Site of the First Court House Built in Leon County

Leona was named by order and lost its seat by lawsuit. The Handbook says the legislature told Leon County's voters to choose a site and call it Leona. Court met at Moses Campbell's home until a courthouse could be built, and James C. Boggs opened the post office in 1846. In October 1850, after hearings that reached the Texas Supreme Court, the seat went to the more central Centerville. In 1907-08 Leona had one school for White students and two for Black students.

What the plaque says

Site of the First Court House Built in Leon County Here a log building was erected in 1846. County officials installed Nov. 12, 1846: Geo. V. Lusk, Chief Justice Wm. Childress, Probate Judge Israel P. Reinhardt, County Clerk Wm. B. Middleton, Sheriff David Foster, Coroner Baxter King, Assessor and Col. Commissioners: John C. Smith Robert Steele Samuel Davis James Evans The county seat was moved in 1850 to Centerville.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fort Boggy State Park — 2.5 mi
  A 1,847-acre park in Leon County named for a settlers' palisade of 1840, with a 15-acre lake, short trails and the story of Tennessee farmers, the Keechi and a Ranger captain.

More markers nearby

• Wm. B. Middleton — 0.4 mi
• Site of Fort Boggy — 2.8 mi
• Fort Boggy — 3.1 mi
• Rogers Prairie — 11 mi