Historical Markers of Texas

15802 Baker Cemetery Baker Cemetery Road Baker Cemetery Established CA. 1855 Historic Texas Cemetery-2008 15829 Bay's Chapel Cemetery FROM RICHARDS, FM 149 S. 2 MI., LEFT ON BAY'S CHAPEL RD., GO 4.1 MI., TURN RT. ON CEMETERY RD., GO .6 MI. TO END OF CEMETERY RD. ON LEFT. 7864 Bay's Chapel Methodist Church off SH 149 Founded by settlers from Tennessee, the Thomas Bay family. First log church (also used as school) was built 1851 across road; site donated by A. ... 15369 Bennett's Early Homesite Montgomery

7866 Cathalorri SH 105 E, 1 block east of SH 149 Built in 1854 for merchant, R. S. Willis, by craftsman J. E. Shelton. Hand-planed siding, pegged and morticed framework. Restored in 1965 by Mr. ... 7903 Charles Bellinger Stewart FM 105 at FM 2854 First Secretary of State in Texas (1806-1885). Came to Texas 1830. Secretary of State, Nov. 1835-Feb. 1836. Signed Declaration of Independence; helped ... 23640 Chilton-Dean House SE corner College and Eugenia streets John E. Shelton, a local homebuilder in Montgomery, built the original two-bedroom house between 1851 and 1853. In 1854, he sold it to the Reverend ... 7867 Conroe in front of Conroe City Hall Established in the forest in 1881 as Isaac Conroe's sawmill, 2-1/2 mi. east of present site, at juncture of two railroads, first named Conroe's Switch; ... 23829 Conroe Community Cemetery Conroe Community Cemetery, N. 10th Street, E side between College and E. Phillips streets. This burial ground represents generations of early African American history in Conroe. Locals remember the site referred to as the “Community Cemetery” ... 17662 Conroe Fire of 1911 Montgomery County Courthouse grounds, east side On February 21, 1911 around 1:30 in the morning, a fire broke out in the Capitol Drug Store on Chambers (today North Main) Street. The blaze was ... 7869 Conroe Oil Field SE corner FM 3083 and Albert Moorehead Rd. One of the great petroleum areas of the Texas coastal region. Opened December 13, 1931, by the discovery well of George Strake (No. 1 South Texas ... 12320 Conroe Telephone Exchange 125 1/2 Simonton St. A long distance telephone line ran from Houston to Gilbert's Drug Store in Conroe before Mr. Gilbert and Albert Madeley began a local telephone exchange ... 7870 Crane Family Cabin Conroe Nickolas Crane (b. 1830) came to Texas from Alabama, 1848, and in 1850s married Mary Ann Havard. A Confederate veteran of the Civil War, he built ... 7871 Crater Hill FM 1485, W side of Crystal Creek, 0.3 mi. W of Waukegan Rd. Original 1967 inscription revised in 1995. Marker reported missing Jan. 2006. Map dot approximate. Oil wells known as Madeley No. 1 and No. 2, drilled in 1933 by Standard Oil Company of Kansas, came in on fire and threatened the entire Conroe oil ...

22688 Danville Cemetery medallion is located on masonry entrance wall 7874 Davis Law Office 300 block of Liberty St. Built in 1845, this frame structure was first used for the law office and living quarters of Judge Nat Hart Davis. Many young attorneys read law ... 15067 Decker Prairie Cemetery .9 mi west of Tomball Pkwy (Hwy 249) on Decker Prairie Road HTC medallion only

20048 Elizabeth Shaw Cartwright Cemetery Adjacent to East side of 18238 Rabon Chapel Road 7875 Esperanza Off Esperanza Rd. on private property. RTHL medallion only

7878 First State Bank of Montgomery 211 Liberty St. One of first state banks in Texas. Chartered Dec. 11, 1906, it began operations in a frame building on lot south of here. Present building was finished ... 7865 Former Homesite of Joseph L. Bennett SH 105, 1.5 mi. east of Montgomery (just east of Walden Rd.) Joseph L. Bennett, who came to Texas in 1834 and settled in this area, joined the Texas army in early 1836. As captain of a company of local volunteers, ... 7901 Frontier Colonial Home Fernland Historical Park, N side Clepper Drive between Bessie Price Owen Drive and Racetrack Lane. AKA Arnold-Simonton House. With classic porch. Oldest house in Montgomery, built 1845 by settler from Connecticut, Dr. E. J. Arnold. Earlier home, log cabin built on this lot ...

