Historical Marker
Site of the Home of William Clark, Jr.
Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County · Texas
Erected 1936
William Clark bought the Planter Hotel in Nacogdoches in 1859 and ran it until his death in 1871. According to a Texas history blog he was in Sabine County in April 1850 and probably moved to Nacogdoches County soon after. Earlier, after the Convention of 1836, he helped President Burnet set up a system for collecting and forwarding supplies to the army, and he served on the Sabine County Board of Land Commissioners. A Sabine merchant and farmer from Georgia, he had arrived in Texas in 1835.
What the plaque says
Site of the Home of William Clark, Jr. Born in Redford County, Virginia. Came to Texas in 1829 and to Nacogdoches in 1840. Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, member of the Second Congress, Republic of Texas, 1837-38. On this site in 1840 he erected a home.
Where it stands
31.60390, -94.65620 · Directions
More markers nearby
- Old Spanish Cemetery — steps away
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