Dr. Welborn and Louisa Adeline Barton

A graduate of the medical department of Kentucky's Transylvania University, South Carolina native Dr. Welborn Barton (1821-1883) came to Texas in the late 1840s. After two years of practicing medicine in Bastrop County, he returned to South Carolina to wed Louisa Adeline Cox (1835-1920). They came with other South Carolinians to Burnet County in 1854 and moved to Salado in 1865 after he served in the Confederate army. He was a doctor, a trustee of Salado College and a Mason. Louisa served as his nurse and was involved in the Amasavourian Literary Society. The parents of ten children, the Bartons were also active in the First Baptist Church. (2003)

Dr. Welborn and Louisa Adeline Barton is a historical marker in Salado, Bell County, dedicated in 2003. It is one of 226 historical markers documented in Bell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 411 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.9369, -97.5322 near Salado. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Rev. James E. and Fannie F. Ferguson (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dr. Samuel J. and Charlotte H. Jones, James Lowry Smith, and Old Salado Graveyard.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507013331. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.