Sabine County - Hemphill, TX - Citizen Memorials on Waymarking.com

This tall bronze plaque, set in 1936 by the State of Texas, is on a granite monument at the southeast corner of the Sabine County Courthouse Square. The monument includes two relief scupltures of faces at the top, and is set "In Memory Of" several individuals. The complete marker text is:
SABINE COUNTY

A borderland between Spain and the United States, 1803-1819... Entry for many Anglo-American colonists and travelers after 1820, first included in the municipality of Nacogdoches; after 1832 in the municipality of San Augustine; on December 15, 1835, it became the municipality of Sabine, borrowing its name from the river which forms its eastern boundary. Became a county in 1836, organized in 1837.

Milam, County Seat, 1857-1858,
Hemphill, Since 1858.

In the heart of the pinelands...

In Memory Of
Benjamin Holt, Absolom Hier, Jesse Parker,
Members of the Convention of 1832.

William Clark Jr., James Gaines, Signers
of the Declaration of Independence, 1836.

Captain William Scurlock, a participant
in the Battle of Coleto under Colonel
James W. Fannin, Jr., life spared March 27, 1836.

Isaac W. Burton, Benjamin F. Bryant,
John C. Hale, William Pace, Alfred Benton,
Dr. Robert K. Goodloe, San Jacinto Veterans
and the other founders and defenders
of the Republic of Texas who lived in this
county, before or after the revolution.

Some of the distinguished citizens
Contributed by Sabine County

David S. Kaufman
First U.S. Congressman from Texas.

Sam D. McMahan
Pioneer Patriot.

Littleton Fowler
Early Missionary.

R. P. Sibley, J. C. Caraway
Captains in the C.S.A.

Erected by the State of Texas
1936

Location: Sabine County Courthouse Square Website with more information on either the memorial or the person(s) it is dedicated to: Not listed

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