. ... 9657 Griffin-Methodist Cemetery Cooke Memorial Cemetery, 0.1 mi. NE of Jefferson Dr then 0.1 mi. SE on turn before 1906 Lakeland Dr. (Liberty Police Department). See also adjacent Historic Texas Cemetery marker for Cooke-Griffin Methodist Cemetery. Jackson Hawkins Griffin (1818-1864) came to Liberty in 1835. A member of the Liberty Volunteers during the Texas Revolution, he participated in the ...

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9661 Hardin Methodist Church on FM 834, W side of Hardin This congregation traces its history to 1876 when the Reverend J. R. D. Taylor (1851-1882) established a Methodist church named China Grove. Early ... 16900 Henry O. Ager Home Northeast corner of Block 20; corner of Cos & Fannin, one block East of Main St. Louisiana native Henry O. Ager (1852-1924) first came to Liberty in the 1870s before returning in 1884 as a druggist. While visiting Chicago for ... 16840 Hill and Sara McClanahan House 401 Austin Street In 1919, the Eagle Point Oil Company sold land which became the Louise Hardie Cleveland subdivision, a residential neighborhood north of the main ... 9679 Homesite of George Orr northeast corner of FM 1011 and SH 146 George Orr first came to Texas in 1813 as a member of the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition. He returned in 1821 with his family and established a home ... 9638 Homestead of John S. and Jane Susanna Lee Brown, 1856 4 mi. S of Devers, Anahuac Highway 1/2 mi. of road On Spanish land grant. Building materials came by sea from Mobile, Ala., to Anahuac, thence by ox-cart to present site. Lumber was hand-planed; pegs ... 9667 Hugh B. Johnston Johnston Family Cemetery, 12 mi. N off SH 160 First alcalde of Liberty municipality, 1831. Delegate to the Consultation, 1835; member of Congress, 1838-1839. Born in Tennessee; died in 1850.

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9693 James B. Woods M.G. White Cemetery, off FM 563 on private property. Map dot approximate. A signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Born in Kentucky, January 21, 1802. Died, 1851. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 17840 James B. Woods Travis St., W side between Sam Houston St. and Dr. M.L. King Dr. James B. Woods, the third representative of the Municipality of Liberty to sign the Texas Declaration of Independence, was born on January 21, 1802 ... 9645 John Cherry Ryan Cemetery, S side CR 300, about 300 feet W of SH 321. Map dot approximate. (November 23, 1808 - April 12, 1891) Soldier in Capt. William Logan's company, 2nd Regiment, Volunteers, Texas War for Independence, 1836. Born in ... 17824 Judge Walter S. Neel House 1204 N. Main Street Built in 1917 by Dayton newspaper owner, editor, publisher and Justice of the Peace Walter S. Neel on a 1.66 acre lot he purchased in 1914, this ...

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9669 Liberty County on the N shoulder of US 90 about 2 mi. E of Liberty A trail across this region traveled and described by Alonso de Leon in 1690 became the "La Bahia" or "Lower Road" in the 18th century. First settlement, ... 9670 Liberty County Courthouse lawn, Main and Sam Houston St. -- 22793 Liberty County Bank_Zbranek Building marker pending marker pending 9672 Liberty Masonic Lodge No. 48, A. F. & A. M. 500 Fannin at Trinity Organized in 1848 and chartered the following year, the Liberty Masonic Lodge had an initial membership of eleven. Charter members included William ... 9673 Liberty Methodist Church 539 Main St. Late in 1840, the Rev. Hugh Fields, migrating to Texas from Mississippi, preached the first Methodist sermon in Liberty in the log courthouse. Liberty ... 9674 Linney Cemetery Linney-Acie Cemetery. Corner of E. Linney and N. Colbert. Historic Texas Cemetery (HTC) medallion installed on post 2019. Founded in the 1850s, this graveyard was established to serve the citizens of West Liberty (now Dayton). Although there was no early organization ... 22792 Lovett House (RTHL) 1723 Webster St. marker pending 9639 Luke Bryan Bryan-Neyland Cemetery, NW corner Edgewood and Bowie streets. A soldier in the Army of Texas, 1835. A participant in the Battle of San Jacinto. Born in Louisiana October 7, 1807. Died October 7, 1869. Erected ...