7883 George Bell Madeley Cemetery Magnolia Born at Trittiford in Hall Green, near Birmingham, England, in 1815, George Bell Madeley emigrated to Texas about 1845. In Harrisburg he met and ... 24244 Girl Scouts Camp Robinwood marker pending marker pending

7879 J. S. Griffith Home College and Prairie St. -- 7899 Jacob Shannon Evergreen Cemetery Mt. Mariah Rd., E side 0.2 mi. N of Mock Ln. Marker placed 1986, HTC medallion added at entrance 2004. Born in Georgia, Jacob Montgomery Shannon (1804-1878) came to Texas at the age of 17, while the region was under Mexican rule. He married Catherine ... 7882 James Jordan (Jardine) Log House Conroe Born in Ireland about 1790, James Jordan (also spelled "Jardine") came to Texas in 1826 as part of Jose Vehlein's colony. He built this cabin about ... 7906 John M. Wade SH 105 and Pond St. (1815-1879) Born in New York City, John Marshall Wade left his home as a youth. On the advice of Sam Houston, he came to Texas in 1835 from the Western ...

24243 Lake Conroe Dam and Reservoir marker pending marker pending 18408 Lake Creek Settlement Southwest corner of front yard of the N. H. Davis Pioneer Complex and Museum (the Liberty Street/FM 149 side) Long before the arrival of Stephen F. Austin’s colonists, the Coushatta Indians traveled through the lands that would become the Lake Creek Settlement ...

7863 Mabin Alexander Anderson Oakwood Cemetery, E. SH 105 (Aug. 6, 1869 - Feb. 3, 1940) Upon winning election as Montgomery County Sheriff, 1902, took office in critical period of the John Winston murder ... 7884 Magnolia Magnolia Blvd. and Magnolia Pkwy. In early days, known as Mink's Prairie, and by 1850, shortened to Mink. In 1902, railroad named it Melton to honor Jim Melton, a large landowner ... 7885 Magnolia 801 College St Built 1854 for Peter J. Willis and wife, Caroline Womack; named for their daughter, first child born here (later Mrs. Geo. Sealy, Galveston; Magnolia ... 17449 Magnolia Cemetery West side of 6th St., north of Acker St. This burial ground was in use for decades before Tom J. Goodson (1858-1913) and wife, Winnie May (1867-1911), deeded it to the Baptist church on ... 12233 Magnolia Depot 416 Magnolia Blvd. Built in 1902 by the International and Great Northern Railroad, this depot served as a major shipping point for cotton, sweet potatoes and other ... 13566 Mallalieu United Methodist Church Texas Annual Conference Mission Center, Archival Center (congregation dissolved, and marker moved from Houston in 2018). Area residents organized First Ward Methodist Episcopal Church on June 23, 1885, and in November of that year, the Rev. I.D. Rose became the church's ... 7914 Matthew W. Cartwright 1mi. east on Rabon Chapel Rd. via FM 2854, 9 mi. from Conroe -- 7888 Methodist Parsonage 705 College St. In one of first charges to be established in Texas (1838) in time of the Republic. First Montgomery parsonage was first built by any Protestant church ... 7889 Montgomery Baptist Church Building Pond and Caroline St. Baptist in Montgomery organized a fellowship in 1850 and purchased land at this site the same year. In 1853, the Rev. thomas Chilton became the church's ... 14997 Montgomery County Marker is in temporary storage pending widening of the highway. Was at US 75 (N. Frazier Street), roadside park on west side, near Camp Arnold Drive. Created from Washington County -- December 14, 1837 -- Organized the same year -- Named in honor of -- Richard Montgomery -- 1736-1775 -- Brigadier ... 17660 Montgomery County Courthouses Montgomery County Courthouse grounds, W entrance facing N. Thompson St. The Montgomery County Courthouse in the center of downtown Conroe memorializes the remarkable history of one of the oldest counties in the state ... 7890 Montgomery County, C. S. A. SH 149 in front of Community Building A wealthy farm area in 1861. In Civil War, supported Texas with goods, funds and men. 2 companies from here were in famed Hood's Texas Brigade-- ... 16450 Montgomery Memorial Cemetery S. side of Hwy 1097 E. 500 ft. from intersection w/ Hwy 149 14615 Montgomery United Methodist Church, Site of 309 Pond Street Isaac L.G. Strickland established a Methodist congregation in Montgomery in 1838, under the direction of Elder Littleton Fowler of the Mississippi ... 7891 Mt. Pleasant Cemetery 7 mi. NE, FM 1097 to Mount Pleasant Road Pioneers who settled this area as early as the 1850s are buried in this community cemetery. The oldest of 113 marked graves are those of Clara B. ... 24018 Mt. Zion Cemetery 25120 Harper Lane MT. ZION CEMETERY, ESTABLISHED 1879, HISTORIC TEXAS CEMETERY – 2023

