Harris County, Texas

Historical Markers in San Jacinto, Texas

San Jacinto is home to 5 official Texas Historical Commission markers — each one telling a piece of the city’s story. Browse the markers below, then find them on the map and discover more nearby with RoadHistorical.

Freeman Wilkinson · 1936

A member of Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company at San Jacinto. Died at Lynchburg in 1839 and was buried near his comrades who fell in battle.

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Isaac L. Jaques · 1936

Came to Texas in October, 1835. Fought at San Jacinto in Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company. Died at Lynchburg, August 6, 1836.

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Peter Jefferson Duncan · 1936

Participated in the cpature of San Antonio in 1835 and served in the army in 1836. Born in New York in 1799; died in Harris County, Texas in 1870.

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de Zavala Plaza · 1970

Name honors Lorenzo de Zavala, vice president of the Republic of Texas (ad interim, March 17 - Oct. 17, 1836). Born in Yucatan and educated in the seminary of Ildefonso, de Zavala was an ardent liberal who was jailed…

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Persons Known to Have Been Buried in de Zavala Cemetery · 1970

Vice President Lorenzo De Zavala 1789-1836, Emily West De Zavala (no date), Ricardo De Zavala 1835-1906, Minna Wadzick De Zavala (no date), Emily Smith De Zavala 1847-1883, Darwin De Zavala 1872-1881, Edward Theodore De…

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