Addison Litton · 1956
Star and Wreath Came to Texas in 1827. Served in the Army of Texas, 1836. Member of Captain Gibson Kuykendall's company at Harrisburg. Died in Bastrop County in 1847. Erected by the State of Texas, 1956
View on map ↗Bastrop County, Texas
Cedar Creek has 4 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Bastrop County. The marker list includes records dating to 1956. Common marker themes include churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, ranching, farming, and frontier settlement, military, battle, and texas revolution sites. Use this page to preview the markers, then open RoadHistorical on your drive to see nearby stops on the map, listen to narration, and save the places you want to visit.
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Star and Wreath Came to Texas in 1827. Served in the Army of Texas, 1836. Member of Captain Gibson Kuykendall's company at Harrisburg. Died in Bastrop County in 1847. Erected by the State of Texas, 1956
View on map ↗African American citizens of Bastrop established Mt. Olive Baptist Church in 1874, first meeting in a brush arbor. After a short time, Mary Francis Handly donated land and a small sanctuary was built, with a split cedar…
View on map ↗After Emancipation, education was a key pathway to economic prosperity for African Americans. However, funds were often scarce, and advocates experienced significant disparities in public monies appropriated for black…
View on map ↗This cemetery is the final resting place of many ancestors of Cedar Creek’s oldest African American lineages. After Emancipation, African American families could now travel to make their living. Many found refuge in…
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