Major Robert McNutt

The stone gives two dates and San Jacinto; the Handbook of Texas fills in the man between them. McNutt enlisted at eighteen in 1813, later ran an inn and speculated in land in Tennessee, and in 1818 married Mary Jackson, with whom he had ten children. The family reached Texas in 1834 and settled near Bellville in Austin County. On March 1, 1836, he joined two lieutenants in forming a company of Austin County volunteers to relieve the Alamo. He later served as Austin County tax assessor and collector, and in 1851 he moved near Georgetown.

What the plaque says

Major Robert McNutt Born May 1, 1795 Commanded the Texas forces at the Harrisburg Camp during the Battle of San Jacinto. Soldier in the War of 1812 Died August 31, 1853 His Wife Mary Jackson McNutt Born October 6, 1796 Died December 28, 1867 Erected by the State of Texas 1963

Where it stands

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