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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJC2_city-of-bartlett_Bartlett-TX.html
Settlers began moving to this area in the 1830s, when Texas was a Republic, but the town of Bartlett was not established until the 1870s. The founders were J. Edward Pietzsch and Capt. John T. Bartlett, for whom the community was named. In 1882 th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6T_david-h-and-jerusha-dyches-mcfadin-house_Taylor-TX.html
Built 1850 by David H. and Jerusha Dyches McFadin, born in Tennessee, came to Texas 1828; fought in Battle of San Jacinto. House has 27" native stone walls. By its cool, perpetual spring, Confederates camped on way to Civil War.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6S_friendship-community_Granger-TX.html
Beneath the waters of Granger Lake, constructed by the U.S. Corps of Engineers in the 1970s, lies the site of an early agricultural settlement known as Allison and later as Friendship. Brothers Elihu Creswell Allison and James A. Allison began ran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6M_daniel-harrison_Jarrell-TX.html
Tennessee native Daniel Harrison (1816-1870) migrated to Texas in 1835. He served with Texan forces during the Texas Revolution, and as a volunteer for the Republic's militia. He was in the 1839 Battle of the Neches. In 1840, Harrison married Nanc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6L_corn-hill-community_Jarrell-TX.html
Settled primarily by settlers from Texas and the southern states, Corn Hill was one of the earliest communities in Williamson County. John E. King, county judge from 1858 to 1860, named it for the home he built on a hill and nearby cornfield in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6K_the-womans-club-of-georgetown_Georgetown-TX.html
In 1893 Lula Holland Leavell (1854-1895) and her daughters, Blanche and Kate, hosted a literary reading for a group of Georgetown women. That year the group formed a women's literary club. In 1897 the club was named the "Initial History Club" and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHB0_first-presbyterian-church-of-bartlett_Bartlett-TX.html
Built for congregation originally called Nazareth Church of the Central Texas Presbytery, and constituted on Indian Creek in June 1875. Reorganized here in 1897.
Sanctuary erected in 1899. Victorian architecture.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHAZ_first-united-methodist-church-of-bartlett_Bartlett-TX.html
Organized between 1870 and 1875 as the Indian Creek Church, this congregation moved to Bartlett about 1885. Services were held in a store, schoolhouse, and Baptist church before construction of a Methodist church in 1890. Built in 1896, the presen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8J_george-washington-glasscock-sr_Georgetown-TX.html
In Memory ofGeorge Washington Glasscock, Sr.For whomthe city of Georgetown andthe Countyof Glasscock, Texas are named.Born in Kentucky April 11, 1810.Participated in the Black Hawk War, 1832Came to Texas in 1834 andfought for its independence from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH8H_amos-godbey-house_Georgetown-TX.html
Built in 1909 by the C.S. Belford Lumber company, this was originally the home of Southwestern University German professor Martin C. Amos (d. 1911) and his family. It was later purchased by another member of the university faculty, chemistry profe…