James Wales Jones
Austin, Travis County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Born in Georgia 1797 One of the Old Three Hundred Colonists A Soldier in the Texas War for Independence Died 1847 His wife Hetty Stiles Jones Died 1899 Erected by the State of Texas 1957
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Born in Georgia in 1797, James Wales Jones was one of the Old Three Hundred—the first colonists Stephen F. Austin brought into Mexican Texas in the 1820s. He took up arms in the Texas War for Independence and lived out his days in the young republic and state he had helped to found, dying in 1847. His wife, Hetty Stiles Jones, survived him by more than half a century.
Why it matters
As one of Austin's original colonists, Jones stands among the founding settlers whose migration into Mexican Texas set the Texas Revolution in motion.
Own a business near here? Add it to the map.
Related people
- · James Wales Jones
- · Hetty Stiles Jones
Related events
- · Texas Revolution
Themes & tags
Nearby & related markers
James Loraine Dallas
Austin, TX
James Loraine Dallas left Pennsylvania to join the fight for Texas independence, serving in the Army of Texas in 1836 during the revolution that created the Republic. He settled in Washington County, part of the wave of newcomers who staked their futures on the new nation. His grave marker preserves the memory of one of the many soldier-settlers of that founding generation.
James Allison York
Austin, TX
James Allison York joined the fight for Texas independence, taking part in the capture of San Antonio in 1835 and serving in Captain Moseley Baker's company at the decisive Battle of San Jacinto in 1836. Kentucky-born, he was among the volunteers whose victory secured the Republic of Texas. He later settled in Lavaca County, where he died in 1869.
Major William Cooke
Austin, TX
This state marker honors Major William Cooke, born in Virginia in 1808 and buried in Guadalupe County, Texas, in 1847. His military title and his years place him among the officers of the Republic of Texas era, when Anglo-American settlers were fighting to establish and defend the new nation. Texas raised the marker to his memory in 1936, its centennial year.
Willis Avery
Austin, TX
Willis Avery, a North Carolina native born in 1809, fought with Captain Jesse Billingsley's company at the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836, the engagement that secured Texas independence. He settled and died in Williamson County, and his grave, marked by the state in 1936, rests beside that of his wife, Elzina.