​Madison "Matt" Kilpatrick
​(_1829 -  Dec. 1, 1910)

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Marker Text: ​Came to Waller County as a runaway slave from Alabama before Civil War. Married Betty Bradford, of Woodard Plantation, Hempstead; had 8 children. A talented blacksmith, he specialized in improving farm implements; became a landowner, freedmen's leader; served as first treasurer, Waller County, 1873-76. (1973)

Marker No: 9392

20 x 20 Aluminum Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.102818, -96.09669

Location: 25th Street and Austin Branch Road, Hempstead