Details for In Memory of_Colonel Benjamin Fort Smith_and all other pioneers

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5185008599

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Marker Number 8599
Atlas Number 5185008599
Marker Title In Memory of_Colonel Benjamin Fort Smith_and all other pioneers
Index Entry Smith, Benjamin Fort
Address 270 FM 149
City Anderson
County Grimes
UTM Zone 15
UTM Easting 213291
UTM Northing 3376743
Subject Codes military topics; Texas Revolution, U.S.-Mexico War; Republic of Texas; pioneers
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Grimes County Courthouse grounds, E side facing Buffington Ln.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker (gray granite)
Marker Text (FRONT) In memory of Colonel Benjamin Fort Smith, Dr. Robert C. Neblett, veterans of The War of 1812; Colonel Benjamin F. Smith, veteran of the Black Hawk War, 1832; Jared E. Groce, Joshua Hadley, William Robinson, delegates to the First Convention of Texas, 1832; Jared E. Groce, Francis Holland, Jesse Grimes, delegates to the Second Convention of Texas, 1833; Joshua Hadley, Dr. George M. Patrick, delegates to the Consultation, 1835; Benjamin Briggs Goodrich, Jesse Grimes, signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; Francis Holland, Anthony Drew Kennard, soldiers in the Army, 1835; Sarah Rudolph Dodson, who made a flag for a military company, Army of Texas, 1835. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 (BACK) In memory of Tapley Holland, John Camp Goodrich, Alfred Calvin Grimes, martyrs of the Alamo; Anderson Buffington, Benjamin Fort Smith, heroes of San Jacinto; Francis Holland, Michael Kennard, John F. Martin, Dr. Verplank Ackerman, William P. Zuber, Soldiers in the Army, 1836; Robert Holman Dunham who was massacred in Mexico, 1842; Kenneth Lewis Anderson, Vice President of the Republic, who died in Anderson, July 3, 1845; William Carley, veteran of the Mexican War, 1846; and all other pioneers who lived in this vicinity during the days of the Republic.

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