Robert A. Terrell

(February 22, 1820 - March 8, 1881) A native of Tennessee, Robert Adams Terrell lived in Kentucky, Missouri, and Louisiana before coming to the Republic of Texas about 1840. A farmer and surveyor by trade, he was commissioned to locate headright land grants in several North Texas counties, receiving vast amounts of land as payment. He served the Republic of Texas as a soldier in several expeditions, and in 1861 enlisted in the Confederate Army. The town of Terrell, platted on land he surveyed, was named for him. His 1864 octagon-shaped house in Terrell is a Recorded Texas historic Landmark. (1994)

Robert A. Terrell is a historical marker in Terrell, Kaufman County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in Kaufman County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 178 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.7368, -96.2904 near Terrell. The nearest cataloged historic site is Oakland Memorial Park (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Oakland Memorial Park, Frank Reaugh, and Oakland-Terrell Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5257008553. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.