James Allison York

James Allison York's service can be followed almost day by day. He came to Texas in 1821 and in October 1835 enlisted as a second sergeant in the Brazos Guards, commanded by his brother; he entered Bexar in December and was discharged on the 13th. In March 1836 he joined Moseley Baker's San Felipe company and fought at San Jacinto. Texas paid him 640 acres for the storming of Bexar and 320 more for his 1835 service. He was first buried near Sweet Home in Lavaca County and moved to the State Cemetery in July 1937.

What the plaque says

James Allison York Participated in the capture of San Antonio, 1835 A member of Capt. Moseley Baker's Company at San Jacinto Born in Kentucky on July 4, 1800 Died in Lavaca County, Texas February 6, 1869 Erected by the State of Texas 1936

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Texas State Cemetery — steps away
  A hill east of the Capitol that began with one general's grave in 1851 and now holds Stephen F. Austin, governors, Barbara Jordan and more than 2,000 Confederate veterans and widows.
• French Legation State Historic Site — 0.3 mi
  A raised pine house built in 1840 and 1841 for France's envoy to the Republic of Texas, who left Austin in a rage over a neighbor's pigs before it was finished.
• George Washington Carver Museum — 0.4 mi
  East Austin's museum of Black history and culture, grown from a segregated branch library moved across town in 1933, with a permanent exhibit on Juneteenth at its core.
• Texas State Capitol — 1.0 mi
  Austin's fourth statehouse, a Renaissance Revival capitol of 1888 that stands 311 feet to its Goddess of Liberty and was restored after the 1983 fire.

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• Dr. Gideon Lincecum — steps away
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