Marker Details

de Zavala, Lorenzo [grave marker]

3523 Battleground Road (Independence Parkway)

La Porte , 77571

Notes:

Louis Lenz Inventory # 17 of 71; notes grave marker in poor condition; State erected a second pink granite marker with the same text, with Crossed Flags & Star; note Handbook of Texas has 1788 as the year he was born; also "He was buried at his home in a small cemetery plot marked by the state of Texas in 1931. The plot has since sunk into Buffalo Bayou."; per Bob Brinkman this marker erected in 1932

Directions: West side of Battleground Road, in De Zavala Plaza area, small cemetery east of the Sun-Dial

Key Time Period: 1836 - 1845 Republic of Texas

Corretions/New Research:

Marker Text: (Front) Lorenzo De Zavala Born October 3, 1789 Died De Zavala's Point Harrisburg County, November 15, 1836 First Vice President of The Republic of Texas. Erected by The State of Texas

(Reverse) Member of Consultation and Convention; Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence; Author, Learned Publicist; Historian Philosopher, Economist, and Statesman

Marker Type: Pink Granite Grave Marker

Historical Org: Texas Historical Commission (THC)

Key Map Information: 499 N

GPS Coordinates: 29 45.196, 95 05.363

Precinct No: 2

Marker No: 00104