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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1J13_jarrell_Jarrell-TX.html
During the early 1900s, plans were made for the construction of the Bartlett and Western Railway to run from Bartlett to Florence. The line was to serve as a feeder to the MK&T (Katy) Railroad, which passed daily through Bartlett. Temple real esta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6M_daniel-harrison_Jarrell-TX.html
Tennessee native Daniel Harrison (1816-1870) migrated to Texas in 1835. He served with Texan forces during the Texas Revolution, and as a volunteer for the Republic's militia. He was in the 1839 Battle of the Neches. In 1840, Harrison married Nanc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMJ6L_corn-hill-community_Jarrell-TX.html
Settled primarily by settlers from Texas and the southern states, Corn Hill was one of the earliest communities in Williamson County. John E. King, county judge from 1858 to 1860, named it for the home he built on a hill and nearby cornfield in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM191_cornhill-cemetery_Jarrell-TX.html
Established in 1886 on a two-acre site deeded to Cornhill Masonic Lodge No. 567 by Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Bridges. Interred here are community leaders, three Civil War soldiers, and veterans of other wars. Maintained by Cornhill Cemetery Association s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM17J_community-of-theon_Jarrell-TX.html
Attracted to the rich farm land, immigrants from Austria, Bohemia, Germany, Moravia and Silesia came here in the 1880s-90s. This community grew around a cotton gin built about 1883. A Catholic church and school operated at nearby Corn Hill. A post…