​William Demetris Lacey

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Marker Text: ​ Virginia native William Demetris Lacey (1808-1848) grew up in Kentucky and in 1831 settled in what is now Columbus. He established a tanyard and saddle shop on this site and married Sarah Ann "Sally" Bright in 1832. Elected to several public offices while Texas was still a part of Mexico, Lacey was selected to attend the convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the Brazos, where he signed the Texas Declaration of Independence. After serving in the Texas Army, he returned to Columbus with his family, only to discover the home in ruins. The family settled along the Tres Palacios River in Matagorda County on land Lacey received for war service. They returned to Kentucky in 1848, where he died and is buried.
Additional Plate: Sponsored by R.F. Rau, great-grandson of Larkin Secrest and Mary Compton Hope, whose home in 1877 stood one block west of this site. (2001)

Supplemental Plate: ​Sponsored by Shropshire-Upton Chapter #361, United Daughters of the Confederate and Delaney family descendants.

Marker No: 12569

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.701967, -96.542519

Location: ​635 Houston Street, Columbus