Historical Markers in Livingston, Texas

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• Confederate Service of Alabama and Coushatta Indiansplaced 1994

  Alabama and Coushatta Indians of Polk County were trained as cavalrymen in 1861 by Indian Agent Robert R. Neyland as the war between the states…

• Livingstonplaced 1966

  Seat of Polk County, founded in 1846; incorporated 1902. Named by Moses L. Choate, donor of its 100-acre townsite.

• Major Henry W. Augustineplaced 1968

  (1806-1874) In 1827 moved here from Alabama. For battle injuries and services under Republic of Texas, he received a land grant and wooden leg.

• Menard Chapel Church, School, and Cemeteryplaced 1993

  Michel B. Menard, signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and his brother Pierre J. settled here in 1833.

• Polk County, C. S. A.placed 1964

  During Civil War, 1861-65, an area of piney woods, farms, thickets, with an Alabama-Coushatta Indian reservation.

• Captain Isaac Newton Moreland Turner, C. S. A.

  (April 3, 1839 - April 15, 1863) was born in Putnam County, Georgia. His father, J. A. S. Turner, was a plantation owner with Texas landholdings in…

All 16 historical markers in Livingston

• Birthplace of Margo Jones1967
• Captain Isaac Newton Moreland Turner, C. S. A.
• Chief John Blount2011
• Confederate Service of Alabama and Coushatta Indians1994
• Dunbar High School2008
• Early Indian Trails1968
• Early Roads in Polk County1970
• Forest Hill Cemetery2003
• Greenfield Cemetery2003
• Livingston1966
• Lt. Col. James M. Parker Jr.2019
• Major Henry W. Augustine1968
• Margaret V. "Margo" Jones2004
• Menard Chapel Church, School, and Cemetery1993
• Polk County1936
• Polk County, C. S. A.1964

Historical markers near Livingston

• Coldspring5 stories · 16 mi
• Woodville8 stories · 29 mi
• Trinity6 stories · 34 mi
• Huntsville39 stories · 40 mi
• Liberty20 stories · 42 mi
• Conroe8 stories · 44 mi

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