Historical Markers in Matagorda, Texas

Major George Morse Collinsworth · 1936

Commander of the Texans at the capture of Goliad, October 9, 1835. Born in Mississippi, died April 18, 1866.

Richard Royster Royall · 1936

Temporary chairman of the consultation, 1835 member of the general council of the provisional government of Texas 1835-1836. Born in Virginia June 1, 1798, died May 28, 1840.

Dale-Rugeley-Sisk Home ca. 1830 · 1964

Has withstood many hurricanes. A cultural, social, political center. Home of: A. C. Horton, 1st lieutenant-governor of Texas and governor 7 months; Rev. Caleb Ives, 1st rector of 1st Episcopal Church in Texas; W. L.…

Early Texas Freighting · 1967

Industry that moved goods to build, sustain distant settlements in 18th-19th century Texas. Teamsters defied Indians, bandits, and Texas weather to supply outlying forts and inland towns, which suffered if imports from…

The Culver Home · 1967

Built in the late 1890's for owner George B. Culver. Roy Shoultz, architect. Colonial styling, with two large galleries and cupola. House built of Louisiana pine and cypress. Tile for fireplace brought from England.…

S. Rhoads Fisher · 1968

Statesman - businessman who contributed talent and time to establish and maintain Texas Independence. A quaker; born in Pennsylvania. Moved to Texas 1830. Set up mercantile house and shipping business in Matagorda.…

Matagorda Cemetery · 1970

One of earliest cemeteries in Texas. Founded soon after town was settled, about 1829, as part of Stephen F. Austin's colony. Marked graves numbered 650 in 1969, but interments exceed 1,000. Inscriptions on stones…

First Burials in Matagorda Cemetery, Benjamin Wightman and Esther Randall Wightman · 1972

Parents of Elias R. Wightman, grantee of the Matagorda town league, from Republic of Mexico. Benjamin and Esther Wightman, natives of Connecticut, lived in Wightman Town, Herkimer County, N. Y., before joining (1828)…

Albert Clinton Horton · 1986

(1798-1865) Georgia native Albert Clinton Horton came to Texas in 1834 from Alabama, where he had served in the state legislature. He established a plantation along Caney Creek in present Wharton County. In 1835, he…

Dr. Albert Moses Levy · 1986

Dutch immigrant Albert Moses Levy came to the United States in 1818. After graduation from medical school in 1832, he practiced medicine in Richmond, Virginia, until about 1835, when he left for New Orleans. In the…

Sinclair David Gervais · 1989

A native of South Carolina, Sinclair David Gervais was a soldier in the War of 1812. He and his wife Katherine were the parents of four children. Following her death, Gervais and two of his daughters came to Texas in…

Fisher-Sargent-Gottschalk House · 1991

Samuel Rhoads Fisher (1794-1839), early Texas colonist, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and secretary of the Republic of Texas navy, had this house built for his family in 1832. His widow, Ann,…

Old Matagorda Post Office · 1992

St. Peter's Baptist Church · 1998

Though early records for St. Peter's Baptist Church were lost in heavy storms, the church is likely to have been organized by area African Americans in the 1870s. The heirs of Samuel Rhoads Fisher, who signed the Texas…

Matagorda Cemetery · 2002

Matagorda Cemetery

The Matagorda Incident · 2015

In late 1863, during the Civil War, Union forces stormed much of the Texas coast in an effort to block the flow of goods and supplies going through coastal ports. One of the most important port openings was the…

The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1862 · 2015

One of the most important port cities of Texas’ early history, Matagorda served as an exit point for goods such as cotton shipped down the Colorado River. During the Civil War, it was also an important point for…