| Marker Number |
7613 |
| Atlas Number |
5405007613 |
| Marker Title |
James Pinckney Henderson |
| Index Entry |
Henderson, James Pinckney |
| Address |
100 W. Columbia St. |
| City |
San Augustine |
| County |
San Augustine |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
394506 |
| UTM Northing |
3488917 |
| Subject Codes |
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| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
San Augustine County Courthouse grounds, north side, facing Columbia Street between Harrison and Broadway on courthouse grounds, San Augustine |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial statue -- bronze, granite and marble |
| Marker Text |
[front] HENDERSON [back] Born in North Carolina March 31 1808 * Arrived in Texas June 3, 1836 at the head of a company of volunteers * Attorney General of the Republic 1836 * Secretary of State 1836-1837 * Minister to England and France 1837-1839 * Special Minister to the United States 1844 * First Governor of the State of Texas 1846-1847 * Major General in command of Texas Forces in the Mexican War 1846-1847 receiving a vote of thanks and sword from the US Congress for gallantry * United States Senator from Texas 1857-1858 * Died in Washington D.C. June 4 1858 Erected by the State of Texas 1936 With funds appropriated by the Federal Government to commemorate one hundred years of Texas Independence |
