Details for William Jeff Maltby
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5059005831
Data
| Marker Number | 5831 |
| Atlas Number | 5059005831 |
| Marker Title | William Jeff Maltby |
| Index Entry | Maltby, William Jeff |
| Address | |
| City | Baird |
| County | Callahan |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 463555 |
| UTM Northing | 3573840 |
| Subject Codes | agriculture, general; Civil War; Mexican War; military topics; writers and poets |
| Marker Year | 1992 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | In Belle Plaine Cemetery, from Baird, take US 283 South about 8 miles then go East 1.5 mile. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | (December 7, 1829 - June 27, 1908) A native of Illinois, William Jeff Maltby gained fame as a frontiersman, veteran of the Mexican War and American Civil War and Texas Ranger. Maltby began his Texas exploits about 1850, building frontier forts for the U. S. Army. He retired to Callahan County in 1878 and developed a nursery that earned him national recognition as a fine horticulturist. Maltby co-authored a partial autobiography, published in 1906, called "Captain Jeff". Recorded - 1992. |