| Marker Number |
13155 |
| Atlas Number |
5471013155 |
| Marker Title |
Capt. Benjamin I. Harper |
| Index Entry |
Harper, Capt. Benjamin I. |
| Address |
Chalk Cemetery Rd |
| City |
Riverside |
| County |
Walker |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
263910 |
| UTM Northing |
3429893 |
| Subject Codes |
Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; military topics |
| Marker Year |
2003 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
FM 980 W, FM 3478 N, 5 mi. E on FM 230, N 1 mi. on Chalk Cemetery Rd. Marker is in Chalk Cemetery. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Benjamin Ingram Harper (b. 1809) came to Texas from Virginia, and in 1833, he worked as a schoolmaster in Liberty County. He wed Evelina Vocum in 1834 and had a son. The next year, under Andrew Briscoe, he fought at the battle of Concepción and the Siege of Bexar. In 1836, commissioned as a second lieutenant, he organized a company to assist at the Alamo. They did not reach it in time but did fight at the Battle of San Jacinto. Harper became a captain and received land in Polk and Jefferson counties. He remarried to Nancy J. Reynolds and had four children. Tradition holds that he was buried on his Walker County farm in 1863. The cemetery is now gone, but several of his descendants are buried here. (2003) |
