Johnson
Alvarado
Alvarado, TX
Early settler David Mitchell established a trading post near here in the late 1840s, about the time colonists of W. S. Peters' empresario...
Bethesda Community
Burleson, TX
The Bethesda Community traces its history to 1853, when pioneer farmer David R. Jackson donated land for a community cemetery.
Cleburne Town Square
Cleburne, TX
Traces its beginning to 1854 when first house, a log cabin, was built here near a good spring.
Early Cattle Trade
Rio Vista, TX
Famed for its beef since era of the Republic, Texas fed a great part of the Confederacy-- both civilians and army-- in the Civil War...
John L. and Annie Upshaw Cleveland House
Cleburne, TX
John L. and Annie Upshaw Cleveland House John L. Cleveland was born in Georgia in 1851 to James Monroe and Catherine (Wright) Cleveland.
Johnson County
Cleburne, TX
Named for Middleton T. Johnson (1810-1866), native of South Carolina, for 7 terms an Alabama legislator, a leading Texan after 1840.
Johnson, Middleton T., Colonel; Cleburne, Patrick R., General
Cleburne, TX
County named for Texas Confederate-- Colonel Middleton T. Johnson, 1810-1866 South Carolinian; Legislator Alabama came to Texas 1840.
Renfro-Clark House
Burleson, TX
Home of heirs of donor of the Burleson townsite.
Rio Vista
Rio Vista, TX
Located in an area of Johnson County's earliest settlement, Rio Vista was founded on the railroad in 1885.
Site of Norman Springs & Norman Grove
Alvarado, TX
William Balch (1804-1870) claimed land around this site as a member of the Peters Colony in 1849.
Town of Grandview
Grandview, TX
(Original Site One Mile Northwest) Settled in 1850 on land grant from Governor Elisha M. Pease.