Claiborne Rector

Born in Alabama in 1802, Rector came to Texas in January 1830 and settled in the area of present Brazoria County. He enlisted in March 1836 and fought at San Jacinto under David Murphree, then rode with Byrd Lockhart's spy company until September. By 1840 he had settled in what became Wilson County, and he received a 4,000-acre patent in December 1845. He represented Wilson County at the Secession Convention of 1861 and captained the Cibolo Guards Light Infantry in the state troops during the war. He died in 1873.

What the plaque says

Claiborne Rector Star and Wreath Served in the Battle of San Jacinto; Captain William H. Patton's Company. Erected by the State of Texas 1962

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Mission Espada and the Espada Aqueduct — 22 mi
  The southernmost San Antonio mission and the oldest Spanish aqueduct in the United States, still carrying river water over Sixmile Creek to the fields after nearly three centuries.
• Mission San Juan — 22 mi
  The mission near the river bend where the San Antonio got its name in 1691, with an unfinished church foundation and farm fields still watered by an eighteenth-century acequia.
• Sophienburg Museum and Archives — 22 mi
  The hilltop where Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels raised the Adelsverein's headquarters in 1845, now the museum and archive of the German colony that became New Braunfels.
• San Antonio Missions National Historical Park — 23 mi
  Four working parish churches on the Mission Trail south of downtown, with the visitor center at Mission San Jose, the Queen of the Missions, and the descendants who still worship there.

More markers nearby

• Concrete Cemetery — steps away
• Immanuel Lutheran Church — 1.8 mi
• La Vernia — 2.1 mi
• Pat Higgins Grass Farms — 7.1 mi