Historical Marker
Gonzales City Cemetery
Gonzales, Gonzales County · Texas
Erected 1966
Mathew Caldwell, the last of the three men the plaque names, ended his soldiering in the year he died. Wounded in the Council House Fight in March 1840, he led a company at Plum Creek that August. After his release from prison in Mexico he hurried to the defense of San Antonio, and on September 18, 1842, he commanded the 200 men who met and defeated Adrián Woll at the battle of Salado Creek. He died at home on December 28, 1842, and was buried with military honors. In 1930 the state set a monument at his grave here.
What the plaque says
Gonzales City Cemetery By tradition, remains of early settlers buried at first in Cemetery Square, inner town of Gonzales, rest here in a common grave. Others buried here include key men in Texas Revolution, Dr. George W. Barnett, Maj. Valentine Barnett ( quartermaster ), and Matthew Caldwell. (1966)
Where it stands
29.51031, -97.45126 · Directions
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