Marker Inscription
In 1842, Eliza Pitts (1832-1923) and her parents came to Texas from Georgia. She was a charter member of First Methodist Church in San Marcos and served as an active church leader. She married James Lafayette Malone in 1850, and they had sixteen children. During the Civil war, 1861-65, Eliza Malone ran their 1,000-acre farm and sewed for Confederate soldiers. After her husband died, she and her daughter Bramwell Malone built this home in 1909. Although in her eighties during World War I, she contributed to the war effort by knitting socks for soldiers.
About this site
Malone, Eliza Pitts is a historical marker in San Marcos, Hays County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 124 historical markers documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.8804, -97.9497 near San Marcos. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brown, O. T. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include McGehee, George Thomas, Belvin, Robert Hixon, and Caldwell-Kone-Hyatt House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5209010298. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
