James Selen Stout

The plaque names Stout's parents, Henry and Sarah. A Capt. Henry Stout led the advance scouts for Gen. Edward Tarrant at Village Creek in 1841, though no source confirms he was this father. A family account printed by a local news site says James himself led a survey in 1844 that founded the Stout's Creek community, later Pine Forest, and that he gave land for a Primitive Baptist church and school. The same account says he guarded the captured Santa Anna after San Jacinto and stayed in service through 1836, where the plaque says three months.

What the plaque says

James Selen Stout (August 30, 1818 - July 19, 1897) Born in Arkansas, James Selen Stout was reared in what became northeast Texas. He served three months in the Republic of Texas cavalry in 1836, and in 1838 received a grant of 320 acres of land for his service. His parents, Henry and Sarah Stout, also received a land grant, and their property included the area that became Clarksville, the Red River County seat. A frontier scout and explorer, James S. Stout settled in this vicinity and helped encourage settlement in this area. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He and his wife Elvira (Richey) were the parents of eleven children. (2000)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Cooper Lake State Park — 23 mi
  Two units on Jim Chapman Lake, a Corps reservoir proposed in the late 1930s, stalled by a lawsuit until 1984 and dedicated in 1991, with a 10.5-mile equestrian trail and wildlife land around it.

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• Forest Academy Cemetery — 7.1 mi
• Harmony Methodist Church and Cemetery — 7.8 mi
• Black Oak Baptist Church — 10 mi