1/2 mile South to the
Site of
​Kenney's Fort

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Marker Text: ​First settlement in Williamson County. Erected as a home by Dr. Thomas Kenney and Joseph Barnhart in the spring of 1839. Served as a place of defense during Indian raids. Rendezvous of the Santa Fe Expedition, 1841. Here the archives of the Republic of Texas en route to Washington-on-the Brazos were captured on December 31, 1842 and returned to Austin. (1936)

Marker No: 9141

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

National Register of Historic Places

Geographic: 30.520184,-97.644066

Location: ​US 79, Round Rock