Details for Site Of Landmark Campbell's Bayou
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5167000267
Data
| Marker Number | 267 |
| Atlas Number | 5167000267 |
| Marker Title | Site Of Landmark Campbell's Bayou |
| Index Entry | Campbell's Bayou, Site of Landmark |
| Address | Gulf Freeway |
| City | Texas City |
| County | Galveston |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 315278 |
| UTM Northing | 3243178 |
| Subject Codes | water topics |
| Marker Year | 1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Gulf Freeway (IH-45), east side access road near Virginia Point Road |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Settled 1821 by privateer James Campbell (1791-1856), U. S. Navy veteran, War of 1812, who after discharge was lieutenant and close friend of buccaneer Jean Lafitte, operating out of Galveston (then called Campeche). In Karankawa Indian rituals about 1817, Mary Sabinal (1795-1884) became Campbell's bride. When Lafitte left Texas in 1821, Campbell pleased his wife by settling here as a rancher. Community remained until its second destruction by hurricane, 1915. Graves of the Campbells and many other early Texans are in cemetery at Campbell's Bayou. |