Eagle Island Plantation

Clute

Year Marker Erected: 1936
Size: Historical
Location: Restwood Cemetery entrance, Plantation Dr.

Marker Text:
Site of the home of Sarah Ann Groce Wharton (1810-1878) and William Harris Wharton (1806-1839). Member of the Convention of Texas, 1832. President of the Convention of 1833; member of the Senate of the Republic of Texas, 1836-1838; Texas minister to the United States, 1836-1837. A gathering place for distinguished people.