Site of Home Built in 1832 by
Reuben Hornsby
(1793 - 1879)
and his wife
Sarah Morrison Hornsby
(1796-1862)
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Marker Text: Second built in "Austin's Little Colony". First in the present county of Travis.
Famed for Christian hospitality. Here Josiah Wilbarger recovered after being scalped in 1833. Mr. Hornsby and his sons fought in many Indian battles and served as scouts in Capt. John J. Tumlinson's company of Rangers which was organized here in 1836. (1936) Marker No: 14616
Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker
Geographic: 30.256519,-97.622002
Location: FM 969, Austin
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