United States Senator Morgan C. Hamilton
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N 30° 27.572 W 097° 23.444
14R E 654500 N 3370806
A metal marker on a post in a small park near the old depot.
Waymark Code: WMVK9E
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/28/2017
Views: 1
Gives the history of the establishment of the town of Coupland on land once owned by the Senator.
Marker Number: 9102
Marker Text:
(1809-93)
An outstanding patriot who acted as Secretary of War and Marine in Republic of Texas and later served the state in many roles, Morgan Hamilton in 1837 obtained a 1009-acre land grant in this area. While his brother A. J. Hamilton was governor (1865-66), he retrieved for Texas some bonds sent to Europe during the Civil War. In 1870-77 he served as a United States Senator from Texas. His nephew Theodore Van Buren Coupland (1836-90) settled here and in 1887 founded town of Coupland on land that formerly belonged to Senator Hamilton. (1975)
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