Here Lived Dr. Stephen H. Everitt

Despite the title Dr., the Handbook of Texas says Stephen Hendrickson Everitt was apparently not a practicing physician. It describes him as a politician, merchant and speculator who ran stores at Bevilport and Sabine Pass and owned town lots in Bevil, Jasper and Belgrade. He backed Mirabeau B. Lamar and was one of three commissioners to close the land offices of the Department of Nacogdoches. He sat for Jasper County in the Republic's first five congresses and resigned in December 1840. The entry gives his birth as November 26, 1806, in Poughkeepsie; the plaque says 1807.

What the plaque says

Here Lived Dr. Stephen H. Everitt Born in New York November 26, 1807 Came to Texas in 1835 Delegate to the Consultation 1835 Signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836 Senator in the Congress Republic of Texas Oct. 3, 1836 to Dec. 9, 1840 Died July 12, 1844 Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Martin Dies, Jr. State Park — 6.5 mi
  A 705-acre state park on Steinhagen Reservoir at the meeting of the Neches and Angelina rivers, with about 14 miles of paddling trails through sloughs and more than 200 campsites.

More markers nearby

• Dixie Freedom Colony — 0.8 mi
• Dixie Baptist Church — 1.3 mi
• Site of the Town of Bevilport — 1.9 mi
• Bevilport — 3.4 mi