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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10KZ_caldwell-walton-raines_Canton-TX.html
Born in Georgia, Raines came to Texas in 1858. After serving in Gen. R. M. Gano's Texas Cavalry Regiment in the Civil War, he was a teacher in New Braunfels and a lawyer in Canton. Van Zandt County Judge from 1876 to 1878, he played a major role i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10KD_van-zandt-county-courthouse_Canton-TX.html
Built in 1937 with Public Works Administration funds, this is the sixth building to serve as the Van Zandt County Courthouse. According to local lore, the commissioners court decreed that a modern courthouse should be erected in order to provide j…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10J1_john-h-reagan_Canton-TX.html
John Henninger Reagan was born in 1818 to Timothy Richard and Elizabeth Reagan in Sevier County, Tennessee. He worked at his father's tannery and on the family farm, attending school sporadically, until leaving the state in 1838.
Reagan came in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10HX_oran-milo-roberts_Canton-TX.html
A South Carolina-born Alabama legislator, Oran M. Roberts came to San Augustine, Texas in 1841. He served in district and state judicial positions, including the first district court in Canton in 1850, and was president of the Secession Convention…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM10GS_site-of-1896-van-zandt-county-courthouse_Canton-TX.html
In 1894, the Van Zandt County Commissioners Court approved construction of a new brick courthouse at this site. Built between 1894 and 1896, it replaced a frame courthouse that had served the county since shortly after the Civil War. The noted San…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMLAV_county-line-missionary-baptist-church_Ben-Wheeler-TX.html
Oral tradition links this church to the original County Line Baptist Church of 1851, the earliest recorded attempt of area African American families to create a community of worship. County Line Colored Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 187…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HML3K_cherokee-chief-bowles_Ben-Wheeler-TX.html
On this site theCherokee ChiefBowles was killed on July 16, 1839 while leading 800 Indians of various tribes in battle against 500 Texans. The last engagement between Cherokees and whites in Texas.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIPT_hillcrest-cemetery_Canton-TX.html
Located within the original 1850 town plat of Canton, this cemetery has served citizens of this area for well over a century. The oldest documented burial is that of Ann Calhoon (1807-1860). Among those buried here in marked and unmarked graves ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIPP_site-of-c-w-morris-cotton-gin_Edom-TX.html
As was the case in so many small Texas towns in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the cotton gin in Edom was a major element in the economy. First opened at this site in 1918 by Ro Dike, who moved his ginning operation here from Davidson (3 …