Site of the Town of Nashville
Surveyed in the fall of 1835 as the capital of Robertson's colony. Named for Nashville, Tennessee where Sterling C. Robertson and many of his colonists had formerly lived. Seat of justice Milam municipality, 1836; Milam County, 1837. First home in Texas of George C. Childress, chairman of the committee who drafted the Texas Declaration of Independence.
30.8258° N, 96.6530° W
Where to Find It
5 mi. north of Gause on US 79 at road side pull-off on west side of highway
Nearby Markers
- 4.1 mi NE Greater Riverside Cemetery Hearne
- 4.5 mi NW Port Sullivan Maysfield
- 4.6 mi NE Camp Hearne, World War II Prisoner of War Camp Hearne
- 4.7 mi NE Colored Graveyard in the Old Town of Hearne Hearne
- 4.9 mi SW Gause Peaceful Rest Cemetery Gause
- 5 mi NE Adams-White Place Hearne