Texas Historical Marker #08414
Gen. James Willie. Born in Georgia Jan. 5, 1822; died in Houston, Texas 1863; Attorney General of Texas 1856-7; officer in the Confederate army. #8414
?, Independence, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08415
Female Department of Baylor University. On this site stood the Female Department of Baylor University incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Texas, February 1, 1845; Henry L. Graves, first president, was elected January 12, 1846; Preparatory Department for Boys and Girls was opened May 18, 1846 with H. F. Gillett as teacher; Rufus C. Burleson became president in 1851; in 1886 when Baylor University moved to Waco and consolidated with Waco University; the Female Department moved to Belton and now bears the name of Mary Hardin-Baylor College #8415
?, Independence, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08416
Replica of Convention Hall. Replica of the house in which the Constitutional Convention was held March 1 to 17, 1836, and in which the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed. #8416
Park Road 12, Washington-on-the-Brazos, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08417
Old Baptist Church. Organized in 1839. Here Sam Houston was converted and baptised in Rocky Creek in 1854. The present building was erected in 1872 #8417
?, Independence, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #08418
Home Built in 1845 by General Jerome B. Robertson Home. Home built in 1845 by General Jerome B. Robertson (1815-1891). A captain in the army of the Republic of Texas 1836; a captain in the Somervell Expedition 1842; Representative and Senator in the Texas Legislature; Brigadier General of Hood's Brigade C.S.A. #8418
?, Independence, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08419
Site of Soule University for Boys. Established in 1855 and chartered in 1856 to replace Rutersville and Wesleyan Colleges. Closed during the Civil War and later by yellow fever. Succeeded in 1875 by Southwestern University #8419
?, Chappell Hill, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08420
John Hoblett Seward Home. Home of John Hoblett Seward 1822-1892 and Laura Jane Roberts Seward 1838-1920; built in 1855 of hand-sawed cedar #8420
?, Independence, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08421
General Sam Houston Baptismal Site. One and one-half miles south General Sam Houston was baptized by Rufus C. Burleson, Baptist minister and president of Baylor University, November 19, 1854 in Rocky Creek. #8421
?, Independence, TX, United States
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Texas Historical Marker #08422
Holly Oaks. Home of Dr. Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1791-1873). Here he resided for many years and here he died. Baylor University bears his name #8422
?, Independence, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08423
Dr. Asa Hoxey Home. Home of Dr. Asa Hoxey. Built in 1833. Headquarters of many famous people during the early days of Texas. #8423
?, Independence, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08424
Akin Hill. A landmark on the "Old Colony Road" between Huntsville and Ryan's Ferry on the Trinity River. Named for Thomas Akin (1828-78), a native of Mississippi, who came to Texas in 1853 with his wife, Ruth Leakey Akin, whom he met and married in Bienville Parish, La., along the way. Akin, a horse trader, farmer, and singing teacher, came to this area in 1854, settled in the rural community of McGuire, and built a cabin at the base of the hill. While Akin served in the Civil War as a courier for Confederate Gen. John B. Hood, Mrs. Akin moved the family a few miles to the east. The couple had 7 children. #8424
?, Riverside, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08425
Site of Andrew Female College. Site of Andrew Female College; Established and chartered in 1853; An influential early Texas college for women founded by the Methodist Church; Named for Bishop James Osgood Andrew; Closed after about 26 years of service #8425
Ave. K & 8th St., Huntsville, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08426
Austin College Building. The Presbyterian Church established Austin College in Huntsville in 1849 and erected this structure in 1851-52. Austin College moved to Sherman in 1876, and in 1879 this building was deeded to the state for use by the newly-established Sam Houston Normal Institute (now Sam Houston State University). The Greek revival-era building features a three-bay front facade, two-story portico, and Doric columns. A third floor, added in 1882, was removed in 1926-27. #8426
1700 Sam Houston, Huntsville, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08427
The Rev. Thomas H. Ball. Thomas Henry Ball was born in Northumberland County, Virginia, in 1819, the son of The Rev. David Thomas and Hannah Henry (Gaskins) Ball. Following in his father's footsteps, Ball became a Methodist minister. While serving his first congregation in Prince Georges County, Maryland, he married Susan Rebecca Perrie. She died in 1853, shortly after the birth of their fourth child. In 1854, Dr. A. W. Rawlings, a relative by marriage and a member of the Board of Directors of Huntsville's Andrew Female College, offered Ball a place on the school's faculty. He accepted and moved to Texas in 1855 with his mother and his children. He served as a professor of Moral and Intellectual Philosophy and the Natural Sciences and as president of the college, which had been established in Huntsville in 1852 by the Methodist Church. In 1857, Rev. Ball married Mariah Obedience Spivey Cleveland, who also was a teacher at the college. One of the state's early Christian educators, Ball served Andrew Female College in the dual position of professor and president until he died in 1858 from typhoid fever.
