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Site of the Home of John Austin

Brazoria, Brazoria County

Marker Text

Member of Long's Expedition in 1819. Pioneer settler in Austin's colony. Alcalde of Brazoria, 1832. Commander at the Battle of Velasco. Signer of the Turtle Bayou Resolutions; died in 1833

Marker Details

Address
Location Description Old Cemetery, intersection of Velasco and Marion, near Masonic Oak
Marker # 9522
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial - Grave Marker (gray granite)
Code pioneers
Latitude, Longitude 29.055305, -95.565923

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