Robertson County
US 79, Franklin, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1837
EST. 1837
1785
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Robertson County.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as missing at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Robertson County
Robertson County was settled under an 1822 empresario contract held by Sterling Clack Robertson, later a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, and was created in 1837 from Milam County. Its seat moved several times before settling permanently at Franklin in 1879. The county sent troops into Confederate service and ran a mill supplying soldiers' families.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Robertson County
Settled by people from Tennessee under an 1822 contract heldby Sterling Clack Robertson (1785-1842), who later signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. Colony and county were named for him. County was created Dec. 14, 1837, organized March 1838. County seats: "Old Franklin", 1838-1850; Wheelock, 1850-1855; Owensville, 1855-1869; Calvert, 1870-1879; Franklin, since 1879. Sent 5 troop companies into Confederate service in Civil War. Established mill to make flour, cotton and wool cloth. Furnished cotton cards, medicines, flour, bacon and salt to soldiers families. (1965) [ 1936 inscription: Robertson County, formed from Milam County, created December 14, 1837, organized March, 1838. Named in honor of Sterling Clack Robertson, 1785-1842, early Texas empresario, signer of the Declaration of Independence. County seat, Franklin, 1838, Wheelock, 1847, Owenville, 1853, Calvert, 1868, Franklin, since 1879] Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5507016082
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