Fannin County, Texas

Historical Markers in Savoy, Texas

Savoy has 5 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Fannin County. The marker list includes records dating to 1965. Common marker themes include churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, railroad, trail, and transportation history, ranching, farming, and frontier settlement. 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.

What you will find in Savoy

  • Churches, cemeteries, and community institutions
  • Railroad, trail, and transportation history
  • Ranching, farming, and frontier settlement
  • Military, battle, and Texas Revolution sites
  • Downtown architecture, homes, and businesses

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Virginia Point Methodist · 1965

County's oldest church. Organized 1837, at Old Warren. this building was erected in 1860. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark- 1965 Incise in base: Erected by Dr. and Mrs. Homer Jones

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Fort Warren · 1968

(site six miles north) First settlement and fort In Fannin County. Built in 1836 by Abel Warren, Indian trader from Arkansas, to protect his trading post. Constructed of bois d'arc wood, the structure had a two-story…

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Little Jordan Cemetery · 1973

Sid H. (1833-1914) and Suzan Brown Pierce (1845-1923) donated this burial ground, near the Little Jordan Baptist Church (active 1850-1893). The Ector Baptist Church, organized by former Little Jordan members, deeded the…

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William W. Bell Cemetery · 1988

William W. Bell (1794 -1845) immigrated to the United States from his native England in 1820. By 1836 he had come to Texas, where he enlisted in the Republic of Texas army in February 1837. He later served in a company…

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Savoy Methodist Church · 1990

This congregation traces its beginning to 1873, one year after William Savoy founded the town of Savoy on the Transcontinental (Texas & Pacific) Railroad line. Led by the Rev. James Graham, the members first met in the…

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