Capt. Jesse Billingsley
Austin, Travis County, Texas
Marker Inscription
A soldier in the Army of Texas, 1835 Commander of Company C. First Regiment, Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto Member of the 1st and 2nd Congresses of the Republic Participated in the Woll Campaign, 1842 Member of the Senate, 5th and 8th Legislatures of the State Born in Tennessee October 10, 1810 Died in Bastrop County, Texas October 1, 1880
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Jesse Billingsley joined the Texas army in 1835 and led Company C of the First Regiment of Texas Volunteers at San Jacinto. His public life continued through the Republic's early congresses, the 1842 Woll Campaign against a Mexican incursion, and later the Texas state senate. Born in Tennessee in 1810, he died in Bastrop County in 1880.
Why it matters
Billingsley's career traces Texas from revolutionary battlefield to the workings of a functioning state government.
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- · Battle of San Jacinto
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