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.
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