Marker Inscription
Pioneer settlers Dr. Joseph M. Pound and his wife Sarah Dunbiken Ward lived here and raised nine children. Two log pens made of rough-hewn cypress logs were built in 1854 with slave labor. Additions were added over time with clapboard and board-and-batten siding and square nail construction. The house featured four cut limestone fireplaces. Circuit riders stopped here and conducted Methodist worship services. The sick and wounded, rich or poor, came to this home as to a hospital. Dr. Pound, a U.S. Army private in the U.S. -Mexican War, was a confederate surgeon in the Civil War. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965
About this site
Pound, Dr. Joseph M. is a historical marker in Dripping Springs, Hays County, dedicated in 1965. 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 30.1996, -98.0809 near Dripping Springs. The nearest cataloged historic site is Pound, Dr. Joseph M. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dripping Springs United Methodist Church, Wallace Family Cemetery, and Dripping Springs Academy.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5209010313. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
