Historical markers & sites

Shelby County Historical Markers & Sites

For those of you who are traveling in Shelby County, you may want to visit some of the Historical Markers & Sites. If you know of any that are not on this list, please email me and I will add it to this page.

Center, Texas

Shelby County--Courthouse Grounds--1936 Texas Centennial Markers and Texas War for Independence Markers are erected by the state.
Shelby County Courthouse--Courthouse Square--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
C. S. A. Texas Muster--Courthouse Grounds--Civil War Markers, erected by the state especially for the the Civil War Centennial 1961-1965.
Eva Taylor Lane Home--212 Houston Street--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
First Christian Church--122 Cora Street--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
Old Methodist Episcopal Church--14 miles southeast off Highway 87--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
Truitt Cemetery--2 miles west of State Highway 7, 11 miles northeast --Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.

Milton Irish--2.5 miles west on F.M. 2974--Texas Historical Marker erected by the state.

Joaquin, Texas

B. F. Morris and Town of Joaquin--Town Square on U. S. 84--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
Townsite of Spivey--U.S. 84, 3 miles west--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
Fellowship Baptist Church--2 miles south, via Farm Road 2787--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.

Patroon, Texas

Elder William Brittain and Rosanna Wright Brittain--7 miles east on Local Road 106, via Local Road 126 and Farm Road 2261--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.

Shelbyville, Texas

First County Seat--intersection of FM 417 and State Highway 87--private, state-approved markers.
Moses Fisk Roberts--Shelbyville Cemetery State Highway 87, 2 blocks west of Post Office. Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
Sydney O. Pennington--Shelbyville Cemetery--1936 Texas Centennial Grave Markers and Texas War for Independence Grave Markers.
First Methodist Church--off State Highway 87--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
Shelby County--2 miles northwest on State Highway 87--1936 Texas Centennial Markers and Texas War for Independence Markers erected by the state.
The First Battle Leading to an Organized War 1841-1844--2 miles northwest on State Highway 87--1936 Texas Centennial Markers and Texas War for Independence Markers erected by the state.
Site of Last Battle, August 14, 1844--1 miles south on State Highway 87--1936 Texas Centennial Markers and Texas War for Independence Markers erected by the state.
Robert's Hill--8 miles south on State Highway 147--private, state-approved markers.
The Bickham House, renamed "Welcome Hall"--2 miles east via FM 2694 and Myrick's Ferry Road--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
Myrick's Ferry Log House--12 miles east on U. S. Forest Service Road 100--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.

Tenaha, Texas

First United Methodist Church--105 East Masonic Street--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
William Harrison Wall Homestead--Center Street South--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.

Timpson, Texas

Timpson--Town Square, Highway 84--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
First Baptist Church--North 2nd and Timpson Streets--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
Tennessee Methodist Church--Tennessee Community--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
Tennessee Presbyterian Church--Tennessee Community--Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite historical markers; erected by the state.
Tennessee Community Cemetery-- Texas Historical Markers and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks; Also granite historical markers; erected by the state.

Timpson/Bobo

Timpson/Bobo- Green, George Washington US Highway 59/84 Right of Way---Texas Historical Markers and Recoreded Texas Historic Landmarks; also granite histroical markers; erected by the state.

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