Details for Colonel William C. Young
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5503001085
Data
| Marker Number | 1085 |
| Atlas Number | 5503001085 |
| Marker Title | Colonel William C. Young |
| Index Entry | Young, Colonel William C. |
| Address | SH 251, S of Newcastle |
| City | Newcastle |
| County | Young |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 524202 |
| UTM Northing | 3668088 |
| Subject Codes | Civil War; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1963 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Courthouse grounds |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Civil War Memorials - (pink granite) |
| Marker Text | (1812-1862) Tennessee lawyer, U.S. Marshall, frontier Texas Ranger, Annexation Convention member 1845, colonel Mexican War. During Civil War, raised and commanded 11th Texas Cavalry. Secured safety of northern Texas through capture of Forts Cobb, Washita and Arbuckle and negotiations with Comanches, Kiowas and Chickasaws. Fought Battle Chustenalah. Murdered in Red River cane "brakes" by renegades for testimony in Gainesville hanging. (Erected by the State of Texas 1963.) |