Historical Marker
General Sam Houston
Historical marker location:
FM 50, Independence, Texas
( FM 50, south of intersection with Sam Houston Rd.)
Marker installed: 1936
One and one-half miles south General Sam Houston was baptized by Rufus C. Burleson, Baptist minister and president of Baylor University, November 19, 1854 in Rocky Creek. Erected by the State of Texas 1936.