Details for Ellis County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5139007093
Data
Marker Number | 7093 |
Atlas Number | 5139007093 |
Marker Title | Ellis County |
Index Entry | Ellis County |
Address | |
City | Red Oak |
County | Ellis |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 704395 |
UTM Northing | 3596548 |
Subject Codes | counties |
Marker Year | 1936 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | picnic area, west side of US 77 in Red Oak |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite) |
Marker Text | Created December 20, 1849 from Navarro County Organized August 5, 1850 Named in honor of Richard Ellis, 1781-1846 a Virginian by birth and education Jurist and statesman of Alabama 1813-1825 Moved to Texas in 1825 President of the Constitutional Convention, March, 1836 Member, Congress of the Republic of Texas Waxahachie the county seat |