Historical Marker
Sydney O. Pennington
Shelbyville, Shelby County · Texas
Erected 1936
Before the signature there was surveying. Sydney Oswald Penington came from Arkansas Territory in 1834 and surveyed in what is now Shelby County. He enrolled on October 17, 1835, in John M. Bradley's volunteer company, was elected second lieutenant on November 22 and was discharged on December 17. After the convention he enlisted on March 23, 1836, in James Chesser's Jasper Volunteers. He served in the House of the First Congress from October 3, 1836, to June 14, 1837, and died on October 28, 1837.
What the plaque says
Sydney O. Pennington Born in Kentucky, 1809. Came to Texas, 1834. Participated in the capture of San Antonio, 1835. Signed the Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836. Fought at San Jacinto, 1836. Died in Shelby County, Texas 1838. Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Where it stands
31.76323, -94.08082 · Directions
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