Details for First Election in Wood County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5499008957
Data
| Marker Number | 8957 |
| Atlas Number | 5499008957 |
| Marker Title | First Election in Wood County |
| Index Entry | First Election in Wood County |
| Address | FM 49, 3.2 mi. E |
| City | Mineola |
| County | Wood |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 272990 |
| UTM Northing | 3619425 |
| Subject Codes | counties |
| Marker Year | 1973 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | FM 49, 3.2 miles E of Mineola |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Under a large post oak (300 ft. NW) on Gaines Greer's farm, Aug. 5, 1850, Wood County was organized. Commissioners Reuben Elledge, Joseph Fisher, George Greer, Henry Stout, and Gilbert Yarbrough met with 20 other men to choose site for county seat and elect first officials. Elected were the chief justice, D. O. Norton; county clerk, Ambrose Fitzgerald; treasurer, Henry W. Norton; tax assessor-collector, Gilbert Yarbrough; sheriff, Henry Stout; and county commissioners, Daniel Center, P. M. Gunstream, William Rice, Peter Rozell. Historic oak survived until it was killed by lightning, 1950s. (1973) |