Marker Inscription
Commanded the Nacogdoches Company at the Battle of San Jacinto Born in Tennessee, 1805 Died in 1839 Erected by the State of Texas 1936
Historical Marker
Captain Hayden Arnold
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About this site
Captain Hayden Arnold is a historical marker in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 94 historical markers documented in Nacogdoches County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 232 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.6031, -94.6495 near Nacogdoches. The nearest cataloged historic site is John S. Roberts (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Oak Grove Cemetery, Haden Edwards, and Elias E. Hamilton.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5347009244. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
Hayden S. Arnold (1805-1839), a Tennessee native who settled at Nacogdoches, was elected captain of the local company on March 6, 1836, and led the Nacogdoches troops as part of Colonel Sidney Sherman's Second Regiment at the Battle of San Jacinto. After independence he represented Nacogdoches in the House of the First Congress of the Republic of Texas. He died in 1839 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, where a Texas Centennial marker was placed in 1936.
Sources: tshaonline.orgatlas.thc.texas.gov
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