Historical Marker
Sarah Bradley Dodson
Historical marker location:
Bedias, Texas
( Old Bethel Cemetery. From Bedias take SH 90 N approximately 6.5 miles to CR 408; take CR 408 W NW approximately 2.3 miles to CR 1372; take CR 1372 SW approximately 2.9 miles to CR 410; take CR 410 S approximately .4 miles to gravel road; then E on gravel road approximately .4 miles to T in the road; then right at T approximately 2 miles to Old Bethel Cemetery.)
Marker installed: 1993
(January 8, 1812-October 9, 1848)
Kentucky native Sarah Bradley came to Texas with Stephen F. Austin's Old 300 Colony in 1823. She married Archelaus B. Dodson in 1835, and made a blue, white, and red flag with a single white star for her husband's army company during the Texas Revolution. Her flag is believed to be one of two which flew as the Texas Declaration of Independence was signed and is considered Texas' first tri-color Lone Star flag. The Dodsons donated land for this cemetery.