Hannah Este Burnet
Baytown, Harris County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Born in Morriston, N. J., December 8, 1800; died in 1858. Wife of David G. Burnet, president ad interim of Texas, March 16 to Oct. 22, 1836.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Born in New Jersey in 1800, Hannah Este Burnet became the wife of David G. Burnet, who served as president ad interim of the fledgling Republic of Texas from March to October 1836. Those turbulent months spanned the fall of the Alamo, the flight of the Runaway Scrape, and the victory at San Jacinto, with Hannah at the side of the Republic's first executive. She died in 1858, her life bound to the dramatic birth of Texas independence.
Why it matters
Her memorial recovers the too-often-overlooked women who stood beside the founders of the Texas Republic during its most precarious first year.
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