Marker Inscription
(September 29, 1807 - November 17, 1879) Migrating in 1840 from Alabama to Texas, James Calhoun Hill led the first permanent settlers into this vicinity. He served on the commission that ran boundaries of Smith County and platted the county seat in 1846. Prospering as a surveyor and planter in the 1850s, he was blind and reduced in means by 1865, when the Civil War ended. In 1874 he donated land to bring a railroad into the county. He and his wife Rebecca Mar Hill had eleven children.
About this site
Hill, James Calhoun is a historical marker in Tyler, Smith County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in Smith County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 272 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.2829, -95.2369 near Tyler. The nearest cataloged historic site is Meador Cemetery (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bascom East Cemetery, Bascom Cemetery, and Bascom West Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5423007733. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
