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BONNEY, TEXAS
Brazoria County,
Texas Gulf Coast
29°18'40"N 95°27'3"W (29.311069, -95.450918)
FM 521, Just west of Highway 288
6 Miles N of Angleton the county seat
30 Miles S of Houston
ZIP code 77515
Area code 979
Population: 372 Est. (2019)
310 (2010) 384 (2000) 339 (1990) 94 (1980)
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The
Village of Bonney city limit sign
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine , July 2007 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Named to honor
a popular conductor of the Columbia Tap Railroad, the town came to
life in 1873 when the larger International-Great Northern Railroad
assumed operations.
The town's post office opened a year before the first store opened
its doors in 1890. Although the town only had a population of 75,
a second store opened and a school was organized in the 1890s. Bonney
was connected to the world beyond by its own telegrapher and express
agent. They discontinued the post office by 1920 but the town survived.
In the mid 1950s the population had declined to a mere 25 but by 1988
it was nearing 100. The1990 census reported 339, and for 2000, the
figure stood at 384. |
"Home Site
of General Albert Sidney Johnston"
Photo courtesy Ken
Rudine , July 2007 |
Historical Marker
Text
Albert Sidney
Johnston
(February 2, 1803 -April 6, 1862)
Kentucky native
Albert Sidney Johnston graduated from the U. S. Military Academy at
West Point in 1826. He was assigned to posts in New York and Missouri,
and served in the Black Hawk War in 1832. He resigned his commission
in 1834 to return to Kentucky to care for his dying wife.
Johnston came to Texas in July 1836 and enlisted in the Republic army.
A month later he was appointed adjutant general, and in January 1837
became senior brigadier general in command of the army. He was appointed
secretary of war by President Mirabeau B. Lamar in December 1838.
In 1840 Johnston returned to Kentucky, where he married Eliza Griffin
in 1843. They settled at China Grove, Johnston's large plantation
at this site, and continued to live here until 1849.
During the Mexican war Johnston commanded a company of Texas volunteers.
Later, as a colonel in the U. S. Army, he served on the Texas frontier
and in the West. At the outbreak of the Civil War he resigned and
was appointed a Confederate general by President Jefferson Davis.
Johnston was killed at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862 and was buried
in New Orleans. In 1867 he was reinterred in the State
Cemetery in Austin. |
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