Marker Inscription
Veteran of the Texas War for Independence 1835-1836 Velasco, Gonzales, Bexar and Coleto Erected by the State of Texas 1962
Historical Marker
Osborn, Thomas
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About this site
Osborn, Thomas is a historical marker in Red Rock, Bastrop County, dedicated in 1962. It is one of 103 historical markers documented in Bastrop County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 296 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.9661, -97.4709 near Red Rock. The nearest cataloged historic site is Red Rock Cemetery, Old (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include New Red Rock Cemetery, Bateman Cemetery #2, and Lentz Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5021009216. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Thomas Osborn was an early settler of the Red Rock area of Bastrop County and a veteran of the Texas Revolution, dying in 1891. Red Rock grew at the crossing of the Austin-Port Lavaca stagecoach road and the Bastrop-Gonzales trail. The nearby Old Red Rock Cemetery holds the graves of many pioneer settlers, including veterans of the Texas Revolution, the Mexican War, and the Civil War.
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