Marker Inscription
Settled 1821 by privateer James Campbell (1791-1856), U. S. Navy veteran, War of 1812, who after discharge was lieutenant and close friend of buccaneer Jean Lafitte, operating out of Galveston (then called Campeche). In Karankawa Indian rituals about 1817, Mary Sabinal (1795-1884) became Campbell's bride. When Lafitte left Texas in 1821, Campbell pleased his wife by settling here as a rancher. Community remained until its second destruction by hurricane, 1915. Graves of the Campbells and many other early Texans are in cemetery at Campbell's Bayou.
About this site
Site of Landmark Campbell's Bayou is a historical marker in Texas City, Galveston County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 283 historical markers documented in Galveston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 373 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3041, -94.9019 near Texas City. The nearest cataloged historic site is Civil War Fortifications at Virgina's Point (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Galveston "News," C. S. A., Magnolia Grove Cemetery, and Galveston County Courthouse (2009).
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5167000267. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
