Site of the First Court House Built in Leon County

Historical marker location:

Leona, Texas

( behind Post Office at intersection of SH 75 and FM 977)

Marker installed: 1936

Here a log building was erected in 1846. County officials installed Nov. 12, 1846:

Geo. V. Lusk, Chief Justice

Wm. Childress, Probate Judge

Israel P. Reinhardt, County Clerk

Wm. B. Middleton, Sheriff

David Foster, Coroner

Baxter King, Assessor and Col.

Commissioners:

John C. Smith

Robert Steele

Samuel Davis

James Evans

The county seat was moved in 1850 to Centerville.

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