Plantation Home of Edwin Waller 1800--1883

Historical marker location:

Hempsted, Texas

( Business 290 on property of Marshall Ford car dealership)

Marker installed: 1936

Plantation Home of Edwin Waller (1800-1883). Member of the consultation in 1835. Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. First mayor of the City of Austin. Member of the Secession Convention in 1861. On this property, acquired during the Republic, he resided from 1846 for many years.