Roberts,
Abraham, Homesite
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Marker Title: |
Abraham Roberts Homesite |
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Address: |
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City: |
Tomball |
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County: |
Harris |
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Year Marker Erected: |
1993 |
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Designations: |
na |
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Marker Location: |
New Kentucky Park off FM 2920, just east of intersection w/Roberts
Cemetry Rd., about 10 mi. west of Tomball |
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Marker Text: |
Texas Army Route - April 16, 1836. Abraham (Abram) Roberts (1773-1850),
a native of georgia, came to Texas as a widower n 1827 and settled
at this sit eon spring Creek about 1829. His home was located
at a prominent crossroads in the sparsely populated community
of New Kentucky about three miles east of his neighbor Samuel
McCarley. On March 21, 1836, the interim government of the Republic
of Texas stayed at Roberts' home overnight while enroute to Harrisburg
to establish the Republic's new capital. On April 16, 1836, the
Texas army under Sam Houston left McCarley's home and arrived
here about midday. Houston's soldiers, aware that the Mexican
army was advancing on Harrisburg, were concerned that Houston
would continue to retreat east to the Trinity River. Still uncertain
about Houston's chosen route, the Texas army paused upon reaching
the crossroads. Soldier sin the army asked Roberts, who was standing
on his gate, to show the way to Harrisburg. A great shout arose
as Roberts pointed southeast. Houston took the Harrisburg Road
and on April 21 his army defeated the Mexicans at the Battle
of San Jacinto. The decision to take the Harrisburg Road became
famous as a turning point in the campaign for Texas independence.
Sam Houston Bicentennial 1793-1993 Incise on base: Project of
Jeffrey D. Dunn and Edward W. Turley, Jr. |
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Burnett,
Matthew
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Marker Title: |
Matthew Burnett Homesite |
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Address: |
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City: |
Houston |
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County: |
Harris |
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Year Marker Erected: |
1993 |
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Designations: |
na |
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Marker Location: |
Telge Park, just east of Telge Rd. on Pleasant Grove St. |
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Marker Text: |
Texas army camp - April 16, 1836. Matthew Burnett (1795-1842)
and his wife, Sarah (Simmons) (1797-1852), came to Texas from
Arkansas in 1831 and settled south of here on Cypress Creek.
Their home was near the "Harrisburg Road" which stretched
15 miles northwest to a crossroads at the home of their closest
neighbor, Abram Roberts, and, in the other direction, 25 miles
southeast to Harrisburg. The interim government of the Republic
of Texas stayed here briefly on March 22, 1836, while enroute
to establish the Republic's new capital at Harrisburg. The Texas
army, 1100 men under the command of Sam Houston, stopped here
about dusk on April 16, 1836, after turning southeast at the
Robert's crossroads earlier in the day. During their overnight
stay they consumed most of Burnett's livestock and grains, and
burned fence rails for fuel. The next morning the Texas army
departed for Harrisburg. Four days later, on April 21, they routed
the Mexican army at the Battle of San Jacinto, winning Texas
independence from Mexico. Having fled the area in the episode
known as the "Runaway Scrape," the Burnetts returned
after learning of the victory at San Jacinto. In the late 1830s
and 1840s their home became a prominent landmark and well-known
tavern on the road to the city of Houston. |
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