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Black plaque № 27532

Whitney, TX, United States

Carver Homestead. IN 1838, MARY BEACHAM RECEIVED A HEADRIGHT LAND GRANT OF ONE LEAGUE AND ONE LABOR (ABOUT 4600 ACRES), INCLUDING THIS PROPERTY, MAKING HER FIRST IN A LINE OF NOTABLE WOMEN ASSOCIATED WITH THE SITE. FOLLOWING MULTIPLE OWNERSHIP TRANSFERS, ELIPHAS SPENCER ACQUIRED THE LAND AND BUILT A

TWO-ROOM LOG CABIN IN DEC. 1845. ELIPHAS LATER TRANSFERRED TITLE TO HIS WIFE, CATHERINE, WHOM HE MARRIED IN 1847. THE SPENCERS RAISED THEIR ONLY CHILD, EMMELINE, IN THE HOUSE. FORT GRAHAM (ACTIVE 184

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