Historical Markers in Independence, Texas

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• Home Built in 1845 by General Jerome B. Robertsonplaced 1936

  Home built in 1845 by General Jerome B. Robertson (1815-1891). A captain in the army of the Republic of Texas 1836.

• Moses Austin Bryanplaced 1973

  Grandson of Moses Austin, whose 1821 contract with Mexico opened Texas to Anglo-Americans. Moses Austin Bryan came to Texas in 1831; worked with his…

• Houston-Lea Family Cemeteryplaced 1965

  When the widow of Sam Houston died of yellow fever during the epidemic of 1867, the danger of contagion made it impossible to carry her to Huntsville…

• Independenceplaced 1997

  Local legend tells of Dr. Asa Hoxey who, celebrating the Texas Declaration of Independence in 1836, moved to change the name of Coles Settlement to…

• Liberty Community Cemeteryplaced 2004

  Tradition holds the first burials here were for enslaved Africans before the close of the Civil War in 1865; the first marked graves date to the late…

• Site of Mustering of a Unit of Hood's Texas Brigade, C.S.A.placed 1968

  Co. I, Fifth Texas Infantry Regt., Army of Northern Virginia, was raised here Aug. 1861, as "The Texas Aides" by Capt. J.B. Robertson.

All 11 historical markers in Independence

• Baylor University on Windmill Hill2006
• Columns of a Building of Old Baylor University1967
• Home Built in 1845 by General Jerome B. Robertson1936
• Houston-Lea Family Cemetery1965
• Independence1997
• John Prince Coles1989
• Liberty Baptist Church2003
• Liberty Community Cemetery2004
• Moses Austin Bryan1973
• Site of Mustering of a Unit of Hood's Texas Brigade, C.S.A.1968
• The Nancy Lea Bell1970

Historical markers near Independence

• Brenham32 stories · 9 mi
• Washington5 stories · 11 mi
• Navasota5 stories · 16 mi
• Hempstead5 stories · 21 mi
• Anderson8 stories · 24 mi
• Bryan16 stories · 25 mi

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