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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PVU_smith-county-as-a-19th-century-legal-center_Tyler-TX.html
Soon after its establishment in 1846, Smith County became an important legal center in East Texas. The first legal proceeding to take place in the county was a district court session held in an abandoned one-room log cabin in Tyler in December 184…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PV4_yarbrough-building_Tyler-TX.html
George H. Yarbrough (1826-99) came to Tyler from Alabama in 1854, and entered into partnership with Col. Alfred Ferguson in a general mercantile enterprise. About 1859, Yarbrough built this hand-made brick structure, the first 3-story edifice in T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PU0_the-patterson-home_Tyler-TX.html
This structure began as a dog-trot log cabin erected before 1854 by John Lollar and later owned by pioneer doctor J.C. Moore. It was sold in 1871 to John M. Patterson (1817-94) and acquired in 1880 by his son, John P. Patterson (1847-1911). In 188…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTZ_marvin-methodist-church_Tyler-TX.html
First church in Smith County. Organized 1848 by the Revs. Sam Box and Alexander Douglas. Had all-faiths services at first in log cabin on Courthouse Square, later in Adams blacksmith shop, south of Square. In 1852 built across street from this sit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTY_tyler-tap-railroad_Tyler-TX.html
To provide for shipment of locally-grown fruits, vegetables, and cotton to distant markets, a group of Tyler citizens proposed a railroad to connect the town with major rail lines nearby. The promoters included R.B. Hubbard, later governor of Texa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NUQ_1881-smith-county-jail_Tyler-TX.html
Houston architect Eugene T. Heiner and builder Henry Kane designed and built this structure in 1880-81 to serve as Smith County's fourth jail. An 1894 second-story addition doubled the jail's cell space. The building was replaced by a new jail in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMNW_judge-stockton-p-donley_Tyler-TX.html
in whose honor Donley County was namedConfederate officerAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texasborn in MissouriMay 27, 1831died Feb. 17, 1871
his wifeEmma Donleyborn July 15, 1834died July 9, 1909