Famous Lavaca-Navidad Meeting of 1835

The resolutions went further than protest. Meeting at night in Millican's gin house, four miles northeast of present Edna, the colonists declared Santa Anna a threat to the state constitution, vowed to oppose any troops entering Texas for unconstitutional ends, and urged that 200 Mexican infantrymen marching from Goliad to San Antonio be intercepted and San Antonio itself seized. They called for a general consultation and put the local militia on a moment's notice. A Major McNutt, carrying the text to San Felipe, was stopped by Mexican soldiers and destroyed it.

What the plaque says

Famous Lavaca-Navidad Meeting of 1835 At the cotton gin of William Millican, near here, on July 17, 1835, occurred the significant Lavaca-Navidad Meeting, held by pioneers living near the two rivers. James Kerr, the founder of Gonzales, was chairman and the Rev. S. C. A. Rogers, secretary. The meeting adopted resolutions protesting mistreatment of Texas colonists by the government of Mexico. This early formal public protest was a forerunner of the Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836, and the constituting of the Republic of Texas. (1974)

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Brackenridge Cemetery — steps away
• Mission Nuestra Señora del Espiritu Santo de Zuñiga — steps away
• Early Jackson County — steps away
• Confederates of Jackson County — steps away