FIRST Election in Wood County, TX - Mineola, TX
N 32° 41.270 W 095° 25.290
15S E 272971 N 3619272
A 1973 Texas Historical Marker about 4.4 miles from Mineoloa on FM 49 notes this as the location of the first election in Wood County's history, back in 1850, under an old oak tree that used to be here.
Waymark Code: WMVZBQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2017
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Located on the north side of the highway in a pullout, the marker provides some background:
Under a large post oak (300 ft. NW) on Gaines Greer's farm, Aug. 5, 1850, Wood County was organized. Commissioners Reuben Elledge, Joseph Fisher, George Greer, Henry Stout, and Gilbert Yarbrough met with 20 other men to choose site for county seat and elect first officials. Elected were the chief justice, D.O. Norton; county clerk, Ambrose Fitzgerald; treasurer, Henry W. Norton; tax assessor-collector, Gilbert Yarbrough; sheriff, Henry Stout; and county commissioners, Daniel Center, P.M. Gunstream, William Rice, Peter Rozell. Historic oak survived until it was killed by lightning, 1950s.
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Date of FIRST: 08/05/1850
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