John Hobson Historical Marker,Hobson Cemetery, Cameron, Milam, TX

John Hopson

Cameron, TX 76520

Hobson Cemetery -

From US 77, turn onto FM 2095 0.3 miles to

CR 229; turn left onto CR 227 for 4.7 miles to

where the road takes a sharp turn to the right -

straight ahead is an opened green gate - go thru

gate and follow the road (ruts) to a second opened

gate with signs reading "Posted" and "No

Trespassing" - go thru this gate and follow the

road (ruts) which dead-ends at the Cemetery.

Total mileage from green gate to Cemetery is 1.4

miles.

This land is still in the Hobson family - we were

shown the Cemetery by the Great-Great Grandson of

John Hobson - Do not let the

"No Trespassing" signs stop your visit -

they welcome visitors to the Cemetery.

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, to John and Susannah

Harris Hobson, John Hobson moved to Texas in 1835

and was received as a Robertson colonist in

December of that year. Hobson received a headright

for a league of land. When Texas went to war

against Mexico he enlisted in the Texas Army under

the command of Captain Jesse Billingsley and fought

at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836.

After the war Hobson remained in the Texas Army,

serving as a Ranger until 1837. Receiving

additional land grants as payment for his army

service, he became one of the largest landowners in

the Milam County area. In 1839 he married Eliza

Moore, the daughter of a local justice of the

peace. Hobson became one of the first commissioners

of Milam County in 1846 and helped to select the

town of Cameron as the county seat. (1999)

Erected 1999

This picture does

not clearly show

the yellow and

pink flowers

everywhere - and

the bluebonnets

had just gone to

seed.