Washington County
N 30° 19.531 W 096° 09.255
14R E 773621 N 3358289
A polished red granite Texas centennial historical monument-style marker at Washington-on-the-Brazos State park between navasota and Brenham
Waymark Code: WMVJAN
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/24/2017
Views: 10
This handsome Art Deco 1936 Centennial monument of polished Texas red granite stands near the statue of George Childress at the entrance to Washington on the Brazos State Park. It lists the names of all the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence of 1835.
Marker Number: 8399
Marker Text: To the memory of those courageous souls, the delegates to the Constitutional Convention held here March 1-17, 1836 who declared Texas free, organized a Republic, and framed its constitution
Jessie B. Badgett
Dr. George Washington Barnett
Thomas Barnett
Stephen William Blount
John White Bower
Asa Brigham
Andrew Briscoe
John Wheeler Bunton
John S.D. Byrom
Mathew Caldwell
Samuel Price Carson
George Campbell Childress
William Clark, Jr.
Robert M. Coleman
James Collingsworth
Edward Conrad
William Carroll Crawford
Richard Ellis
Dr. Stephen Hendrickson Everitt
John Fisher
Samuel Rhoades Fisher
James Gaines
Dr. Thomas Jefferson Gazley
Benjamin Briggs Goodrich
Jesse Grimes
Robert Hamilton
Bailey Hardeman
Augustine Blackburn Hardin
Samuel Houston
William Demetris Lacey
Albert Hamilton Latimer
Edward Oswald Legrand
Samuel Augustus Maverick
Collin McKinney
Michel Branamour Menard
William Menefee
John W. Moore
Dr. Junius William Mottley
Jose Antonio Navarro
Martin Parmer
Sydney Oswald Pennington
Robert Potter
James Power
John S. Roberts
Sterling Clack Robertson
Francisco Ruiz
Thomas Jefferson Rusk
William Bennett Scates
George Washington Smyth
Elijah Stapp
Dr. Charles Bellinger Stewart
James Gibson Swisher
Charles Standfield Taylor
David Thomas
John Turner
Edwin Waller
Claiborne West
James B. Woods
Dr. Lorenzo De Zavala
May these names be engraved on the hearts of all Texans.
Erected by the State of Texas
1936
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