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22651 McGinnis Cemetery Tarkington community, CR 308A (McGinnis Rd.), N side, 0.3 mi. NW of SH 321 McGinnis Cemetery Established 1861. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2018 9677 Mexican Hill 2315 US Hwy. 90 East Following the decisive Battle of San Jacinto in the Texas War for Independence, most of the Mexicans captured in the battle were taken to Galveston. ... 16067 Mexican Hill Liberty Mexican Hill. Here Mexican soldiers captured at San Jacinto were held from August 28, 1836 to April 25, 1837. When all were released the kind treatment ... 9662 Milton Ashley Hardin Liberty City Cemetery, 800 block of Bowie St. (November 4, 1813 - September 18, 1894) Tennessee native Milton Hardin moved to Texas in 1826 with his parents, settling in present day Liberty County. ...

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9676 Near Site of Early Meat-Packing Plant US 90, on Trinity River. Marker reported missing July 2000 Probably first commercial meat-packing plant in Texas. In early 1840's, English firm of Jones & Co. established a beef-preserving plant at Liberty ...

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9678 Oak Shade Baptist Church 6 mi. E of Cleveland off FM 787 The formation of this fellowship developed from an 1857 meeting in a log schoolhouse (0.5 miles south). Conducted by two missionaries of the Union ... 22647 Oak Shade Cemetery Oak Shade Cemetery, S of Oak Shade Baptist Church, CR 2212 (Oakshade Rd.), 5.6 mi. NE of Cleveland Established 1845. Historic Texas Cemetery - 2018 9692 Old Wells' Store from Cleveland take SH 321 about 7 mi. SE; reported damage to marker 2/2022 Center section built about 1875 by D. W. Proctor & Company; later operated by L. L. Wells. This structure and earlier one on same site each served ... 13537 Ott Hotel 305 Travis Built to capitalize on oil boom prosperity, the Ott Hotel became a Liberty landmark. The regional economy in the early 20th century focused on trade, ...

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9680 Plaza Constitucional (Municipal Square) Trinity and Main St. J. Francisco Madero, appointed by Mexican government to grant land titles, platted Liberty town tract, 1831, with 49 squares in inner city. Five ... 9648 Plaza de Carcel, y Casas de Correccion 418 Main St. (Square of the Jail and Houses of Correction) Originally mapped 1831, according to laws of "Coahuila and Texas", then the northernmost state of Mexico. ... 9682 Plaza de Mercado 340 Main St. at Sam Houston St., Liberty Originally mapped in 1831 as a public plaza by the Mexican government, this was one of five such squares in the town of Liberty. Although this plaza ... 9681 Plaza Iglesia Parroquial (Parish Church Square) Sam Houston and Milam St. (NW corner), Liberty This block of the inner town of Liberty was set aside and designated for Catholic use in 1831 by J. Francisco Madero, commissioner for the Mexican ... 23605 Pounds House marker pending marker pending 12816 Price Daniel Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center Texas statesman Price Daniel (1910-1988) was born in nearby Dayton, the son of M.P. and Nannie Partlow Daniel. His career in state and national politics ... 9641 Pryor Bryan Bryan-Neyland Cemetery, NW corner Edgewood and Bowie streets. An officer in the Army of Texas 1835-1836. Born in Louisiana March 11, 1810. Died April 19, 1873. His wife Mary A. Merriman Bryan. Born August 6, ...

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16908 Riggs Cemetery In median of US Hwy 59 at North end of East San Jacinto River Bridge Established 1892 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2010 9684 Rural Shade Baptist Church 7 mi. SE of Cleveland on SH 321, then left on CR 2274, .10 mi. to church At least 14 charter members founded this church in the Tarkington's Prairie community about 1870. Land was deeded in 1878 for a combination Baptist ... 22416 Ryan Cemetery Tarkington community, Ryan Cemetery, S side CR 300, about 300 feet W of SH 321. Also known as Ryan's Graveyard, this historic burial ground served the rural community of Tarkington since at least the 1860s. Named for early pioneer ...

