​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