Details for Wilson Potteries
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5187005858
Data
| Marker Number | 5858 |
| Atlas Number | 5187005858 |
| Marker Title | Wilson Potteries |
| Index Entry | Wilson Potteries |
| Address | |
| City | Seguin |
| County | Guadalupe |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 615438 |
| UTM Northing | 3266716 |
| Subject Codes | manufacturing; African American topics; religious leaders; Business topics, general; design and construction; Presbyterian denomination |
| Marker Year | 1985 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from Seguin follow FM 466 (Capote Road) 10 miles southeast |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Presbyterian minister John M. Wilson came to this area in 1856 with his family and slaves. Since earthen vessels were major 19th-century food storage items, Wilson established a pottery kiln in this vicinity in 1860. After Wilson sold his interest in the business in 1869, 3 of his former slaves began their own pottery shop. James, Hiram, and Wallace Wilson, who operated H. Wilson & Co. until 1884, created their own style of pottery and ran a successful business during the Reconstruction Era, when many newly-freed slaves found work only as sharecroppers. (1985) |