Brazoria
Albert Sidney Johnston
Bonney, TX
(February 2, 1803 -April 6, 1862) Kentucky native Albert Sidney Johnston graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at West Point in 1826.
Ammon Underwood
West Columbia, TX
(February 13, 1810 - November 17, 1887) Born in Massachusetts; came to Texas, 1834.
Ammon Underwood House
East Columbia, TX
A structure erected in noted old river port town of Marion in Republic of Texas era.
Brazoria Townsite
Brazoria, TX
Established 1828 by John Austin, friend of Stephen F. Austin, "Father of Texas".
Charlie Brown
West Columbia, TX
Charlie Brown, born a slave in the late 1820s, came to the Brazoria County area from Virginia before the Civil War.
Columbia
West Columbia, TX
In September 1836 Columbia, now known as West Columbia, became capital of the Republic of Texas.
Columbia (First Capital of Texas)
West Columbia, TX
In 1836 and 1837, the town of Columbia (now West Columbia) served as the capital of the Republic of Texas.
Dr. Sofie Deligath Herzog
Brazoria, TX
Austrian-born Sofie Deligath (1846-1925) wed Dr. Moriz Herzog at the age of 14 and in 1878 emigrated with her family to the U.S., where...
Emily Margaret Brown Austin Bryan Perry
Jones Creek, TX
(1795-1851) Born near Austinville, Virginia, as was her brother Stephen Fuller Austin (1793-1836), Emily moved with her father Moses...
Four Miles Southeast to the Original Town of Velasco
Freeport, TX
Landing place of the "Lively" first vessel bringing immigrants to Austin's colony in 1821.
George Rounds
West Columbia, TX
(1805 - 1855) New Yorker George Rounds served in Col. James W. Fannin's regiment in the Texas War for Independence but escaped the Goliad...
James Briton "Brit" Bailey
Bailey's Prairie, TX
(1779-1833) Pioneer Texan noted for his courage, integrity, and eccentric behavior.
James Franklin Perry
Jones Creek, TX
(September 19, 1790 - September 13, 1853) A native of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, James Franklin Perry moved to Potosi, Missouri, in...
Major Guy M. Bryan, C.S.A.
Jones Creek, TX
(1821-1901) Born in Missouri.
Major James Peckham Caldwell
Jones Creek, TX
(January 6, 1793 - November 16, 1856) Adjutant of the Texas army in Battle of Velasco, June 26, 1832.
Nash-Wright House
East Columbia, TX
One of oldest houses surviving in Stephen F. Austin colony town of Bell's Landing (East Columbia).
Near Site of the First Capitol of the Republic of Texas
West Columbia, TX
About 1833 Leman Kelsey built a story-and-a-half clapboard structure near this location.
Old Brazoria County Courthouse
Angleton, TX
Angleton's first permanent courthouse was built in 1897, a year after the city was chosen Brazoria County seat.
Site of Crosby's Landing
Freeport, TX
Thomas Phillip Crosby (1799-1860) came to Texas from New York in 1830.
Site of Jane Long's Tavern
Brazoria, TX
Jane Herbert Wilkinson (1798-1880) was born in Maryland and moved to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1812.
Sweeny-Waddy Log Cabin
East Columbia, TX
John Sweeny, Sr. (d. 1855) moved his family from Tennessee to Brazoria County, Texas, about 1833.
Tyler-Bryan-Weems House
East Columbia, TX
Tyler-Bryan-Weems House Ariadne O. Gautier (1834-1910) came from Florida to this part of Texas in 1841 with her parents.
Velasco
Surfside, TX
Here was fought a battle-- the first collision in arms between Texas colonists and the Mexican military-- a conflict preliminary to the...
Zychlinski Park
Pearland, TX
Named for the Polish nobleman who came to Brazoria County in the late 1880s and fell in love with the flowering pear trees in an area he...