Texas Historical Marker #10805

Freeman Wilkinson. 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. #10805

?, San Jacinto, TX, United States

Texas Historical Marker #10651

Peter Jefferson Duncan. 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. #10651

?, San Jacinto, TX, United States

Texas Historical Marker #10708

Isaac L. Jaques. Came to Texas in October, 1835. Fought at San Jacinto in Captain Thomas H. McIntire's company. Died at Lynchburg, August 6, 1836. #10708

?, San Jacinto, TX, United States

Texas Historical Marker #10639

de Zavala Plaza. 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 1814-1817 for political activities. In prison he learned English and became a medial doctor. In 1821 he was a member of the Cortes in Madrid, Spain, and later was governor of a province of Mexico. After Mexico win independence from Spain, he kept working for democratic reforms. Loyal to the 1824 Constitution of Mexico, he opposed Dictator Santa Anna, and moved to Texas to seek freedom. On March 2, 1836, he signed Texas' Declaration of Independence. Later he signed the Republic of Texas Constitution. Married twice, he had six children. The family honored his memory by keeping alive his ideals after his early death. The Legislature of Texas in 1858 named Zavala County in his honor. Lorenzo de Zavala, many of his descendants, and some of their neighbors and friends were interred in the de Zavala family cemetery, on the plantation across Buffalo Bayou from this site. This plaza is dedicated to the memory of Vice President de Zavala, his family, and others buried in de Zavala Cemetery. #10639

?, San Jacinto, TX, United States

Persons Known to Have Been Buried in De Zavala Cemetery- Vice President Lorenzo de Zavala 1789-1836 · Emily West de Zavala · Ricardo de Zavala 1835-1906 · Minna Wadzick de Zavala · Emily Smith de Zavala 1847-1883 · Darwin de Zavala 1872-1881 · Edward Theodore de Zavala 1863-1882 · Katherine E. de Zavala 1911-1914 · Leroy de Zavala 1905-1954 · Lorenzo de Zavala III · Sidney de Zavala 1870-1906 · General Manuel Fernandez Castrillon died 1836 · Frederick Dulitz 1873-1876 · Peter Jefferson Duncan 1799-1836 · Doctor Dunlap · Willa Folk 1850-1871 · Amy Inez Higginbotham 1904-1907 · Jesse Higginbotham 1878-1915 · Lillian Marie Higginbotham 1901-1903 · Emily de Zavala Jenkins · Thomas Jenkins · Ethel K. Joyner 1909-1912 · Katherine S. Joyner 1887-1911 · Frederick Nitsche 1794-1863 · William Nitsche · Emma de Zavala Singleton 1870-1938 · James Singleton 1881-1912 · David Thomas 1801-1836 · Emily C. de Zavala Weaver 1861-1892 · Ethel Gertrude Weaver · Charles D. Wilcox 1873-1909 Recorded-1970

, San Jacinto, TX, United States