Brazoria County, Texas

Historical Markers in Sweeny, Texas

Sweeny has 3 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Brazoria County. The marker list includes records dating to 1936. Common marker themes include churches, cemeteries, and community institutions, ranching, farming, and frontier settlement, military, battle, and texas revolution sites. 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.

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  • Churches, cemeteries, and community institutions
  • Ranching, farming, and frontier settlement
  • Military, battle, and Texas Revolution sites

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Thomas Jefferson Sweeny · 1936

A San Jacinto veteran Born in Tennessee 1812 Died in La Grange, Texas 1869 Erected by the State of Texas 1936

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Sweeny Cemetery · 1966

Begun as family burial ground when John Sweeny, early landowner, member of Stephen F. Austin's colony, chose this site for burial of his young daughter, Freedonia, 1833. In use ever since by the neighborhood. Has graves…

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