Acton State Historic Site
State historic site in Texas, United States
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Acton State Historic Site, located near Acton about 6 miles (10 km) east of Granbury in Hood County, Texas (United States), is the grave site of Elizabeth Patton Crockett, second wife of frontiersman and former US Representative Davy Crockett, who married him in Tennessee in 1815. Davy Crockett died at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, leaving Elizabeth widowed for the last 24 years of her life. She died January 31, 1860, at the age of 72.[1] The site also contains the graves of her son Robert and Robert's wife Matilda. A monument was erected in 1913 at Acton Cemetery over the grave of Elizabeth with money authorized by the Texas Legislature in 1911.
Acton, Texas
Acton State Historic Site in 2009 | |
| Location | Acton Cemetery, FM 167, Acton, Texas |
| Coordinates | 32°26′25″N 97°41′5″W |
| Area | 0.006 acres (0.0024 ha) |
| Elevation | 745 feet (227 m) |
| Designated | 1949 |
| Built | 1911-1913 |
| Governing body | Texas Historical Commission |
| Website | Acton State Historic Site |
  Location of in Texas  Acton State Historic Site (the United States) | |
On January 1, 2008, Acton was transferred from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department to the Texas Historical Commission.
The entire site is 12 feet (3.7 m) wide by 21 feet (6.4 m) long, or 0.006 acre (23 m2), making it Texas' smallest historic site.[2]
