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The Granbury Chapter was named in commemoration of ELIZABETH PATTON CROCKETT, widow of David Crockett, the celebrated frontiersman from Tennessee, who died in the Battle of the Alamo for Texas Independence, March 6, 1836.
Elizabeth Crockett and her two children left Tennessee in 1853, to claim Texas land provided for heirs of David Crockett on December 23, 1837, by a Republic of Texas Bounty Warrant. Arriving in Texas, Elizabeth Crockett and her children made their new home on 640 acres of land at Rucker’s Creek, about six miles from present Granbury. Elizabeth resided in Texas until her death on January 31, 1860. She is buried in a 12 by 21-foot burial plot at Acton Cemetery – Texas’ smallest state park. Elizabeth's burial spot is marked by a 28-foot marble monument showing a pioneer woman, shading her eyes from the sun, looking to the west, in search of her missing husband.
The Elizabeth Crockett Chapter was organized June 5, 1987 at Granbury, Hood County, Texas, with 26 Charter Members. |
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Rosanna Elizabeth Stewart Baker
Laurie Ann Hendricks Briscoe
Geraldine Elkins Cook
Dorothy Jane Peavy Ferguson Depew
Mary Kate Randle Durham
Sherry Martin Elrod
Virginia Blount Fenton
Talmadge Inez Smith Hawthorne
Dorothy Jean Starnes Honeycutt
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Florence Lambert Juel
Kay Durham Lee
Kathryn Cox Long
Bobby Jean Watts Luckenbach
Vircenoy Baker Macatee
JoAnn Randle Massey
Betty Jean Hill McCray
Iva Lou Malphurs Parker
Alice Merrill Price
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Charlsey Ann Baker Lewis Robinson
Beverly Jane Bell Ross
Martha Walde Schubert
Janyce Guyger Sledge
Dorothy Luzane Grissom Slocum
Sandra Ann Kerr Weaver
Nona Kingery Williams
Marie Huggins Winsett
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| 2009-2011 | Kathy L. Hanlon |
| 2007-2009 | Marcy Carter-Lovick |
| 2005-2007 | Micki J. Burleson |
| 2003-2005 | Elizabeth M. Ashley |
| 2001-2003 | Mary Anne Minturn |
| 1999-2001 | Lelah D. Goodall |
| 1997-1999 | Wynne L. Walton |
| 1995-1997 | Patricia A. Haygood |
| 1993-1995 | Ann E. Baker |
| 1991-1993 | Vircenoy Macatee |
| 1989-1991 | Mary K. Durham |
| 1987-1989 | Dorothy J. Depew |
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The Elizabeth Crockett Chapter received "VIS Web Site of the Month" recognition in December, 2008,
and "Texas Web Site of the Month" recognition in October, 2007.
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