George Hockley LbNA #73902
Owner: | Baby Bear |
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Plant date: | Jul 4, 2019 |
Location: | Mathis Cemetery |
City: | Hockley |
County: | Harris |
State: | Texas |
Boxes: | 1 |
Found by: | Silver Eagle |
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Last found: | Oct 17, 2020 |
Status: | F |
Last edited: | Jul 9, 2019 |
Difficulty: Easy
Distance to Letterbox: 40 yards
Historical Names of Texas Towns Series
This box is named for Goerge Hockley, which Hockley, Texas was named for. He is NOT buried in this town or cemetery. Here is details on his life:
HOCKLEY, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1802–1854). George Washington Hockley, chief of staff of the Texas army during the Texas Revolution, was born in Philadelphia in 1802. As a young man he moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked as a clerk in the commissary division of the War Department and met Sam Houston, who influenced him to move to Tennessee when Houston became governor there in 1828. Hockley followed Houston to Texas in 1835 and was made chief of staff upon Houston's election as commander-in-chief of the Texas army. At the battle of San Jacinto Hockley was in command of the artillery and in charge of the Twin Sisters. Later he was one of those who accompanied Antonio López de Santa Anna and Juan N. Almonte to Washington, D.C. The friendship between Hockley and Houston continued after the revolution. Houston appointed him colonel of ordnance on December 22, 1836, and secretary of war on November 13, 1838, and again on December 23, 1841. Houston also sent Hockley with Samuel M. Williams in 1843 to arrange an armistice with Mexico. Hockley made his home in Galveston. He died in Corpus Christi on June 6, 1854, while visiting Henry L. Kinney, and was buried in the Old Bayview Cemetery at Corpus Christi, where in 1936 the state erected a monument at his grave.
Directions:
From Hwy 290 leaving Houston, take the Kickapoo Rd exit in Hockley. Go left at the intersection under Hwy 290. Cross Old Hwy 290 and railroad tracks. Turn right on Burton Cemetery Road. Go almost to end of road (at intersection with Mathis Rd). Turn left into cemetery and curve right and park near the Mathis Rd Entry.
To the Letterbox:
Walk across the cemetery to the huge cedar tree, with "Morgan" headstone to the right of it. The box is on the side of that cedar tree (away from Mathis Rd), 6 feet up in a notch, with a brick on top.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Distance to Letterbox: 40 yards
Historical Names of Texas Towns Series
This box is named for Goerge Hockley, which Hockley, Texas was named for. He is NOT buried in this town or cemetery. Here is details on his life:
HOCKLEY, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1802–1854). George Washington Hockley, chief of staff of the Texas army during the Texas Revolution, was born in Philadelphia in 1802. As a young man he moved to Washington, D.C., where he worked as a clerk in the commissary division of the War Department and met Sam Houston, who influenced him to move to Tennessee when Houston became governor there in 1828. Hockley followed Houston to Texas in 1835 and was made chief of staff upon Houston's election as commander-in-chief of the Texas army. At the battle of San Jacinto Hockley was in command of the artillery and in charge of the Twin Sisters. Later he was one of those who accompanied Antonio López de Santa Anna and Juan N. Almonte to Washington, D.C. The friendship between Hockley and Houston continued after the revolution. Houston appointed him colonel of ordnance on December 22, 1836, and secretary of war on November 13, 1838, and again on December 23, 1841. Houston also sent Hockley with Samuel M. Williams in 1843 to arrange an armistice with Mexico. Hockley made his home in Galveston. He died in Corpus Christi on June 6, 1854, while visiting Henry L. Kinney, and was buried in the Old Bayview Cemetery at Corpus Christi, where in 1936 the state erected a monument at his grave.
Directions:
From Hwy 290 leaving Houston, take the Kickapoo Rd exit in Hockley. Go left at the intersection under Hwy 290. Cross Old Hwy 290 and railroad tracks. Turn right on Burton Cemetery Road. Go almost to end of road (at intersection with Mathis Rd). Turn left into cemetery and curve right and park near the Mathis Rd Entry.
To the Letterbox:
Walk across the cemetery to the huge cedar tree, with "Morgan" headstone to the right of it. The box is on the side of that cedar tree (away from Mathis Rd), 6 feet up in a notch, with a brick on top.
Hike length: 0.1 miles