Historical Marker
Home of Thomas S. McFarland
San Augustine, San Augustine County · Texas
Erected 1936
The marker stands on private land, and no public access is offered. According to the Handbook of Texas, Thomas Stuart McFarland was born in Lexington, Indiana, in 1810 and reached Texas with his father on May 4, 1830. On February 25, 1837, he was elected lieutenant colonel of the San Augustine militia. He married Elizabeth Wills Eubank on January 14, 1838, and the family moved to Belgrade that March. His Senate service came in the Sixth Congress, in Austin and Houston, in 1841 and 1842. He was bankrupt by 1868 and died in May 1880.
What the plaque says
Home of Thomas S. McFarland HOME OF THOMAS S. McFARLAND 1810 * * 1880 Surveyor, soldier and statesman. Aide-de-Camp to Major Bullock in the battle of Nacogdoches, 1832. Laid off the town of San Augustine in 1833. Soldier in the Texan army, 1836. Member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas. Chief Justice, San Augustine County Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Where it stands
31.51975, -94.22014 · Directions
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