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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, one of the principal settlements in the area before the battle of San Jacinto, is one of the communities from the revolutionary period that served its purpose and then faded into obscurity.
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.
The Lynchburg ferry played an important role during the Texas revolution against Mexico in 1836. Many non-combatants fled Texas toward Louisiana to escape the Mexican army pursuing General Sam Houston.
In 1920, the first diesel-powered, cable-free ferry boat, the Chester H. Bryan, was put in service at Lynchburg by Harris County. In 1945, Lynchburg became the first two-ferry system in Texas with the addition of the Tex Dreyfus (see Photographs in Appendix of early ferryboats).
14 mar 2021 · Lynchburg Cemetery is the oldest known burial ground associated with the historic community and is the resting place of many of its early residents, including pioneer settlers of the Republic and State of Texas, veterans of the Mexican War and Civil War, and their families and descendants.
History in a Pecan Shell. The place dates from 1822 when one Nathanial Lynch launched his ferry for anyone willing to pay his modest rates. Known first as Lynch’s Ferry, it became Lynchburg in 1834 or 1835 when Nat Lynch platted his land in hopes of a permanent settlement.
