| Marker Number |
8594 |
| Atlas Number |
5185008594 |
| Marker Title |
Michael Moore Kennard |
| Index Entry |
Kennard, Michael Moore |
| Address |
580 S. Main |
| City |
Anderson |
| County |
Grimes |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
213330 |
| UTM Northing |
3376428 |
| Subject Codes |
pioneers; markets, merchantiles |
| Marker Year |
1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
opposite the road from the Fanthorp Inn, Anderson.
|
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
Other - explain |
| Marker Text |
Born in Tennessee. In 1828 he and family joined Robertson's Colony, bound for Texas. Arrived in 1830, probably having stopped to "make a crop" along the way. Lived in present Grimes County; was granted a third of a league of land in Robertson's Colony. For his service in the Texas Revolution, received additional land in Menard and Leon Counties. His mercantile business-- firm of Fanthorp, Womack & Kennard-- was the first in Grimes County. |
