​Site of the Home
​Built in 1833 by 
Jared Ellison Groce
(1782 -1836)

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Marker Text: Site of the home built in 1833 by Jared Ellison Groce (1782-1836) Generally known as "Groce's Retreat." Here he died November 20, 1836. The name "Retreat" was continued for a post office and village two miles to the east after the house was torn down. (1936)

Marker No: 8587

1936 Gray Granite Centennial Marker

Geographic: 30.266819, -95.999184

Location: from White Hall take FM 362 south approximately 2 miles to FM 2; then west on FM 2 approximately 1.3 miles to CR 323; then south on CR 323 approximately .7 miles.