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Alfred M. Hallmark
(June 19, 1817 -- April 16, 1880) A veteran of the Texas War for Independence, Alfred M. Hallmark was a native of Madison County, Alabama.
Andrew Edwards Gossett
Crockett, TX
(1812-1890) Noted public official and soldier in Republic of Texas.
Andrew Jackson Mc Gown
Crockett, TX
(1816 -- 1870) Tennessee native Andrew Jackson McGown came to Texas in 1835 to fight with the Texas Army in the war for independence from...
City of Grapeland
Grapeland, TX
In area settled about 1850.
Darius H. Edens
Grapeland, TX
(May 20, 1815 -- September 14, 1883) A native of Illinois, Darius H. Edens moved to Texas in 1831.
Eastham Prison Farm
Lovelady, TX
The Eastham family purchased a 12, 790 acre plantation in 1891.
Five Courthouses of Houston County
Crockett, TX
On June 12, 1837, President Sam Houston authorized the formation of Houston County, the first newly created county in the Republic of Texas.
George G. Alford
Crockett, TX
(June 17, 1793 -- April 1, 1847) New York native George G. Alford, an officer in the War of 1812, came to Texas from Missouri in 1836.
Hall's Bluff
Crockett, TX
Maryland native Joshua James Hall migrated to Texas and purchased a land grant in 1839 on the east side of the Trinity River.
Homesite of Samuel Cartmill Hiroms
Austinio, TX
One of the community's pioneer settlers, Samuel Cartmill Hiroms (1836-1920) was born in Polk County.
Houston County Courthouse
Crockett, TX
In early 1938, the Houston County commissioners court, with County Judge B. F. Bradley presiding, began making plans for construction of...
James Elbert Downes
Crockett, TX
(October 31, 1845 -- January 25, 1917) A native of Houston County, James Elbert Downes was the son of area pioneers.
James English
(1810 - 1871) A native of Tennessee who settled in East Texas in the 1820s, James English fought in the siege of Bexar (1835) and served...
John Lawrence Hall
Crockett, TX
(October 25, 1809 -- August 25, 1857) ' Maryland native John Lawrence Hall lived in New Orleans before coming to Texas in 1831.
John Long
Crockett, TX
(May 7, 1792 - Oct. 17, 1859) Tennessee native John Long served in the War of 1812 before moving to Texas with his wife, Elizabeth,...
John T. Smith
Crockett, TX
(March 5, 1815 -- February 16, 1874) New York-born John Titus Smith moved to Texas from Georgia in 1849.
John Wortham
A pioneer area landowner and farmer, John Wortham (1804-67) was a petitioner for the creation of Houston County in 1837.
Joseph Randolph Yarbrough
Grapeland, TX
(Jan. 31, 1817 -- Mar. 26, 1867) A native of Louisiana, Joseph Randolph Yarbrough served in the Texas War for Independence from Mexico...
Joseph T. Bowman
A native of Illinois, Joseph T. Bowman was the son of Jesse B. Bowman, who died at the Alamo.
Kennard
Kennard, TX
The town of Kennard was founded in 1903 by the Louisiana and Texas Lumber Company and platted on 160 acres.
Mission San Francisco de los Tejas
Grapeland, TX
First Spanish Mission in East Texas.
Randolph Community
Kennard, TX
(1 mile north) In 1838, Cyrus Halbert Randolph (1817-1889) established the Randolph community on the San Felipe de Austin-Nacogdoches...
Samuel Fisher Tenney
Crockett, TX
(March 26, 1840 -- July 2, 1926) Civil War veteran Samuel Fisher Tenney, a Georgia native, graduated from the University of Georgia and...
San Pedro Community
San Pedro, TX
In the 1830s immigrants from the southeastern U.S. settled here along San Pedro Creek and the stage route to nearby Rusk.
Site of Old Town of Augusta
Weches, TX
Settled 1821 by frontiersman Daniel McLean and brother-in-law John Sheridan.
Site of Volga Community
Westward-moving pioneers settled this area after the Civil War.
The Rev. John C. Woolam
Crockett, TX
(January 15, 1813 -- January 18, 1894) South Carolina native John C. Woolam lived in Tennessee and served in the Florida Indian Wars...
Town of Latexo
Latexo, TX
Early community called Oldham, near Bethel Church and school, was renamed Starks' Switch when International & Great Northern Railroad in...