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9664 Sam Houston in Liberty County SW corner of Main and Sam Houston St. Pioneer, lawyer, statesman, and leader of the Texas victory over Mexico at San Jacinto, General Sam Houston began a relationship with Liberty County ... 9686 Seven Courthouses of Liberty County Courthouse lawn The town of Liberty served as the seat of government for the municipality of Liberty, one of 23 territories in Texas established by Mexico in the ... 9687 Seven Pines 1710 Sam Houston Ave. Benjamin Franklin Hardin (1803-1878) came to this area with other members of his family in 1826. Settling in the Atascosito District of the Mexican ... 15539 Site of Concord Baptist Church First Concord Baptist Church. From Rye, south 1 mi. to CR 2132, 0.1 mi. W to church and cemetery Organized May 24, 1845 with the following members: Nancy Lea, Margaret Houston, Antoinette L. Bledsoe, Joseph L. Ellis, Benjamin F. Ellis, Archer ... 9691 Site of Liberty's Ursuline Convent 1616 Sam Houston St. at Austin St. In 1859 Bishop John Mary Odin sent a group of Ursulines from Galveston to Liberty to establish a convent and girls' school. Under the leadership ... 9656 Site of the Town of Grand Cane on SH 146, about 23 mi. N of Liberty on E side of road Here General Sam Houston built a home in 1843 and in it resided until 1845. A post office was established May 22, 1846 with Vernon B. Lea as postmaster. ... 9685 St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Sam Houston Regional Library and Research Center Served as early as the 1850s by visiting clergy, local Episcopalians worshiped in temporary quarters before erecting this structure in 1898. the ... 9688 Stilson 2.5 mi. W of Dayton on US 90 ROW The community of Stilson traces its origins to the arrival in the 1890s of the Texas and New Orleans Railroad. Out-of-state developers O. H. Stilson ...

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18457 Tarver Abstract Company 400 Main Street For well over one hundred years, the Tarver Abstract Company has provided real property title information to the citizens of Liberty County. Thomas ... 9654 The Noble Garvey House Taft Ave., W side, 150 feet SW of S. Fenner Ave. on private property After settling here in the 1890s, Noble Garvey (1875-1941) became a leading merchant, landowner, and bank president. Interested in civic improvement, ... 9683 The Runaway Scrape US 90 Famous flight of Texians to escape Santa Anna's invading Mexican army. Tales of the Alamo butchery on March 6, 1836, and the continuing retreat of ... 12910 The Schools of Tarkington Prairie Tarkington High School, NE corner FM 163 and CR 2268 Burton B. Tarkington brought his family from Indiana to present Liberty County in the 1820s. The vast prairie he settled came to be known for him, ... 9690 The Trinity River US 90 (SH 146), S side W of Carter St. and E of the Trinity River As the longest river with its drainage basin entirely within Texas, the Trinity River's watershed covers 18,000 square miles flowing 715 river miles ... 9644 Thomas Jefferson Chambers Home 624 Milam at Webster This residence was built during the 1860s for newspaper editor Thomas Jefferson Chambers (1840-1929), the nephew and namesake of Texas colonial leader ... 9671 To Generals Lallemand, Antoine Riguad, the veterans of the Napoleonic Wars US 90 (SH 146), S side W of Carter St. and E of the Trinity River To Generals Charles Lallemand, Antoine Rigaud, the veterans of the Napoleonic Wars and other French settlers, who, after many trials and adventures, ... 16405 Tom Hill House Cleveland, 211 S. Bonham Completed in 1923, this house was owned by Thomas Coleman Hill (1883-1976) and his wife, Aileene. Tom Hill was a well-respected leader in Cleveland ...

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22791 William C. Abbott marker pending marker pending 9663 William Hardin Hardin Family Cemetery, 9 mi. N on FM 1011 Delegate to the Second Convention of Texas, 1833. Alcalde of Liberty municipality.First judge of Liberty municipality. Born in Franklin County, Georgia ...

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22403 Yettie Kersting 1353 N. Travis St. Henrietta "Yettie" Kersting was born in Giddings, Texas, on October 17th, 1863, daughter of Louisa (Johnson) and Henry Kersting, a German immigrant ...