Lover of liberty. Foe of despotism. Born in San Antonio, Texas, February 27, 1795. Died January 13, 1871 and buried there. Member of the Legislature of Coahuila and Texas, 1821; land commissioner of De Witt's colony 1831 and of Bexar District, 1834-1835; signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, 1836; member of the Congress of the Republic of Texas, 1838-1839; a commissioner of the Santa Fe Expedition, 1841; member of the Constitutional Convention of 1845; senator in the Legislature of Texas, 1846-1849. Navarro County gratefully bears his name. Corsicana was named by him for the isle of his father's birth - Corsica. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 with funds appropriated by the federal government to commemorate one hundred years of Texas Independence.
Jose Antonio Navarro
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Jose Antonio Navarro is a historical marker in Corsicana, Navarro County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 128 historical markers documented in Navarro County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 218 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.0967, -96.4682 near Corsicana. The nearest cataloged historic site is Navarro County Courthouse (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Corsicana in 1860-1872, Smith, Thomas Ingles, and Westminster Presbyterian Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5349007237. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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