Old Oakland Plantation

Founded 1828 by Henry Wm. Munson, who bought site from Stephen F. Austin, Father of Texas. This land joined Peach Point Plantation, Austin's home. Munson, one of Texans in uprising over injustices at Anahuac and Velasco in 1832, died in yellow fever epidemic in 1833.

Marker is on Texas Route 36 when traveling east.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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