Historical Figure John B. Denton

John B. Denton was born in Tennessee in July, 1806 but moved to Arkansas when he was a young boy. When John was 20 years old, he became a preacher. He was a talented speaker and often spent time away from his family traveling to different cities and states.

John Denton moved his family to Clarksville, Texas in hopes of building a ministry in Texas. With his expanding family, he discovered that he would not be able to support his family financially alone as a preacher so he began to study law.

John became a lawyer and continued to travel to court sessions throughout the newly established territories in North Texas and continued to preach when he could. He became well known and was also named captain of a company by the Texas Military.

In 1841, John B. was shot and killed by Indians after he and his military group took down two of the Indians villages.

Years later, one of the newly found areas established in North Texas was named after John B. Denton. Both the city and county of Denton are named after him.

In 1901, John B. Denton’s remains where buried on the corner of the Denton County Courthouse.