Dedicated in 1928 by the Mary Blount Chapter. Located on the lawn of the Blount County Courthouse, 327 Court Street, Maryville, Tennessee 37804-590. The marker was relocated in 2016 to a prominent location in the beautiful Blount County War Dead memorial in front of the Courthouse.
The marker reads: “General Sam Houston. Soldier and Statesman. Citizen of Blount County 1806-1818. Enlisted at Maryville in War 1812. Congressman from Tennessee 1823-1827. Governor of Tennessee 1827-1829. President of the Republic of Texas 1836-1838 and 1841-1844. U.S. Senator from Texas 1846-1859. Governor of Texas 1859-1861. ‘I had rather all my sons should fill one honorable grave, than that one of them should turn his back on an enemy. Go, and remember, too, that while the door of my cottage is open to all brave men, it is always shut against cowards.’ Quote of his mother. Erected by Mary Blount Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution 1928.”