Pioneer Colony Developer and Texas Patriot
Felix De Leon
​(1806 - 1850) 

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Marker Text: ​Born in Texas; third son of the Empresario Don Martin de Leon, founder of De Leon Colony and City of Victoria. Felix de Leon was held hostage on a pirate ship about 1822, to force his father to comply with buccaneer demands. Later he became active in Colony's affairs. A skilled Indian fighter, he served Texas' cause in War for Independence.
​       His business was supplying horses, mules, and cattle to the New Orleans market. (1972)

Marker No: 6540

Grave Marker

Geographic: 28.810801, -97.009010

Location: Evergreen Cemetery, Vine  and Red River Streets., Victoria