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History. In 1822, Nathaniel Lynch built a ferry to cross the San Jacinto River at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou, claiming a landmark better known as Juan Seguin Historic Park. [2][3] The ferry connected what would become the community of Lynchburg, on the east side of the crossing with the road to Harrisburg.
24 lis 2020 · Lynchburg (Lynchburgh), also known as Lynch's Ferry, is at the junction of Interstate Highway 10 and the Crosby-Lynchburg Road and at the confluence of Buffalo Bayou and the San Jacinto River, some ten miles east of Houston in east central Harris County.
Harris County. Lynchburg, 1935. Lynchburg is a new town at the mouth of the San Jacinto and Buffalo Bayou, at the head of Galveston bay; it is a point in the eastern mail route from San Felipe. –Texas by Holley, Mary Austin; Austin, Texas, 1935. Location. 29° 47′ 13.812″ N, 95° 3′ 19.764″ W. See map: Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps, MapQuest. Google Maps.
By 1834, the town of Lynchburg was platted and Lynch moved to the present ferry location, opposite the new town of San Jacinto on the south bank (see Map: Town of Lynchburg 1820 – 1950 in Appendix; Harris County Deed Records P/59; L/576).
By 1834, Lynch had platted the town of Lynchburg, moved the ferry landing to the present site, which was on the opposite shore of the his newly platted town of San Jacinto. Lynchburg was a 100-acre town site, being 450 varas wide by 1254 varas and fronting on the San Jacinto River.
Maps from the 19th and 20th centuries showing original surveys, usually made via a land grant within a particular county in Texas. Formats include manuscripts,...
The Lynchburg Town Ferry, founded in 1822 by Nathaniel Lynch, crosses the Houston Ship Channel downstream of the confluence of the San Jacinto River and Buffalo Bayou. (A historical marker located in Lynchburg in Harris County, Texas.)
