| Marker Number |
6539 |
| Atlas Number |
5469006539 |
| Marker Title |
Dona Patricia De La Garza De Leon |
| Index Entry |
De Leon, Patricia De La Garza |
| Address |
|
| City |
Victoria |
| County |
Victoria |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
694398 |
| UTM Northing |
3188643 |
| Subject Codes |
women, women's history topics; colonization; Hispanic topics |
| Marker Year |
1972 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Evergreen Cemetery, N. Vine and Red River Sts. (De Leon Pathway, Lot 1, Section 1) |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
grave marker |
| Marker Text |
Pioneer Colony Co-founder and Texas Patriot (1775-1849) Came from Tamaulipas to Texas (then northernmost province of Mexico) about 1800, to be at the side of her husband, Don Martin de Leon, as he sought to obtain a Spanish grant to establish a civilized colony here. With her family of ten children, she was a patriot, loyal to the cause of Texas. Her home was a center of pioneer culture. Homesite was later given to St. Mary's Church. Recorded - 1972 |
