​Site of Jane Long's Tavern

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Marker Text: ​Jane Herbert Wilkinson (1798-1880) was born in Maryland and moved to Natchez, Mississippi, in 1812. There in 1815 she married physician and soldier James Long (c.1793-1822). Jane was granted land in Austin's Colony in 1827, and opened a boarding house on this site in 1832. The busy port and tavern became a popular center of Anglo political activity. Here Jane hosted a benefit for Stephen F. Austin in 1835, upon his release from Mexican prison, and a ball in October, 1836, attended by President Sam Houston and the adjourned Congress. She moved to Richmond in 1837 to operate a popular hotel there. (1986) 

Marker No: 1986) 

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker 

Geographic: ​29° 3.375′ N, 95° 33.637′ W

Location: ​Old Main Street, Brazoria