Wilson County, Texas
Stockdale is home to 7 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.
Last governor of Confederate Texas. Legal scholar and statesman. Born in Kentucky. Admitted to the bar there. Came to Texas in the 1840s. Developed extensive lands and resources. President of Indianola Railroad, 1859.…
View on map ↗Adventurer-soldier of early Texas. Fought in Mexico to win freedom for the unsuccessful "Republic of Rio Grande" in 1840. Was elected sheriff of Refugio County and organized a company of minutemen. In 1842 he fought…
View on map ↗Congregation organized 1871 by the Rev. R. M. Leaton, with 2 charter members. Circuit riders first held services here in a picket schoolhouse. J. R. King, early Texas settler, patriot, and state legislator, gave this…
View on map ↗Stockdale Baptists organized their church in 1874 in a picket building. They met there or in a mill house or schoolhouse for years. The Rev. L. S. Cox was the first pastor. In 1885, under Pastor E. Norwood. The…
View on map ↗Before the Stockdale Cemetery was begun in the 1870s, most burials in the area took place in private, family graveyards. About 1873, however, a young man who was not related to any of the local settlers was thrown from…
View on map ↗This home was constructed in 1898 for Robert and Rachel Emma (King) Smith. Rachel was the daughter of John R. King, an early Texas military and political leader. His descendants have owned the home since its…
View on map ↗Also known as Wheeler-Butler Cemetery, this family graveyard was first used in 1863 when David Wheeler’s second wife, Maniza, died in childbirth, followed shortly by the infant, Lela. David and his brother, John E.…
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