Home of Horace Yeamans
Palacios, Matagorda County, Texas
Marker Inscription
A member of the 1829 colony of Stephen F. Austin, and one of organizers of Tres Palacios Baptist Church. Homesite is land given him for service in army of the Republic of Texas. House was built, 1850's, by shipwright. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark -1965
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Horace Yeamans arrived as a member of Stephen F. Austin's 1829 colony, among the first Anglo settlers of Mexican Texas, and helped organize the Tres Palacios Baptist Church. His homesite sat on land granted for his service in the army of the Republic of Texas, and a shipwright built the house here in the 1850s. It stands as a link to the founding generation of Anglo Texas.
Why it matters
Yeamans belonged to Austin's original colonists, the settlers whose arrival launched the Anglo settlement of Texas that would reshape the Southwest.
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- · Horace Yeamans
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