Historical Marker

Site of the Home of General Sam Houston and Family

Independence · Washington County · Dedicated 1936 · THC Atlas #5477008351

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Marker Inscription

Site of the home of General Sam Houston and family; Original house built in 1837 by Thomas Barron; first occupied by the Houstons in 1854; torn down and rebuilt in 1897 by James Dallas.

About this site

Site of the Home of General Sam Houston and Family is a historical marker in Independence, Washington County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 156 historical markers documented in Washington County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 368 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.3185, -96.3517 near Independence. The nearest cataloged historic site is Coles, John Prince (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Baylor Park, Davis Family, and Clark, Horace G..

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5477008351. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

This marker in Independence commemorates the home where General Sam Houston and his family lived in the Washington County community that was an early center of Texas Baptist life and home to old Baylor University. Houston was baptized in nearby Rocky Creek by the Rev. Rufus C. Burleson in 1854. His widow, Margaret Lea Houston, spent her final years in an Independence house and died there in 1867.

Sources: hmdb.org en.wikipedia.org

📍 30.3185, -96.3517 · Independence, Washington County

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