7873 N. H. Davis Cottage 300 block of Liberty St. Home of Judge N. H. Davis and wife, Sarah E. White. Built 1851, from 1831 log house received as legal fee. Kitchen area attached 1880. Texanna Snow's ... 15224 New Bethlehem Cemetery 7 mi E of Conroe, Texas on Hwy 105, cross Crystal Creek Bridge, turn left on Milmac Rd. go 1 mi to cemetery This burial ground has served area residents since the early 20th century. By that time, many families had moved near the Conroe-Cleveland and Willis-Waukegan ... 7892 New Caney East Montgomery County Courthouse, W side of southbound US 59 at Justice Drive Permanent settlement in what is now New Caney began in the 1860s. The area was first called Presswood for the pioneer family of Austin and Sarah ... 7893 New Cemetery of Montgomery 1 block south of SH 105 Burial place of many honored Texans, including Dr. Charles B. Stewart, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and first secretary of state; ... 7881 Noah Griffith (1786-1853) _ Esther Wightman Griffith (1788-1863) FM 1486, 4 mi. S of Dobbin (in front yard) Members of Stephen F. Austin's second colony, Noah Griffith (1786-1853) and his wife Esther (Wightman) (1788-1863) came to Texas in 1829 from New ...

17450 Oklahoma Cemetery From Conroe take I45 S; L on FM 2978; go approx 5 mi to Oklahoma Cemetery sign, turn left onto Conroe-Hufsmith Road; it is about 1/3 mi to the cemetery entrance. Oral tradition says that when a Mr. Sanders told a Mr. Leslie he was moving to Oklahoma, but he moved near here instead, the settlement was named ... 13122 Oklahoma School Magnolia, Hufsmith-Conroe Rd. and Carraway Ln., off FM 2978 Early residents of what would become the Oklahoma settlement moved into the area in the middle to late 19th century. Families farmed, raised livestock ... 7895 Old Dr. Wm. P. Powell Home NW corner Wood and Stewart streets Remaining portion of 13-room house built in 1872 by carpenter Sid Inglet. Powell-- a pioneer physician, Confederate veteran-- married Miss Mary Eugenia ...

17209 Pool's Cemetery 9 miles west of Montgomery on the west side of FM 149 AMONG 1850s SETTLERS HERE WERE JOHN W. POOL (1823-1901) AND HIS WIFE, JOANNAH (1825-1910). THEIR SON, WILLIAM J. POOL (1855-1936), DEEDED ABOUT TWO ...

7897 Reinhardt Homestead US 59 and Loop 494, on corner Reinhardt Rd. north of New Caney Conrad Reinhardt (1886-1969) bought this property in 1918 and established this homestead where he and his wife, Lillie Bell Freeman (1894-1970), ... 7894 Reuben Jonathan Palmer Old Methodist Churchyard, NE corner Pond Street and Eva Street (SH 105) (January 18, 1829 - March 20, 1868) Born in Appomattox County, Va., son of Reuben DeJarnette and Martha P. (Christian) Palmer; he was educated at ...

15190 Secretaries of State Montgomery 7900 Shelton-Smith House 811 Caroline St. A part of this house may have existed as early as 1855, when site and improvements were sold to John E. Shelton. He was a master craftsman who built ... 10776 Shepherd Drive Methodist Church Texas Annual Conference Mission Center, Archival Center (congregation dissolved, and marker moved from Houston in 2018). In 1899 a group of Methodists from this area, known then as the Brunner Addition, met in a building known as McClure's Assembly Hall and organized ... 7872 Site of Former Town of Danville Shepard Hill Rd., north on 45 from Danville, 4 mi. from Willis Founded before 1840 as trade center, rich plantation area. Many prominent families had Texas beginnings here. At peak, town had 15 businesses, several ... 13858 Site of the Home of Dr. Charles B. Stewart In storage while site is under construction 1806-1885. Member of the Consultation, 1835. First Secretary of State. Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. Delegate from Montgomery ... 7909 Site of Willis Cigar Factory 300 Bell and Waverly Following the Civil War, area farmers found the climate and soil conditions of Montgomery County were ideal for the production of tobacco. The varieties ... 7904 Sunday-Moore House Cook's Branch Conservancy, on restricted access/private property. Map dot approximate. George J. Sunday, an early area sawmill worker, and his wife Aletha built this home in the 1890s on land his father bought in 1870. In 1906 it was ...

