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McCormick Homesite, Mrs. Margaret (On This Site)

2012 Miller Cut-Off Road

La Porte , 77571

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Notes:
Louis Lenz Inventory # 20 of 71; Gray granite marker with Wreath & Star; a plaque noting that the marker is not in its original location is missing from lower front of face; email from Janet Wagner Aug. 2008, "The marker was over a mile NE of the present site on HLP property. The missing plaque just stated that the marker was moved from the original site."
Directions: NRG Texas S. R. Bertron Generating Station property, with sign, 1.1 miles east of San Jacinto Battlefield Road on Miller Cut-Off Road immediately past RR tacks; marker near entrance road, approx. 30 yards North of Miller Cut-Off

Key Time Period: 1836 - 1845 Republic of Texas

Corretions/New Research:

Marker Text:
ON THIS SITE on April 21, 1836, stood the home of Mrs. Margaret McCormick whose husband, Arthur McCormick, died here in 1825 - Mrs. McCormick lost her life here in 1854 when the home was burned
Marker Type: Centennial Granite Marker
Historical Org: Texas Historical Commission (THC)

Key Map Information: 539 G

GPS Coordinates: 29 43.397, 95 04.306

Precinct No: 2

Marker No: 10727