Grayson County TXGenWeb
 Historical Markers erected by the
Texas Historical Commission or Local Historical Groups

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View location  & information on all the markers in the county.
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Grayson County Historical Markers
Most of the information by Elaine Nall Bay & Patricia Nall unless otherwise noted *
Most are placed by the Texas Historical Commission but included are others placed by Veteran's  and other 
organizaions.
This list is being constructed , check back often

• The Great Sherman Storm of 1896
• The Great Sherman Storm of 1896*
• 1924 Masonic Temple ~ Sherman
• Antioch Baptist Church
• Austin College ~ Sherman
• Barron-Veazey House ~ Van Alstyne
• Bennett-Richardson House ~ Whitesboro
• Bethel Baptist Church ~ 4 mi. S. of Whitewright
• Bicentennial Tree 1776-1976 ~ NARFE ~ Courthouse Lawn
• Binkley Hotel ~ Sherman
• Birge House ~ Capt. N.A. Birge House ~ Sherman
• Boy Scout Troup 1 (Troop 44) Van Alstyne
• Butterfield Overland Mail Route ~ Courthouse Lawn~ Sherman
• Cannon -Old Town of Cannon
• Cannon Cemetery
• Cannon on the Courthouse Lawn
• Capt. LeTellier's School ( for Boys) ~ Sherman
• Carr- Taliaferro House ~ Sherman
• Cedar Community
• Central Christian Church ~ Sherman
• Christian Chapel Cemetery ~ Louis Wilmouth 
• Coffee~ Site of the Trading Post of Holland Coffee ~ Preston
• Coffman-Layne Cemetery
• Courthouses of Grayson County
• Cowell~Mary Forence Cowell ~ Whitesboro
• CSA~First Confederate Monument
• CSA~Ninth Texas Cavalry ~ Courthouse Square ~ Sherman
• CSA~Eleventh Texas Cavalry ~ Courthouse Square ~ Sherman
• Sherman Opera House ~ Sherman
• Site of Old Columbia College ~ Van Alstyne
• Diamond Cemetery ( Marker is named "Pioneer Park")
• Diamond Ranch
• Dorchester School
• Elliott Cemetery 
• Ely-Elliott House ~ Sherman
• Everheart-Canaan Cemetery
• Federal Building ~ United States Court House (& Former Post Office)
• Fink Community
• First Baptist Church ~ Bells
• First Christian Church ~ Howe
• First Christian Church ~ Van Alstyne
• First Presbyterian Church & Manse ~ Whitewright
• First United Methodist Church~Sherman
• First United Methodist Church ~ Van Alstyne
• First United Methodist Church ~ Whitewright
• Fred Douglas School ~ Sherman
• Friendship Cemetery
• Friendship Methodist Church ~ Rural Sherman
• Gold Star Mothers -"In Honor of Gold Star Mothers" ~ Courthouse Lawn
• Great Sherman Storm of 1896*
• Gunter Ranch
• Hall Cemetery*
• Hall Cemetery~Haning-Jabez & Harriet A. Campell Haning
• Hall Furniture Building
• Hendrix Cemetery*
• Hiram Lodge No. 433 , A.F.& A.M. ~ Collinsville
• IOOF Fellows Hall #45 ~(Rebekah Lodge #297) ~Sherman
• Howe Masonic Lodge No. 430 A.F.& A.M.
• Kentuckytown Community
• Kidd-Key College & Music Conservatory
• View Memorial Stone dedicated to the Class of 1898
• View Memorial Stone dedicated to the Class of 1908
• Lyon House ~ Sherman
• McKinney- Grave of Collin McKinney ~ Van Alstyne
• Mantua Masonic Lodge No. 209 AF&AM ~ Van Alstyne
• Marshall House ~Samuel E. & Mary C. Marshall House ~ Whitewright
• Mayfield ~ Allison Mayfield ~ Courthouse Square ~ Sherman
• Merchants and Planters National Bank ~ Sherman
• Old Sherman Public Library
• Perisan Gulf War monument
• Peter W. Grayson 
• Pilot Grove Baptist Church
• Pilot Grove Community
• Pioneer Cottonseed Oil Mill ~ Sherman
• Pool Manufacturing Company
• Porter, Sophia
• Pottsboro
• Preston Road/Shawnee Trail ~ Pottsboro
• Memorial to Mame Roberts ~ Howe
• Saint John CME Church ~ Sherman
• Sanborn Ranch ~ near Southmayd
• Sherman Little Theater ~ Sherman
• Sherman Manufacturing Plant ~ Sherman
• St Mary's Catholic Church and Historical Marker ~ Sherman
• another page of -St Mary's Catholic Church and Historical Marker, includes extra material*
• Theodore Roosevelt's Visit to Grayson County ~ Courthouse Lawn
• Time Capsules on the Courthouse Lawn
• Tioga Cemetery
• Tioga Primitive Baptist Church
• Tioga United Methodist Church
• Tom Bean
• Travis Lodge No. 117 A.F.& A.M. ~ Sherman
• Trinity United Presbyterian Church ~ Sherman
• Umpress-Taylor Home ~ Van Alstyne
• Van Alstyne Cemetery
• Vittitoe Cemetery
• Walnut Street Church of Christ ~ Sherman
• War Veterans Memorial ~ Courthouse Square
• Washburn Cemetery
• Washington Iron Works ~ Sherman
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman-Judge C.C. Binkley
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman-Rev. J.M. Binkley
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman-James Nelson Dickson
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman-The Great Sherman Storm of 1898*
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman- Olive Ann Oatman Fairchild
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman-Mita Holsapple Hall
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman-Andrew Hanson
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman-Capt. John Henry LeTellier
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman- Jesse P. Loving
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman- Mattie Davis Lucas 
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman- Aaron S. Mangum
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman- John Silliman Moore
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman- Andrew L. Randell
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman- Tom Randolph*
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman- Rev. J.H. Reynolds
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman- Thomas Jefferson Shannon
• West Hill Cemetery in Sherman- B.H. Zauk
• Wheat- William Whitley Wheat - Hall Cemetery*
• Whitaker Cemetery *
• Whitemound Community
• Whitesboro
• Whitewright Masonic Lodge No. 167 (Kentuckytown charter)
• Wilmouth ~ Louis Wilmouth, San Jacinto Veteran ~ Christian Chapel Cemetery*
• World War I Memorial ~ Courthouse Square, Sherman
• Younger- R.N. Younger Home ~ Whitesboro

