Lee Straley House · 1963
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View on map ↗Lampasas County, Texas
Historical Markers in Adamsville, Texas
Adamsville is home to 7 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.
John Patterson House · 1964
Built 1879-1880 by John Patterson, first man to cultivate (in 1854) land in county, and a Minute Man during Civil War. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965
View on map ↗Townsen's Mill · 1964
Built on Mill Branch in 1872, Perry and Jasper Townsen's steam mill cut "rawhide" lumber and ground wheat and corn. Post office established 1881 moved in 1891 to Adamsville store of John Adams and The Rev. McCall Smith.…
View on map ↗United Presbyterian Church of Adamsville · 1979
In late 1880, The Rev. McCall Smith and 19 charter members met in the home of L. Jasper and Mary Ann Townsen. They organized the Pleasant Valley Cumberland Presbyterian Church and held services in a schoolhouse or under…
View on map ↗Adamsville · 2011
The first permanent settlers came to this area shortly before Lampasas County organized in 1856. Oliver Hazzard Perry Townsen bought 640 acres from Samuel Horrell, Sr. and his wife Elizabeth in 1868. Townsen grew wheat…
View on map ↗Townsen Cemetery · 2017
The first Townsen to arrive in Texas was Oliver Hazard Perry Townsen, known as Uncle Perry, in 1854. He was born in Carroll County, Tennessee, on October 20, 1826. A year after his arrival in Texas, his nephew,…
View on map ↗Straley Cemetery · 2020
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