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Commissioned to found a capital for colony of Green DeWitt, ex-Missouri state senator James Kerr settled here. He and six other men built homes on this stream--known ever since as Kerr's Creek. After a destructive Indian raid in 1826, the settlement was abandoned.
Kerr's Creek is a historical marker in Gonzales, Gonzales County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in Gonzales County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 186 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.5111, -97.4292 near Gonzales. The nearest cataloged historic site is Burkett, David (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Kerr's Settlement -- First Site of DeWitt's Colony, Oak Forest Bridge, and St. Andrews (Gonzales).
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5177002930. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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