Marker Inscription
(March 17, 1786 - July 13, 1854) Virginia-born Samuel Erwin was married in 1819 in Tennessee to Sally Rodgers Crisp (1795-1860), in a ceremony performed by local magistrate David Crockett. First settler in the Honey Grove area, Erwin arrived here in 1837 and surveyed land grants for other pioneers. A surveyor by profession, he platted the townsite for his friend B. S. Walcott in 1848. He was the town's first postmaster and one of Fannin County's earliest justices of the peace.
About this site
Erwin, Samuel Augustus is a historical marker in Honey Grove, Fannin County, dedicated in 1977. It is one of 109 historical markers documented in Fannin County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 262 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.5908, -95.9100 near Honey Grove. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gilmer, James G. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Walcott, Benjamin Stuart, Oakwood, and Cedar Hill Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5147008870. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
