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Historical Marker
Peach Point
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About this site
Peach Point is a historical marker in Jones Creek, Brazoria County, dedicated in 1964. It is one of 125 historical markers documented in Brazoria County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 223 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 28.9761, -95.4688 near Jones Creek. The nearest cataloged historic site is Gulf Prairie Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Gulf Prairie Cemetery, Gulf Prairie Cemetery, and William Joel Bryan.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5039009580. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Peach Point was the plantation home of James Franklin Perry and his wife Emily Austin Bryan Perry, sister of Stephen F. Austin, who settled the Brazos River site in December 1832 after buying it from Austin. Named for the wild peach trees growing there, it operated as a forced-labor farm producing cotton and sugar cane, and Austin regarded it as his only true home in Texas. After Austin died in December 1836 his body was brought here for burial in the family cemetery before being reinterred at the State Cemetery in Austin in 1910.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgtshaonline.org
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