{"id":211,"featured":0,"modified":"2026-04-17 19:32:48","latitude":30.780818100000001180660547106526792049407958984375,"longitude":-95.7905835999999908381141722202301025390625,"title":"McAdams Homeplace","subtitle":"","fullsize":null,"address":"On FM 1696 about 8.5 from Hwy 75, about 1 mile beyond McAdams Cemetery.","all_locations":[],"zoom":8,"creator":["Texas Historical Marker"],"description":"John McAdams, III (1815-92), a veteran of the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas Army, moved to present Walker County from the Sabine District. He and his first wife Hester White (1818-49) built this home in the 1840s. He later wed Mary Frances Bankhead (1834-1905). A land speculator, planter, and rancher, he also ran a cotton gin and sawmill. The area around his land became known as McAdams community. A post office was located there from 1888 to 1917. The family cemetery is now a public burial ground. In 1968 the house was moved here from the original site (1 mi. E).","sponsor":null,"accessinfo":"","lede":"","website":"","related_resources":[],"factoids":[],"files":[]}