Site of
Cameron
First County Seat of
DeWitt County
​ ​(1 Mile West)

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Marker Text: ​This site was chosen in June 1846 as the first seat of DeWitt County and named for Capt. Ewen Cameron (1811-43), slain prisoner of the Meir Expedition. Although a town was platted on the 100-acre tract donated by Joseph Tumlinson, a log courthouse and a county clerk's office were the only buildings erected in 1850, after elections and four court decisions, Cameron lost the title of county seat to the nearby town of Clinton. County offices moved to Cuero in 1876. (1977)

Marker No: 4738

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.137655,-97.306671

Location: ​from Cuero, take FM 766 northeast about 2.4 miles