Robertson County
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 31° 02.188 W 096° 28.017
14R E 741765 N 3436399
Pink Granite marker with plaque in a roadside park along US-79 northeast of Franklin, the county seat of Robertson County.
Waymark Code: WMXMWV
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker is missing its State of Texas emblem from the front of the pink granite pedestal.
Marker Number: 10942

Marker Text:
  Settled by people from Tennessee under an 1822 contract held by Sterling Clack Robertson (1785-1842), who later signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. Colony and county were named for him. County was created Dec. 14, 1837, organized March 1838.
  County seats: "Old Franklin," 1838-1850, Wheelock, 1850-1855. Owensville, 1855-1869, Calvert, 1870-1879, Franklin since 1879.
  Sent 5 troop companies into Confederate service in Civil War. Established mill to make flour, cotton and wool cloth. Furnished cotton cards, medicines, flour, bacon and salt to soldiers' families.
  (1965)
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