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Old Oakland Plantation

Freeport vicinity, Brazoria County

Marker Text

Founded 1828 by Henry Wm. Munson, who bought site from Stephen F. Austin, Father of Texas. This land joined Peach Point Plantation, Austin's home. Munson, one of Texans in uprising over injustices at Anahuac and Velasco in 1832, died in yellow fever epidemic in 1833. (1965)

Marker Details

Address
Location Description 9 miles north of Freeport on SH 36, where private road intersects highway
Marker # 12420
Dedicated 1965
Size, Type 14" x 24"
Code plantations
Latitude, Longitude 28.983333, -95.502409

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