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. (1965)
28.9849° N, 95.5024° W
Where to Find It
9 miles north of Freeport on SH 36, where private road intersects highway
Nearby Markers
- 0.2 mi W Ellerslie Plantation Jones Creek
- 1.9 mi E Major Reuben R. Brown Jones Creek
- 1.9 mi E William Joel Bryan Jones Creek
- 1.9 mi E Major James Peckham Caldwell Jones Creek
- 1.9 mi E Henry William Munson Jones Creek
- 1.9 mi E Emily Margaret Brown Austin Bryan Perry Jones Creek