Tod-Milby Home Site

John Grant Tod (1808-1877), a Kentuckian, left home at 17 to go to sea. Served in Mexican, U.S. navies. Came to Texas, 1837; served in Republic Navy, 1837-1845, as naval agent, supervising purchase and equipment of vessels of second Texas Navy; commander, naval yard at Galveston; acting secretary of Navy; commodore. Tod carried official notification of Texas' annexation from the Congress of the United States, presenting it to President Anson Jones, January 13, 1846. Served in U. S. Navy as agent of the Quartermaster's Department during Mexican War, 1846-1848. Assistant state engineer, 1857-1859. Was one of organizers and builders of Texas' first railroad, the Buffalo Bayou, Brazos and Colorado; came to Harrisburg to serve as its treasurer. Purchased cottage here and moved into it with his family in November, 1866. This remained the family residence for seventy-six years. Additions made by son-in-law, C. H. Milby, resulted in a large brick house. This structure, known as the "Milby House," was an historic landmark until demolished in 1959. Captain Tod and his family are buried in Glendale Cemetery, five blocks southeast on Magnolia Street. (1967)

Tod-Milby Home Site is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7216, -95.2789 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Holy Cross Mission (Episcopal) (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Buffalo Bayou, Brazos & Colorado Railroad, Sherman, Gen. Sidney, Home of, and Glendale Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201010728. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.