Charles Q. Haley · 1962
A volunteer soldier in the Texas War for Independence, 1835-36. Erected by State of Texas, 1962
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Historical Markers in Kosse, Texas
Kosse is home to 12 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.
James Alfred Head · 1962
Soldier, Texas War for Independence. Congressman, Republic of Texas, 1841-1842. Erected by the State of Texas 1962
View on map ↗Eutaw · 1973
Settled in 1840s. On Franklin-Springfield, Waco-Marlin stage routes. Post office 1856 with Nathan Gilbert postmaster. Eutaw Lodge No. 233, A.F. & A.M., was chartered 1859. Among early settlers were Henry Fox, Allen…
View on map ↗Ebenezer Baptist Church and Cemetery · 1986
The Ebenezer Baptist Church was organized in 1865 to serve the Head's Prairie and Headsville communities. Delegates to the Trinity Baptist Association meeting that year were J. R. Bullard, William Samuel Clark, and…
View on map ↗Brown Family Cemetery · 1993
The Brown Family Cemetery traces its origin to the settlement of North Carolina native Ervin Brown (1801-1875) and his wife Matilda (1807-1871) in Washington County, Texas, in 1846. Ervin and Matilda moved their family…
View on map ↗Gunter Cemetery · 2000
William Williams "Billie" Gunter (1861-1940) came to Limestone County with his parents and half brothers after the Civil War. He and his wife Laura Eudemia Williams (1868-1937) had thirteen children. The first burial on…
View on map ↗Kimik Kiln · 2007
Limestone County historically supported numerous pottery producing kilns. This industry succeeded near area outcroppings of kaolin, or potter's clay, within the Wilcox geologic formation. Alberry Johnson began the first…
View on map ↗King-Williams Cemetery · 2007
Bardin King (1819-1891) and Elizabeth Susan Salter (1822-1879) married in Lowndes County, Alabama in 1842. The following year, they traveled west by wagon with their young son William and Susan's parents and siblings,…
View on map ↗Odds Community · 2009
The Odds Community, a dispersed agricultural settlement, was founded upon the arrival of the David Barron family circa 1854. Additional settlers soon arrived in the area, including the John Wilford Erskine family, R.A.…
View on map ↗Kosse Tabernacle · 2011
After Evangelist Abe Mulkey led a 1912 revival at Kosse Methodist Church, city officials decided to build a tabernacle to accommodate Kosse’s growing religious needs. The frame building, completed that year for $2,000,…
View on map ↗James Alfred Head · 2014
James A. Head was a Texas Ranger, veteran of the War for Independence, and Republic of Texas legislator. Born in Georgia in 1797, he moved to Texas in 1835, enlisting at San Felipe de Austin in Silas Parker’s ranging…
View on map ↗Bassett House · 2015
What is known as Bassett Farms encompasses nearly 2,500 acres of land in Limestone and Falls Counties. The 1875 Bassett House and surrounding Bassett Home Place tract represent the core of the property, retained in…
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