Site of the Home of Captain Ira Westover

Westover reached Texas by shipwreck. In 1834 he, his wife Rebecca and their adopted son floated down the rivers from Kentucky to New Orleans and took a brig that wrecked on Padre Island on June 6; they went five days without food or water before Mexicans carried them to San Patricio. They were Protestants in the largely Catholic Irish colony. On the General Council he sat on the naval affairs committee that sponsored the resolution establishing the Texas Navy, and in January 1836 Sam Houston made Westover's home here his headquarters during his visit to Refugio.

What the plaque says

Site of the Home of Captain Ira Westover Participator in the capture of Goliad, October 9, 1835. With 14 Texans under his command, he captured Fort Lipantitlan from 65 Mexicans, November 4, 1835. Member of the General Council of Texas, 1835, from Goliad municipality. With his company, raised in Refugio, a part of Fannin's troops at Goliad, he was massacred, March 27, 1836.

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Sally Scull — steps away
• Refugio County Courthouses — steps away
• Irish Immigrants in Refugio — steps away
• Refugio County — steps away