Loving, James and Margaret

James and Margaret Loving 1811 - 1869) (1820 - 1877) The sixteenth family in Dallas County. Came by covered wagon and flatboat from Kentucky to Texas in 1843 as members of the Peters Colony. Arrived in Dallas County (then unorganized) in 1844. On a 640-acre grant (2 mi. east) from Mercer's Colony, they built log cabin, raised corn, wove cloth, and boiled soil from salt lick to make own salt. Had 8 children. Loving, a brother of pioneer trail drive Oliver Loving, was killed by a horse thief in 1869.

Loving, James and Margaret is a historical marker in Sunnyvale, Dallas County, dedicated in 1970. It is one of 352 historical markers documented in Dallas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 574 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.8325, -96.5613 near Sunnyvale. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lyons (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Myers Graves #2, Housley, and Myers Family Burials.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5113006776. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.