Kossebr/Limestone County, Texasbr/31 16.128' N 96 30.033' Wbr/Directions: Start at the intersection of CR-462 and SH-7. Go 1 miles south on CR-462. The marker is on the right (west) side of the road.br/ br/Text: James A. Head was a state legislator and Texas Ranger. He was born in 1797 in Georgia or Alabama and moved to Texas in 1835. He enlisted at San Felipe de Austin in Silas M. Parker's Ranging Company, an early Texas Rangers corp. He served as a Ranger until his discharge in 1836. Head began farming in Navasota County (now Brazos County). He was elected Justice of the Peace of Navasota County in 1841, and was later that year elected to the House of Representatives of the Sixth Congress of the Republic of Texas. From 1848-51 he served as Chief Justice of Brazos County. By 1852 Head lived in Roberson County, where he died in 1872. He and his wife, Elizabeth (Seale), had 12 children.