Details for Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Wolf
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5053009757
Data
| Marker Number | 9757 |
| Atlas Number | 5053009757 |
| Marker Title | Mr. & Mrs. Jacob Wolf |
| Index Entry | Wolf, Jacob, Mr. & Mrs. |
| Address | CR 103 |
| City | Burnet |
| County | Burnet |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 572679 |
| UTM Northing | 3422116 |
| Subject Codes | pioneers; women |
| Marker Year | 1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Dobyville Cemetery, 12 mi. N of Burnet on US 281, 0.2 mi. W on CR 103 |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | Jacob Wolf (1812-1874) and wife Adeline Faulkner Wolf (1814-1870) came from Tennessee to Texas about 1850. Obtaining land grant in Burnet County, they settled at Dobyville, and were pioneers, supplying their own provisions, buildings, medicines, and school. Menaced by Indian raids and aware of need for government, Wolf in 1854 help organize Burnet County. Of the 8 children, 2 sons became sheriffs-- one in Burnet, one in Lampasas County. Recorded - 1967 |