Marker Inscription
The Texas Legislature specified that the seat of Navarro County should be called Corsicana; but the location was not secured until 1848, when this site was donated by David R. Mitchell, James C. Neill, and Thomas Smith. Other structures served briefly as quarters for county business; but the fist actual courthouse was a log cabin erected here in 1848. The 15' by 17' building had the judge's stand in one corner and county clerk's table in another. A two-story frame courthouse replaced the cabin in 1853. (1976)
About this site
Site of the First Courthouse is a historical marker in Corsicana, Navarro County, dedicated in 1976. It is one of 128 historical markers documented in Navarro County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 218 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.0990, -96.4688 near Corsicana. The nearest cataloged historic site is Beaton, Alexander (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Navarro County Courthouse, Corsicana in 1860-1872, and Smith, Thomas Ingles.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5349007195. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
