Texas Historical Marker

Site of Wood's Fort

West Point · Fayette County · placed 1936

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Fayette County, Texas

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Used by colonists of this vicinity as a protection against Indian attacks . 1828-1842 fortified residence of Zadock Woods, veteran of the War of 1812. One of the old "Three Hundred" of Austin's colonists. Oldest man killed in the "Dawson Massacre" September 18, 1842.

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