John Walton Harrington
Round Mountain, Blanco County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(July 4, 1822-Jan. 7, 1908) A soldier in Army of Republic of Texas at age 13, Harrington served from May 10, 1836, to August 14, 1837. In payment he received a bounty land grant of 1,280 acres in present Newton County. A stockraiser, he came to own several hundred acres in Llano, Blanco, and Henderson counties. He was born in Arkansas; his wife, Sarah (1829-1928), in North Carolina. They had at least 13 children, all of whom were born in Texas. Recorded-1972
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
John Walton Harrington was barely a teenager when he joined the army of the young Republic of Texas in 1836, the year of the Texas Revolution, serving into 1837. For his service he received a bounty land grant of more than a thousand acres — the kind of frontier payment that turned soldiers into stockraisers. He went on to hold land across several Hill Country and East Texas counties and raised a large family, all born in Texas.
Why it matters
Land granted for military service drew soldiers into the Texas frontier and helped populate the new republic, a pattern that shaped westward settlement across the state.
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