Historical Marker
Site of the Texas Home of Richard Ellis
Historical marker location:
SH 8, New Boston, Texas
( 8 mi. north of New Boston in roadside park on SH 8; moved from homesite to park in 1962)
Marker installed: 1936
A Virginian by birth and education - Jurist and statesman of Alabama, 1813-1825 - Came to Texas, 1825 - President of the Constitutional Convention, March 1836, and member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas - Born February 14, 1781 - Died here December 20, 1846 Erected by the State of Texas 1936.