| Marker Number |
9251 |
| Atlas Number |
5347009251 |
| Marker Title |
Pioneer Texas Oil Man: Lyne Taliaferro Barret |
| Index Entry |
Barret, Lyne Taliaferro, Pioneer Texas Oil Man |
| Address |
CR 331 |
| City |
Melrose |
| County |
Nacogdoches |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
359359 |
| UTM Northing |
3493243 |
| Subject Codes |
oil/petroleum topics; pioneers |
| Marker Year |
1966 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Lower Melrose Cemetery (Melrose Baptist Church Cemetery), off SH 21 and CR 331. Marker reported damaged Dec. 2017. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
Damaged |
| Marker Size |
14" x 24" |
| Marker Text |
(1832 - 1913) Born in Virginia. Came with parents to Texas 1842. Married Angelina Thomas; had 9 children. Drilled the first oil well in Texas, 1866. If efforts to drill early in 1859 had succeeded, he would have completed first oil well in the United States. Low demand and scarce capital halted his oil operations. He spent rest of his life as a farmer and community leader. Recorded - 1966 |
