Marker Inscription
For 6 months, 25 slaves drew square nails from old lumber to seal with hand-sawed rough cypress this pegged double-log house built in 1859 by Augustus Darby. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964
Historical Marker
Darby, Augustus, Home
The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
About this site
Darby, Augustus, Home is a historical marker in Moscow, Polk County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 50 historical markers documented in Polk County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 138 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.9080, -94.9040 near Moscow. The nearest cataloged historic site is Darby-Holcomb Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Holhousen-Darby, Hardin, John Wesley, Near Boyhood Home of, and Hardin, William Barnett.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5373010398. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Polk County community of Darby took its name from Augustus Darby, a planter who settled the area about four miles west of Moscow during the 1850s, near an old Indian trail and campground. This marker records the site of his home.
Sources: tshaonline.org
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