(Point Pleasant)
A native of Virginia, William Scott (1784-1837) was a planter, merchant, and stockraiser in his native state and in Kentucky, where he relocated about 1806. He and his family moved briefly to Louisiana in the early 1820s before coming to Texas with Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred" colonists in 1824. He received a headright grant of land at this site on the east bank of the San Jacinto River and named the home he built here Point Pleasant.HM Number | HM18CP |
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Marker Number | 10774 |
Year Placed | 1990 |
Placed By | Texas Historical Commission |
Marker Condition | No reports yet |
Date Added | Tuesday, September 9th, 2014 at 4:13am PDT -07:00 |
UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 15R E 304044 N 3291715 |
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Decimal Degrees | 29.74018333, -95.02625000 |
Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 29° 44.411', W 95° 1.575' |
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 29° 44' 24.66" N, 95° 1' 34.50" W |
Driving Directions | Google Maps |
Area Code(s) | 830, 281, 832 |
Closest Postal Address | At or near 5471-5527 Bayway Dr, Baytown TX 77520, US |
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