Creed Taylor

Taylor did more in 1836 than scout. After the Alamo fell, he led his mother and family to safety in the Runaway Scrape, then caught up with the army at Buffalo Bayou on April 20 and fought at San Jacinto the next day. In the Mexican War he enlisted as a private in Capt. Samuel H. Walker's company of Texas Mounted Rangers in 1846 and fought at Palo Alto, Resaca de la Palma, Monterrey and Buena Vista. He dictated his recollections to James T. DeShields, who published them in 1935 as Tall Men with Long Rifles.

What the plaque says

Creed Taylor Soldier Texas War for Independence. Gonzales to Bexar, 1835. Scout and courier, 1836. (1962)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Eckert James River Bat Cave Preserve — 14 mi
  A limestone cave on the James River where about four million Mexican free-tailed bats raise their young each summer, kept open to visitors by a family's gift.
• Kimble County Historical Museum — 25 mi
  A free county museum in Junction, the town at the meeting of the North and South Llano, with the papers, photographs and tools of a ranching county.
• Schreiner Mansion — 27 mi
  The 1879 downtown home of Charles Schreiner, the Alsatian-born merchant, banker and rancher whose store and mohair trade built Kerrville.

More markers nearby

• Spanish Road to Santa Fe, 1808 — 5.1 mi
• Site of Creed Taylor Ranch Home — 5.4 mi
• Site of Reservation School — 9.2 mi
• St. Anthony Catholic Parish — 9.3 mi