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Community of Pilgrim |
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Pilgrim,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
29° 17' 45.64955000004",
-97° 31' 17.02792999992"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Named in honor of Thomas J. Pilgrim (1804-1877), noted pioneer educator. Born in Connecticut, he came in 1828 to Texas, where in 1829 he organized a school at San Felipe, in Stephen F. Austin's Colony. Also started first Sunday School in Texas. In 1838 he received a land grant of 1,476 acres (including this site) from Texas Republic. Settled in Gonzales in 1840; started a Sunday School and was superintendent until 1871. Community became a prominent trading post in early 1840s and a hideout of famous gunman John Wesley Hardin in 1870s.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Community of Pilgrim Historical Marker Location Map, Texas
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