Pioneer Colony Co-Founder and Texas Patriot
Dona Patricia De La Garza
​De Leon
​(1775 - 1849) 

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Marker Text: Came from Tamaulipas to Texas (then northernmost province of Mexico) about 1800, to be at the side of her husband, Don Martin de Leon, as he sought to obtain a Spanish grant to establish a civilized colony here. With her family of ten children, she was a patriot, loyal to the cause of Texas. Her home was a center of pioneer culture. Homesite was later given to St. Mary's Church. (1972)

Marker No: 6539

Grave Marker

Geographic: 28.810953, -97.008972

Location: De Leon Pathway, Lot 1, Section 1. Evergreen Cemetery, North Vine and Red River Streets, Victoria