Shelby County Marker, (sculpture).

Shelby County Marker, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Shelby County Marker, (sculpture).

Relief: bronze; Base: granite.

Overall: approx. 8 ft. x 30 in. x 12 in.

(On front of relief, below star, raised lettering:) SHELBY COUNTY/PART OF THE NEUTRAL GROUND, 1803-1819/SETTLED BY ANGLO-AMERICANS, 1824-1836/IN 1833 A DISTRICT OF THE MUNICIPALITY/OF NACOGDOCHES, KNOWN AS TENEHAW, IN/1835 BECAME MUNICIPALITY OF TENEHAW WITH/NASHVILLE AS THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT./NAME CHANGED TO SHELBY IN 1836 IN HONOR OF/ISAAC SHELBY, 1750-1826, A GALLANT OFFICER IN/THE CONTINENTAL ARMY REVOLUTIONARY WAR./CREATED A COUNTY MARCH 17, 1836, ORGANIZED/IN 1837 WITH COUNTY SEAT AT SHELBYVILLE/MOVED TO CENTER IN 1866./IN MEMORY OF/WILLIAM ENGLISH, FREDERICK FOYE, GEORGE/BUTLER, JOHN M. BRADLEY, JONAS HARRISON,/DELEGATES TO THE FIRST CONVENTION OF/TEXAS, 1832, FROM THE DISTRICT OF TENEHAW./MARTIN PARMER, DELEGATE TO THE CONSULTATION/FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF TENEHAW./SYDNEY O. PENNINGTON, WILLIAM C. CRAWFORD,/SIGNERS OF THE TEXAS DECLARATION OF/INDEPENDENCE FROM SHELBY MUNICIPALITY./THE SOLDIERS FROM SHELBY COUNTY WHO/FOUGHT AT SAN JACINTO AND ELSEWHERE FOR/AND IN DEFENSE OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS./IN THIS COUNTY WAS WAGED/THE REGULATOR-MODERATOR FEUD 1841-1844/DURING THIS TIME THE WARRING FACTIONS/FOUGHT SEVERAL DRAWN BATTLES, ENTAILING/LOSS OF LIFE AND PROPERTY, TROOPS OF THE/REPUBLIC OF TEXAS COMMANDED BY GENERAL/JAMES SMITH FINALLY RESTORED ORDER./ERECTED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS/1936 unsigned

A relief depicting the head of a soldier from the neck up, wearing a high-collared military uniform and a hat. Two decorative branches of leaves flank the head on each side. A star appears below the head and a lengthy inscription follows. The relief is inset into the front of a granite stele.

History -- United States -- Texas

History -- United States -- Regulator-Moderator Feud

Figure male -- Head

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Homage -- English, William

Homage -- Foye, Frederick

Homage -- Butler, George

Homage -- Bradley, John M.

Homage -- Harrison, Jonas

Homage -- Parmer, Martin

Homage -- Pennington, Sydney O.

Homage -- Crawford, William C.

Occupation -- Political

Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Center

Administered by Shelby County, 200 San Augustine, Suite A, Center, Texas 75935

Located Shelby County Courthouse, On grounds, Center, Texas

The marker was erected by the State of Texas to commemorate the centenary of Texas independence. The marker remembers the delegates to the First Convention of Texas, 1832, from the District of Tenehaw and the soldiers of Shelby County who fought at San Jacinto and elsewhere in defense of the Republic of Texas. Shelby County was once called the Municipality of Tenehaw. It was renamed in 1836 in honor of Isaac Shelby (1750-1826), an officer in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. The Regulator-Moderator Feud was waged in Shelby County from 1841-1844. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Harold Schoen's "Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence," Austin, TX: Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations," 1933, pg. 109.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1994.

Schoen, Harold, "Monuments Erected by the State of Texas to Commemorate the Centenary of Texas Independence," Austin, TX: Commission of Control for Texas Centennial Celebrations, 1933, pg. 109.

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