Hendrick Arnold

Arnold came to Austin's colony in the winter of 1826 with his parents, Daniel Arnold, apparently white, and Rachel Arnold, apparently Black. By 1835 he had married Martina, a stepdaughter of Deaf Smith, and with Smith he offered his services as a guide to the Texan army. Officers refused to march on Bexar while he was absent, and he guided Milam's division when they did; he later scouted in Smith's spy company at San Jacinto. Granted land near present Bandera, he ran a gristmill on the Medina River and died of cholera in 1849.

What the plaque says

Hendrick Arnold Participated in the capture of Bexar, December 5 to 10 1835 - - - Born in Kentucky 1804 - Died November 9, 1849 Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

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