Wm. B. Middleton

Middleton's story runs on after the white bean. William B. Middleton was born in Illinois in 1819 and came to Leon County with his family in 1837. The family helped build Fort Boggy. On the Mier Expedition he drew a white bean in the Black Bean Episode, and so did a brother; the plaque names Beoni Middleton, who died in prison. After two years in Mexico he married Mary Jane Potts in December 1845, served as a lieutenant in the Mexican War, was elected sheriff three times and went to the Texas House in 1855 and 1859.

What the plaque says

Wm. B. Middleton A participant of the Mier Expedition, 1842, first sheriff of Leon County. Born in Illinois August 4, 1819; died March 17, 1877. His first wife Mary J. Potts Middleton, born Sept. 9, 1823; died May 5, 1874. In memory of Beoni Middleton who died in prison in Mexico while a prisoner of the Mier Expedition.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fort Boggy State Park — 2.8 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

• Site of the First Court House Built in Leon County — 0.4 mi
• Site of Fort Boggy — 3.1 mi
• Fort Boggy — 3.3 mi
• Rogers Prairie — 10 mi