| Marker Number |
12531 |
| Atlas Number |
5311012531 |
| Marker Title |
John Swanson Yarbrough |
| Index Entry |
Yarbrough, John Swanson |
| Address |
|
| City |
Tilden |
| County |
McMullen |
| UTM Zone |
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| UTM Easting |
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| UTM Northing |
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| Subject Codes |
Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; pioneers; military topics |
| Marker Year |
2001 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
in Hill Top Cemetery, 0.8 mile east of SH 16 on Hackberry St./Cemetery Rd., Tilden |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
grave marker |
| Marker Text |
(Dec. 25, 1774 - Oct. 20, 1862) A native of North Carolina, John Swanson Yarbrough came to Texas in 1832 and settled in what is now Houston County in east Texas. A veteran of the Texas War for Independence, Yarbrough participated in the 1835 Siege of Bexar and in the decisive Battle of San Jacinto. He moved from Houston County about 1850 and led a group of settlers to the Frio River in 1858 to establish the Yarbrough Bend settlement in what became McMullen County. Yarbrough's grave was relocated to this site from the Yarbrough Bend Cemetery in 1982 as part of the construction of Choke Canyon Reservoir. Recorded - 2001 |