?, Huntsville, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08428
Besser, General John Slater. A native of Pennsylvania, John Slater Besser was a brigadier general, legislator, and judge in Missouri before moving his family to Texas in 1842. While living in Montgomery and Walker counties, Besser held a number of public offices before and after the Civil War. He served as director and financial agent of the state penitentiary under Governors Bell, Henderson, Pease, Runnels, Houston, Clark, and Lubbock, and was Walker County Judge from 1878 to 1880. Married four times, Besser was the father of nine children born to his first wife, Julia Hampton. #8428
?, Huntsville, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08429
Bethea Creek. A tributary of the Trinity River, Bethea Creek (pronounced Buh-thay) is named for John and Elizabeth Bethea, pioneer settlers of the area. John settled in present-day Walker County in the 1830s and was an early gristmill operator and postmaster in the nearby riverport settlement of Newport, now a ghost town. Soon after Riverside was established along a rail line in the early 1870s, the Betheas moved to the town and operated a gristmill. This stream, which bears their name, remains as a symbol of the contributions made by the area's earliest settlers. #8429
?, Riverside, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08430
Black Jack Methodist Church and Cemetery. Settlement of this area began in the 1830s. Black Jack Methodist Church was organized in 1871 and a sanctuary was built about four miles west of this site. The congregation moved here in 1886, and land for a new sanctuary and cemetery was given by Mrs. Sophronia Jane Warren. Trustees of the new church were Henry Lee Taylor, A. W. McKenzie, and Stephen Johnson. The first burial in the cemetery occurred in 1887. The church was also used as a community school until 1916. Regular church services were discontinued during the Great Depression. #8430
?, Huntsville, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08431
Boettcher House. Edward ("Mr. Ed") Boettcher moved to Huntsville in 1928 to begin new logging operations in the nearby pine forests. His Boettcher Mill supplied the lumber for the fine interior woodwork in this house, which was built in 1933-34 for Boettcher and his family. A notable example of its style, the Tudor bungalow features classical elements in its palladian entry and the broken-pedimented gables. The house remained in the family after Boettcher's death in 1967. #8431
2020 Ave. N 1/2, Huntsville, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08432
Boswell Baptist Church. On Nov. 26, 1881, nine residents of the rural Boswell community met in a log schoolhouse (.25 mi. S) to organize this Baptist church. The Rev. T. E. King served as the first pastor and services were held in the schoolhouse until 1883. That year a frame chapel was built here on land donated by Phillip J. Ellisor. The Boswell Baptist Church was the center of community activity for many years, but declined after World War II. Although the congregation disbanded in 1950, the site is still used for an annual homecoming. Many prominent preachers and church leaders served here. #8432
?, New Waverly, TX, United States
Texas Historical Marker #08433
Anthony Martin Branch. Born in Buckingham County, Va.; came to Texas, 1847. Settled in Huntsville; entered law practice with Henderson Yoakum. Married Amanda Smith, 1849. Served in the 8th State Legislature, 1859-61; the Confederate army, 1862; and the Congress of Confederacy, 1863-65. U.S. Congress refused to seat him, 1866, because of his Confederate service. A friend of Sam Houston, he was named as co-executor of Houston's will. Branch died in yellow fever epidemic of 1867. #8433
?, Huntsville, TX, United States