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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17A2_rossville-cemetery_Poteet-TX.html
Texas statesman Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) transferred land here along the Atascosa River to his eldest son Jose Antonio George Navarro. J.A.G. Navarro (b.1819) then gave 160 acres here to his daughter Maria Antonia Navarro (1845-1922) in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12CS_anchorage-cemetery_Poteet-TX.html
The family of William and Mary Allen Stiggins emigrated here from Prince Edward Island, Canada, in 1882. Included in the group were their daughter Mary Jane (1855-1935), who had studied medicine, and her fianc? Thomas Whittet (1838-1913), a former…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12C6_shiloh-cemetery_Poteet-TX.html
The first burial in this graveyard, that of fourteen-year-old John Uzell, took place in 1857. The land at that time belonged to Isaac H. Cavender, Sr., who was related to Uzell. Cavender allowed other burials on his property and soon the graveyard…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12C5_sand-branch-baptist-church_Poteet-TX.html
Organized under a tree near this site on August 27, 1882, the pioneer Sand Branch Baptist Church began with twelve members from the surrounding rural area. Elder C.B. Hukill served as the congregation's first pastor. Early worship services, conduc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12C3_rossville_Poteet-TX.html
First Scottish community in southwest Texas. Founded 1873 by brothers William F.M. Ross and John C. Ross. Born in north Scotland, they came to Texas in 1867. Here they were awarded a contract to carry U.S. Mail. On the route, they noticed fertile …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12C0_poteet_Poteet-TX.html
The town of Poteet traces its history to the 1880s, when Francis Marion Poteet (1833-1907) established a mercantile store northeast of this area. A blacksmith and farmer as well as a merchant, Poteet began providing mail service to his customers. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12BV_site-of-jose-antonio-navarro-ranch-headquarters_Poteet-TX.html
This land had once been allocated in the 1700s as a ranch for Mission San Jose in San Antonio (20 mi. N), but in the 1820s was left unsettled. In 1828 prominent San Antonio resident Jose Antonio Navarro (1795-1871) beseeched the Governor of the Me…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM12BU_battle-of-medina_Poteet-TX.html
Texas' bloodiest military engagement — the Battle of Medina — may have taken place in this general vicinity in 1813. The early 19th century was a time of political upheaval, and in 1812, while the U.S. was at war with England, Spain fa…
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