Loving, James and Margaret
James and Margaret Loving 1811 - 1869) (1820 - 1877) The sixteenth family in Dallas County. Came by covered wagon and flatboat from Kentucky to Texas in 1843 as members of the Peters Colony. Arrived in Dallas County (then unorganized) in 1844. On a 640-acre grant (2 mi. east) from Mercer's Colony, they built log cabin, raised corn, wove cloth, and boiled soil from salt lick to make own salt. Had 8 children. Loving, a brother of pioneer trail drive Oliver Loving, was killed by a horse thief in 1869.
32.8325° N, 96.5613° W
Where to Find It
Barnes Bridge Rd., near intersection with Bobtown Rd., just south of Garland
Nearby Markers
- 1.8 mi NE Anderson Family Cemetery Garland
- 2.6 mi S Tripp Baptist Church Sunnyvale
- 2.7 mi SW First Baptist Church of Sunnyvale Sunnyvale
- 3.3 mi W Florence Ranch Home Mesquite
- 3.6 mi SE Galloways' Old Home Place Sunnyvale
- 3.7 mi S Long Creek Cemetery Sunnyvale