Historical Marker
Site of "Old Soledad"
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County · Texas
Erected 1936
William Barr was born in Londonderry, Ireland, around 1760 and moved to Spanish Louisiana in the 1780s, swearing allegiance to Spain in 1787. He came to Nacogdoches in 1793. In 1798 he joined Luther Smith, Edward Murphy and Peter Samuel Davenport in a firm later known as the House of Barr and Davenport. In 1800 Spain commissioned him to supply presents to Indians in Texas and trade with them for pelts, furs and livestock. He held the commission until his death in 1810. His Natchitoches estate was appraised at $156,945, with part left to Davenport.
What the plaque says
Site of "Old Soledad" Famous throughout East Texas prior to 1800 as the headquarters of William Barr and Samuel Davenport, Indian traders Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Where it stands
31.60253, -94.65300 · Directions
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