Each Historical Marker Application is filled out and accompanied with research proving the historical facts and stories connected with each site.
Grayson County has placed their published reports in the Sherman Public Library Research Room & they are available at the State Historical Commission.
I have copied the table of contents of these volumes

 

Historical Commission Publication 1968 - 1989

Barron - Veazey House
Dorchester School
Mantua Masonic Lodge
T.J. Shannon
Whitaker Cemetery
Jesse Hendricks Log Cabin
Austin College (3 of them)
Columbia College
Coffman Cemetery
Fitzgerald House
Primitive Baptist Church
White Mound
Sophia Porter
Old Settler's Association
Collin McKinney

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Historical Commission 1984 - 1989 Bethel Baptist Church
Captain Noble Allan Birge House
Central Christian Church
Clifton House Hote/ Star House
Elliott Cemetery View
Fink Texas
Howe Masonic Lodge # 430
Lone Star Masonic Lodge #403
Old Masonic Temple
Perrin Air Force Base
Sherman Public Library
Walnut Street Church of Christ
Vittitoe Cemetery

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Historical Commission Vol 3
Bennett-Richardson House ( Whitesboro)
First Christian Church (Van Alstyne)
First United Methodist Church (Sherman)
First United Methodist Church (Van Alsytne)
Grayson County
Greenwood Cemetery
Hagerman
Hiram Lodge 
Hopewell Baptist Church
Interurban
Metz House (Sherman)
President Theodore Roosevelt Visit
Travis Lodge
Umphress- Taylor House (Van Alstyne)
Whitewright

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Vol 4 was not available when I was there, either it is missing or was in use somewhere. 

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Historical Commission Vol. 5 Sherman Opera House
Sherman (Old) Public Library
Perrin Air Force Base
Pilot Grove Baptist Church
Pool Manufacturing Company
Pottsboro
Roberts House (Sherman)
Sadler United Methodist Church
St. John Christian Methodist Episcopal Church ( Sherman) 
Walnut Street Church of Christ (Sherman)
Van Alstyne

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Historical Commission Vo. VI 9th Texas Cavalry
Vittitoe Cemetery
Bethel Baptist Church
Binion Homeplace
Bridges over the Red River
Cannon Cemetery
Jabez and Harriet Haning
Denison Dam
Jot Gunter

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Historical Commission Vol VII
Washburn Cemetery
Allison Cemetery
Federal Building (Sherman)
St.Xavier's Academy (Denison)
A Brief History of Loy Park
Preston Road / Shawnee Trail
Judge C.C.Binkley
B.H. Zauk
Fred Douglass School (Sherman)
City of Tom Bean
The Butterfield Overland Mail in Grayson County, Texas

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