Captain William Kimbro
Palestine, Anderson County, Texas
Marker Inscription
In Memory of Commanded a company at San Jacinto; came to Texas in 1831; born in Tennessee; died in Anderson County, September 14, 1856.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
This marker honors Captain William Kimbro, who came to Texas in 1831 during the Anglo-American colonization of the Mexican province and cast his lot with the revolution that followed. In April 1836 he commanded a company at the Battle of San Jacinto, the decisive eighteen-minute clash on the coastal prairie where Sam Houston's army routed Santa Anna and won Texas its independence. Kimbro settled in Anderson County, where he lived out his days until his death in 1856.
Why it matters
San Jacinto veterans like Kimbro were the founding generation of the Republic of Texas, and their scattered graves mark how the fight for independence was carried by ordinary settlers turned soldiers.
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