Historical Marker
Site of the Courthouse at Rayner
Old Glory, Stonewall County · Texas
Erected 1936
Rayner's claim to the county seat began with a disputed ballot. An ambiguous clause in the December 20, 1888 organization election made it the seat, and some voters protested that the vote was fraudulent. W. E. Rayner, a land speculator who managed the St. Louis Land and Cattle Company, platted the town on June 12, 1889. It soon had stores, a photography studio, a newspaper called the Monitor and Masonic Lodge 704. In a vote on June 4, 1898, Aspermont took the seat, 145 to 114, and the post office closed in 1906. The site is private land.
What the plaque says
Site of the Courthouse at Rayner First county seat of Stonewall County. Erected in 1888. County seat removed to Aspermont in 1898. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Where it stands
33.11840, -100.09195 · Directions
More markers nearby
- Old Glory — 2.3 mi
- The Mackenzie Trail — 5.1 mi
- Stonewall County — 8.0 mi
- County Named for Confederate Hero General "Stonewall" Jackson 1824-1863 — 8.0 mi