Major Henry W. Augustine

Henry W. Augustine was born in South Carolina in 1806 and came to Texas in 1827 from Autauga County, Alabama, settling on Ayish Bayou. He led the San Augustine regiment at the Battle of Nacogdoches on August 2, 1832. His leg was lost in 1838, when an arrow wound in the Cherokee War led to amputation at the knee, and a special act of the Republic's Congress granted him a wooden leg. He moved to Polk County about 1855 and died there in 1874. The Handbook of Texas says he was buried at Magnolia Cemetery in Segno.

What the plaque says

Major Henry W. Augustine (1806-1874) In 1827 moved here from Alabama. For battle injuries and services under Republic of Texas, he received a land grant and wooden leg. Was in Battle of Nacogdoches, 1832; delegate to Consultation of 1835, before the war with Mexico; in Cherokee War, 1838. (1968)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Big Thicket National Preserve — 20 mi
  Start at the Kountze visitor center, where rangers sort the preserve's scattered units for you, and learn why Congress made this 1974 string of pearls the country's first national preserve.

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• Capt. Hardy B. Purvis — 13 mi