Historical Marker
Madison "Matt" "Kilpatrick"
Historical marker location:
25th St. and Austin Branch Rd., Hempstead, Texas
( 25th St. and Austin Branch Rd., Hempstead)
Marker installed: 1973
(1892 - Dec. 1, 1910)
Came to Waller County as a runaway slave from Alabama before Civil War. Married Betty Bradford, of Woodard Plantation, Hempstead; had 8 children. A talented blacksmith, he specialized in improving farm implements; became a landowner, freedmen's leader; served as first treasurer, Waller County, 1873-76.