Historical Marker
Augustus H. Jones
Gonzales, Gonzales County · Texas
Erected 1962
Jones came from Georgia in 1835 and on October 1 joined Ira Westover's Matagorda Volunteers. From October 31 to November 12 he rode with the Lipantitlán expedition and fought at the Nueces crossing, then wrote to James W. Fannin that forty Texans had faced about seventy Mexican troops and "flogged them like hell." After the siege of Bexar he went back to the United States, but he returned to serve as a first lieutenant in the republic's army and fought in the Mexican War. Gonzales County sent the planter and stockman to the Ninth Congress in 1844.
What the plaque says
Augustus H. Jones Star and Wreath He fought for Texas Independence at Goliad and at the Storming of Bexar, 1835. Erected by the State of texas, 1962
Where it stands
29.51081, -97.46012 · Directions
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