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Samuel Augustus Maverick
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Marker Text: A native of South Carolina: came to San Antonio in 1835; was guide for Ben Milam and other leaders in first attack on San Antonio by Texas Army, Dec. 1835. As Bexar delegate, Maverick signed Texas Declaration of Independence at Washington-on-the-Brazos, 1836.
With Capt. Jack Hays "Minute Men", he helped make San Antonio safe from Comanche Indian attacks: also joined Hays' expedition which opened California Road and claimed Rio Grande as Texas' western boundary. Twice mayor of San Antonio; he was prisoner-of -war, In Perote, Mex., for 7 months after Gen. Adrian Woll's capture of San Antonio in 1842. Was elected as Bexar representative to 7th Congress of Republic (1842) while still a prisoner at Perote. Member of committee which accepted surrender of U.S. troops and forts in Texas without bloodshed in Civil War, 1861. Was chief justice of Bexar County during war: served in Texas house, senate afterwards. He married Mary Anne Adams of Tuscaloosa, Ala. they became parents of 9 children. His famous practice of letting his cattle run about unbranded gave English language the word "Maverick", meaning an independent person , as well as unbranded animal. Texas' Maverick County and town were named in his honor. (1967) |
Marker No: 3262
Aluminum 27 x 42 subject Marker
Geographic: 29.423674,-98.493904
Location: 105 North Alamo Street, San Antonio