Caldwell County, Texas

Historical Markers in McMahan, Texas

McMahan is home to 3 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.

Bethel Primitive Baptist Church · 1986

This congregation was organized June 19, 1852, in the home of John Fleming near this site. Elders George Daniels and Reuben W. Ellis from the Plum Creek Primitive Baptist Church were called to serve as pastors by the…

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Wattsville Gin · 2010

From about 1880 to the early 1920s, residents of Wattsville, Hall and other nearby towns used a cotton gin located here. Brothers Zechariah John and Thomas Watts settled the area ca. 1855, building the gin and also a…

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Fleming Memorial Cemetery · 2014

This graveyard, known as Fleming Memorial Cemetery or Fleming Colored Cemetery, has served the area’s African American community for more than 100 years. John M. Fleming originally buried his deceased slaves here and…

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