24058 Tamina Freedom Colony marker pending marker pending 7905 Telegraph Road Sam Houston National Forest, SH 149, E side, 0.1 mi. S of Hidden Forest Rd. A pioneer trail connecting the towns of Montgomery, Houston, and Huntsville, in use as early as 1845, became an important transportation and freighting ... 7427 The Davison Home 355 Linwood County's first prefabricated house. Built 1887-88 by R.A. Corry. Parts were shipped from St. Louis. Hand-carved wainscot, staircase, mantels. Wood ... 7880 The Griffith Homesite and Cemetery 4 mi. south of Dobbin Elias R. Wightman, a surveyor in Stephen F. Austin's first colony, returned to the United States in 1828 to recruit additional settlers. Two colonists ... 7868 The Isaac Conroe Property Ave. A and 1st St. Temporary Montgomery County Courthouse. A native of New Jersey, Isaac Conroe (1834-1897) served with the Union army during the Civil War. Moving ... 7887 The Old Methodist Churchyard 315 Pond St. In Jan. 1839, the Rev. Isaac Strickland organized a Methodist Church whose members soon built a log meetinghouse on this site donated by founders ... 7896 The Railroad in Montgomery behind First Bank of Conroe building Problems with transporting farm crops to market, along with the growing importance of rail transportation were major factors that prompted area businessmen ... 7907 The Richard Williams Cemetery From Willis, 6 miles east on county road. Born in Georgia in 1808, Richard Williams moved to Texas in 1834. He fought in several battles of the Texas revolution, including the "Grass Fight" ... 7876 The W. A. "Bay" Evans Home Pauline and Thompson streets Architect Blum E. Hester, who designed the Creighton Theatre, drew the plans for this house in 1933. Built for William Arthur "Bay" Evans (1900-1954) ... 12608 Thomas Chapel United Methodist Church corner of Martin Luther King Blvd. (Waverly St.) and Holland Organized in 1867 as the Thomas Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church, South, this congregation is the oldest in Willis and pre-dates the founding of ... 7916 Town of Montgomery Near W entrance of Montgomery Community Building, E side Liberty Street (SH 105) between Clepper Drive and College Street Founded in July, 1837 by W. W. Shepherd Incorporated in 1848 Montgomery County was created December 14, 1837 James Mitchell, Pleasant Gray, William ...

7898 West Fork of The San Jacinto River SH 105, 7 mi. west of Conroe near Conroe Dam and Coast Guard Auxiliary Patiri and other Indians lived here in Archaic and Neo-American periods. When Spanish incursions began in the 1700s, the river was named either for ... 7915 William Cartwright Cartwright Family Cemetery; 1 mi. east on Rabon Chapel Rd. off CR 2854, 9 mi. west of Conroe -- 7917 William S. Taylor Methodist Graveyard, SH 105 and Pond St. -- 7912 William Womack House Off SH 149 on private property -- (RTHL medallion only) 7908 Willis SH 75 and FM 2432 Founded in 1870. Named for P. J. and R. S. Willis (large land and timber owners who formerly were merchants in area). They gave townsite, on the ... 7910 Willis Male and Female College Rodgers and Thomason St. Founded 1888, when coeducation was rare. Willis citizens raised funds for 2-1/2 story building put up by contractor Sidney L. Inglet. Taxes funded ... 7911 Willis Methodist Church Waverly and Thomason St. Worshipped in school until this building was erected under Pastors G. S. Sandel, J. M. Pugh, 1877-1879. Pioneer citizen, Capt. T. W. Smith gave bell ... 7913 Wood-Valda Home College St. "Homewood." Built 1887 by merchant, landowner, farmer Wm. Baker Wood (1853-1941) and wife, Amelia Davis (1859-1943). Choice heart pine, shiplap siding. ...