| Marker Number |
6386 |
| Atlas Number |
5031006386 |
| Marker Title |
Thomas C. and Eliza V. Felps |
| Index Entry |
Felps, Thomas C. and Eliza V. |
| Address |
2403 Miller Creek Cemetery Rd. |
| City |
Johnson City |
| County |
Blanco |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
564290 |
| UTM Northing |
3340708 |
| Subject Codes |
rangers; pioneers; Native Americans; women |
| Marker Year |
1975 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Miller Creek Cemetery, on Miller Creek Road off US 290, north side of the highway 2 mi. E of US 281. Marker is near the center of the cemetery. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Born in Tennessee in 1836, Thomas C. Felps came to Texas in 1850 and to this area in 1856. He earned a living by freighting and joined the Blanco County Rangers during the Civil War. In 1863 he married Eliza V. White (b. 1846), a native of Ohio. In the summer of 1869, the couple lived with Eliza's parents while Thomas recovered from a fever. Her father, newly-appointed County Judge S. T. White, had gone to Blanco on July 21, 1869, when Thomas and Eliza were killed by a band of Indians on Cypress Creek. Only Eliza was scalped. The couple's orphaned children, Thomas and Caroline, were cared for by Eliza's parents. (1975) |
