| Marker Number |
11759 |
| Atlas Number |
5035011759 |
| Marker Title |
Lowry Hampton Scrutchfield |
| Index Entry |
Scrutchfield, Lowry Hampton |
| Address |
|
| City |
Valley Mills |
| County |
Bosque |
| UTM Zone |
|
| UTM Easting |
|
| UTM Northing |
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| Subject Codes |
county official; judges; pioneers |
| Marker Year |
1999 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
3.6 mi. SW of Valley Mills on FM 854 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
grave marker |
| Marker Text |
(June 11, 1824 - November 2, 1900) Born in Nacogdoches in 1824 to Fleming and Nancy Pool Scrutchfield, Lowry H. Scrutchfield moved to Nashville on the Brazos with his widowed mother about 1834. In 1845 he met George B. Erath, who taught him land surveying and introduced him to local Indian tribes. Scrutchfield assisted Erath and John McLennan in surveying Waco Village in 1849. He married Nancy Proffit in 1851; they settled on the John C. Pool survey. Scrutchfield emerged as leader of the small band of pioneers who settled and organized Bosque County. He was elected the new county's first chief justice (county judge) in 1854. (1999) |
