Grave of George C. Yount

The bronze calls Yount a United States citizen ceded a Spanish grant. The grant was Mexican, made in 1836, and he held it as a Mexican citizen, Jorge Concepción Yount. Its praise of an advancing civilization blending with an existing primitive culture is the 1959 plaque's framing, not the record: the rancho took its name from the Caymus, a Wappo village, and a cemetery marker of 2000 recorded that the village's ashes were interred on this ground. That marker has since gone missing. Yount's own white obelisk stands beside the bronze, and a 1994 granite tablet marks his bicentennial.

What the plaque says

Grave of George C. Yount George Calvert Yount (1794-1865) was the first United States citizen to be ceded a Spanish land grant in Napa Valley (1836). Skilled hunter, frontiersman, craftsman and farmer, he was the true embodiment of all the finest qualities of an advancing civilization blending with the existing primitive culture. Friend to all, this kindly host of Caymus Rancho encouraged sturdy American pioneers to establish ranches in this area, which was well populated before the Gold Rush. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 693 Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with George C. Yount Parlor No. 322, Native Daughters of the Golden West, Colonel Nelson Holderman Parlor No. 316, Native Sons of the Golden West, and the Yountville Cemetery Association, October 18, 1959. Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of George C. Yount May 4, 1994 George C. Yount Mountainmen Nappa, California

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Site of Yount's Blockhouse — 0.9 mi
• Veterans Home of California — 0.9 mi
• Buena Vista Winery and Vineyards — 8.1 mi
• Site of Haraszthy Villa — 8.1 mi