Dolphin Ward Floyd

Floyd was born in Nash County, North Carolina, on March 6, 1804, the son of Thomas Penuel and Sarah Beckwith Floyd, and farmed at Gonzales after settling there. He married Ester Berry House on April 26, 1832. He rode with the Gonzales relief force into the besieged Alamo and died in the battle on his thirty-second birthday, March 6, 1836. The county named for him was one of fifty-four the legislature carved from the Bexar and Young territories on August 21, 1876.

What the plaque says

Dolphin Ward Floyd When this county was created in 1876, it was named in honor of Dolphin Ward Floyd (1804-1836). A native of North Carolina, Floyd left his home in 1825 and arrived in Gonzales, Texas, about 1832. He married Esther Berry House and they had two children. In February 1836, Floyd, along with 31 other Gonzales residents, answered Lt. Col. William B. Travis' call for help at the Alamo in San Antonio. During the battle that ensued, Floyd and his comrades were killed fighting for Texas' independence from Mexico. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Crosby County Pioneer Memorial Museum — 23 mi
  Crosbyton's museum of Blanco Canyon, built in 1958 as a copy of Hank Smith's Rock House, and the place to learn the canyon's 1871 fight between Mackenzie's cavalry and Quanah's Quahadi Comanche.

More markers nearby

• Organization of Floyd County — steps away
• First National Bank of Floydada — steps away
• Commercial Hotel — steps away
• Floydada Chapter No. 31, Order of the Eastern Star — steps away