Acton State Historic Site, located near

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approximately east of Granbury in Hood County,

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(United States), is the grave site of Elizabeth Patton Crockett, second wife of

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, who married him in

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in 1815. She died January 31, 1860. The site also contains the graves of her son Robert and Robert's wife Matilda. A

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was erected in 1913 at Acton Cemetery over the grave of Elizabeth with money authorized by the

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in 1911. On January 1, 2008, Acton was transferred from the

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to the

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. The entire site is wide by long, or 0.006 acre (23 m²), making it Texas' smallest historic site.

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Official website for Acton State Historic Site
* * Texas state historic sites Protected areas of Hood County, Texas Protected areas established in 1949 1949 establishments in Texas {{Texas-protected-area-stub

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