Historical Markers of Texas

7842 Caddo Trace SH 49/11 east of Daingerfield about 3 mi. across from entrance to Daingerfield State Park Hunting and trade route for area between Arkansas and Red Rivers; used by Caddo Indians, who occupied the northeast corner of Texas and adjacent ... 7844 Concord Meeting House off FM 144 west of Omaha about 3 mi. to Concord Church Rd. Built about 1860 to replace log church; used for school, voting. Now a Baptist Church. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966 12234 County Line Baptist Church and Cemetery 5.4 mi. E of Daingerfield on Fm 130; 1 mi. N on CR 4119 to CR 4104 County Line Baptist Church records date back to 1859, but the church is believed to have been in existence some years earlier. The cemetery probably ... 7846 Cumberland Presbyterian Church 307 Broadnax St. Congregation traces its history to 1849, when area Presbyterians formally organized and began holding worship services in private homes. From 1852 ...

7847 Daingerfield, C. S. A. just off US 259 on Coffey St. at old Courthouse Civil War center for manufacturing, supply and travel. Place of enrollment of several Confederate army units. Local industries supporting the war ...

15299 Hayes Cemetery CR 1235 Hayes Cemetery Established c. 1850 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004 7855 Hometown of United States Senator Morris Sheppard US 67 and Baker St. (1875-1941) One of great lawmakers of the United States. Born near Naples, son of John L. and Alice Eddins Sheppard. Attended local schools. Received ...

13788 Iron Bluff Cemetery FM 250 at US 259 Livingston Skinner (1795-1874) came to this part of Texas from Georgia in the early 1840s with his wife, Hedidah "Jodie" (Hughes) (1806-1881), and ...

7859 James Thompson US 259/SH 49 in front of Morris County Courthouse (1759-1841) Veteran of the American Revolution. Ancestors of James Thompson lived in Virginia in the 17th century. Thompson served in Capt. Bynum's ...

7851 Morris County off US 259 on Coffey St. at old Courthouse Created and organized in 1875, with Daingerfield as county seat. Named for William W. Morris (1805-1883), who came to Texas in 1849, when the Civil ... 12684 Morris County US 67 E in roadside park Created and organized in 1875, with Daingerfield as county seat. Named for William W. Morris (1805-1883), who came to Texas in 1849. When the Civil ...

7853 Naples US 67 and Walnut St. When railroad by-passed prosperous town of Wheatville (3 mi. N), this rival town emerged at railroad. Post office moved here Jan. 1882, and was called ... 12235 Naples Cemetery 3rd Street and Pine Ave. The earliest recorded burial on this site was that of Elizabeth A. Baker, who died on April 26, 1883. Pattie D. Baker, who died in October of that ... 7861 Ned Walker Home FM 144 about 2 mi. SW of Omaha Built 1859, for pioneer J. G. Henderson. Hand-dressed pine in floors, ceilings, extra large interior doors were handmade. Recorded Texas Historic ...

7852 Omaha Corner US 259 and 4th St. Marker reported missing Jan. 2008. On Seidicum Line, the old Bowie-Red River counties boundary surveyed in 1840. Thompson Morris laid out "Morristown" in 1880, but post office was ...

7849 Rev. Nathan S. Johnson Daingerfield Cemetery east of US 259 on Coffey St. Born in Virginia in 1802, Nathan Johnson spent his boyhood years near Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In 1824 he was licensed to preach and served as a ... 7850 Richard Moore Cemetery private property Brothers Richard and Burrell Moore and their families came to Texas in 1840. Richard, his wife Sarah, and their children moved to this area in 1846. ... 12636 Rocky Branch 6 mi. N on US 259N 12875 Rocky Branch Daingerfield, 6 mi. N on US 259 N The abundance of creeks attracted travelers to this area, settled as early as the 1820s, and local tradition holds the community was named for the ... 7854 Rogers Cemetery private property - not accessible A plantation family burial ground. Established by planter-stagecoach owner-area leader Edwin Green Rogers (1800-70?) and wife Nancy (Tuggle) on their ...

7843 Site of Chapel Hill College Broadnax and Taylor St. Chartered 1850. Opened 1852 in brick building on land donated by Allen Urquhart, Republic of Texas surveyor. Founded by Marshall Presbytery of Cumberland ... 7848 Site of Hussey & Logan's Mill and Gin Factory next to cemetery Made machinery to process most important crops in Texas: gin saws to take seeds from cotton, for cloth-making; grist mills to grind corn into meal ... 7857 Site of Old Spearman's Ferry US 259 about 1 mi. south of Lone Star Operated along with a mill by E. B. Smith during the Republic of Texas. Bought by John Spearman in 1850. At this site in 1870 the state authorized ... 12236 Site of Omaha School 110 McLean Avenue Land was first purchased for a public school in Omaha in 1892 and a large wooden building near the railroad tracks soon housed three teachers and ... 12588 Site of Valley View School, Site of 6.1 miles northwest of Daingerfield on SH 49, then 1.3 miles north on FM 144 right-of-way When Morris County was divided into school districts in 1893, this part of the county was included in the Valley View District. B. and R. E. Fomby ... 7856 Snow Hill Baptist Church off SH 49 on Snow Hill Cemetery Rd. about 5 mi. NW of Daingerfield Settlers began moving to this area, which they called Snow Hill, by the early 1840s. In 1852, local residents organized this congregation under the ... 14248 Snow Hill Cemetery Daingerfield Snow Hill Cemetery Established 1870 Historic Texas Cemetery - 2004 7858 Spring Hill Primitive Baptist Church of Christ Spring Hill Cemetery. CR 4212 (Spring Hill Rd.), S side, 0.3 mi. E of US 259. 1852-1935. Meeting house erected 1859. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964

7845 The W. T. and T. C. Connor Buildings 205 Linda Dr. W. T. Connor (d. 1920) opened a mercantile business in 1866 in Daingerfield. In the 1880s, he and his contractor son, T. C. Connor, erected adjacent ...

7862 Wheatville and Wheatville Cemetery Wheatville Cemetery. From SH 77, 1.0 mi. N on CR 4315 then 0.3 mi. NW on CR 4316. Wheatville, named for pioneer settler William Wheat, began as a rest stop/general store on a main road to Jefferson (40 mi. SE) in the 1840s. During ...