Ellis County 

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Marker Text: ​Created December 20, 1849 from Navarro County Organized August 5, 1850 Named in honor of Richard Ellis, 1781-1846 a Virginian by birth and education Jurist and statesman of Alabama 1813-1825 Moved to Texas in 1825 President of the Constitutional Convention, March, 1836 Member, Congress of the Republic of Texas Waxahachie the county seat (1936)

Marker No: 7093

Pink Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

Geographic: 32.487419, -96.824661

Location: ​picnic area, west side of US 77 in Red Oak