Acton State Historic Site - Acton, Texas
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N 32° 26.401 W 097° 41.053
14S E 623690 N 3589971
Acton State Historic Site is Texas' smallest state park and is located in Hood County. Total acreage .01
Waymark Code: WM77RM
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/15/2009
Views: 13
The park is the burial site of Elizabeth Crockett, second wife of Davy Crockett, who married him in Tennessee in 1815. She died January 31, 1860. Since Crockett fought for Texas and died at the Alamo, his heirs were eligible for a land grant, but Mrs. Elizabeth Crockett did not claim her grant until 1853. By that time all choice land was claimed and she had to give surveyor half of her land for locating a tract worth claiming. This land was in northeast Hood County Near Acton.
Park Type: Monument
Activities:
Monument
Park Fees:
Background:
Burial place for Elizabeth Crockett and kids
Link to Park: [Web Link]
Date Established?: Not listed
Additional Entrance Points: Not Listed
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