Historical Marker
Sion Record Bostick
San Saba, San Saba County · Texas
Erected 1973
Bostick's family reached what is now Shelby County in the late 1820s, moved to San Felipe around 1829 and to the site of Columbus in 1832, where his father died the next year. Sion fought at Gonzales in Capt. P. R. Splane's company and in the siege of Bexar, then reenlisted in Capt. Moseley Baker's company. With two other scouts, Joel Robison and James A. Sylvester, he brought in Santa Anna on April 22. In 1862 he joined the Fifth Texas Infantry of Hood's Brigade but was discharged as over age. His memoir appeared in 1901.
What the plaque says
Sion Record Bostick About 276 yards to the west is grave of Sion Record Bostick (December 7, 1819 - October 15, 1902) A member of the party of young Texans who captured the escaping Mexican General Santa Anna after Battle of San Jacinto, during the Texas War for Independence. Migrated from Alabama in 1828. Served in Texas army at Gonzales and Bexar (San Antonio), 1835; at San Jacinto, 1836; and 1840 stand against Comanches, at Plum Creek. An American soldier in Mexican War, 1846; a Confederate in Hood's Brigade in the Civil War, 1860s. Married Susan Townsend; after her death, Mary Indiana Rhodes. Had several children. Became a leader in veterans reunions. He is buried in San Saba Cemetery. Recorded 1973
Where it stands
31.20295, -98.71868 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
- Colorado Bend State Park — 18 miOld ranch country on the Colorado above Lake Buchanan, where a spring-fed creek drops 70 feet over fern-covered travertine at Gorman Falls.