In Memory of George Washington Glasscock, Sr.

West Texas shares the name. The Handbook of Texas says Glasscock County was formed in 1887 from Tom Green County and organized after an election in 1893, and that the 150 citizens who signed the petition included Mexican American shepherds, or pastores. Three small settlements stood near Lacy Creek, and New California won the county seat because higher ground promised easier well water; it was later renamed Garden City. The county has never had railroad service. Land companies promoted settlement in the 1890s and again from 1908 to 1910.

What the plaque says

In Memory of George Washington Glasscock, Sr. For whom the city of Georgetown and the county of Glasscock, Texas are named. Born in Kentucky April 11, 1810. Participated in the Black Hawk War, 1832. Came to Texas in 1834 and fought for its independence from Mexico 1835-1836. Surveyor, soldier, legislator, helped to organize Williamson County and donated 172 acres of land for the county site. Died at Austin, Texas February 28, 1868. This marker was placed by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Williamson County Courthouse — steps away
  The fifth Williamson County courthouse, a Beaux Arts building by C. H. Page, rises over a Georgetown square of more than 50 Victorian-era buildings.
• Inner Space Cavern — 2.1 mi
  A Georgetown cave found in 1963 when highway engineers drilled test holes, holding Pleistocene fossils and 72-degree rooms that visitors reach by an artificial tunnel.
• The Round Rock — 8.6 mi
  A table-shaped stone in Brushy Creek gave Round Rock its name in 1854; the Chisholm Trail crossed the creek near it, and Old Town stayed behind when the railroad pulled the town east.
• Mount Bonnell — 23 mi
  Austin's old lookout over the Colorado, named by an 1838 traveler, picnicked on by George and Libbie Custer, and reached by a 1939 flight of about 100 limestone steps.

More markers nearby

• Williamson County — steps away
• Ku Klux Klan Trials — steps away
• In Memory of Robert Jones Rivers — steps away
• Judge Greenleaf Fisk — steps away