Details for Joel Ponton
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5285002762
Data
| Marker Number | 2762 |
| Atlas Number | 5285002762 |
| Marker Title | Joel Ponton |
| Index Entry | Ponton, Joel |
| Address | |
| City | Hallettsville |
| County | Lavaca |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 703047 |
| UTM Northing | 3243037 |
| Subject Codes | Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from Hallettsville, take US highway 77 southeast about 12 miles to FM 531 and follow east above |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | grave marker |
| Marker Text | (July 3, 1802 - February 1, 1875) Born in Virginia. Came to Texas 1833. Settled first at Gonzales. Served in the 1836 Texas War for Independence. Later moved to his land here on the Navidad, where he was a farmer, minister of the gospel, frontier doctor, and merchant. In 1840 Comanche Indians shot him and left him for dead with two arrows in his back, but he recovered. He served as Lavaca County judge, 1866-67. Ponton married five times; was father of nineteen children. (1971) |