| Marker Number |
9631 |
| Atlas Number |
5289009631 |
| Marker Title |
Wm. B. Middleton |
| Index Entry |
Middleton, William. B. |
| Address |
|
| City |
Leona |
| County |
Leon |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
216754 |
| UTM Northing |
3450111 |
| Subject Codes |
sheriffs; pioneers; military topics |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
from intersection of SH 75 and FM 977 in Leona, go W on FM 977 .8 of mi. to dirt road on S side of road at 1174, go S on dirt road to Makamson Cemetery |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Centennial - Grave Marker (gray granite) |
| Marker Text |
A participant of the Mier Expedition, 1842, first sheriff of Leon County. Born in Illinois August 4, 1819; died March 17, 1877. His first wife Mary J. Potts Middleton, born Sept. 9, 1823; died May 5, 1874. In memory of Beoni Middleton who died in prison in Mexico while a prisoner of the Mier Expedition. |
