Dewberry, Col. John, House
1 mi. N of Teaselville on FM 346, Teaselville, TXJohn Dewberry, who held the rank of colonel in the Confederate Army, was born in Georgia and came to Texas in the late 1830s, shortly after Texas had gained independence. About 1840, he settled in Smith County and purchased 20,000 acres of fertile plantation land along the south line of Smith County, located in the Southwest corner of the county. In this region known as Saline Prairie near the present settlement of Teasleville, this prosperous planter erected a fine, Greek Revival frame residence in 1854. The two-story frame residence with a wide hall and broad entrance doors on the front and rear elevations which can be opened in the warm weather to allow the prevailing breezes through to cool the house, is an unaltered example of the commodious domestic Greek Revival architecture in Texas in the decades immediately preceding the Civil War.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 1962.
Bibliography
Johnson, Sidney S., Some Biographies of Early Settlers
Alexander, D. B., Texas Homes of the 19th Century
Texas State H, storical Survey Committee. Marker files.
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1971.
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