Details for The Wild Man of the Navidad
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5285005811
Data
| Marker Number | 5811 |
| Atlas Number | 5285005811 |
| Marker Title | The Wild Man of the Navidad |
| Index Entry | Wild Man of the Navidad, The |
| Address | |
| City | Sublime |
| County | Lavaca |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 712995 |
| UTM Northing | 3262031 |
| Subject Codes | African American topics |
| Marker Year | 1970 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | from Sublime, take US alt. 90 southwest about 1 mile to east end of Navidad River Bridge. Marker reported missing Jun. 2016. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Missing |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | A mysterious runaway Negro slave who alternately terrified and aroused pity of settlers in this region for about 15 years. The mysterious exile, at first with a companion, appeared along the Navidad bottoms about 1836. Hiding in trees during day, he stole into kitchens at night for food, but always left half. He also took tools, returning them later, brightly polished. Slaves called him "The thing that comes", fearing a ghost. Captured in 1851, the wild man proved to be an African chief's son. Resold into slavery, he died peacefully as "Old Jimbo" in 1884. |