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Angelina Bell Peyton Eberly |
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3 mi. SW on FM 238, then 8.75 mi. S on FM 316, Port Lavaca,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
28° 32' 0.75967000008",
-96° 31' 0.99522999984"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
(about 1800 - March 15, 1860) A Tennessean, Angelina Peyton came to Texas in 1822. With her husband, J. C. Peyton, she operated an inn in San Felipe, capital of the Austin colony. Peyton died in 1834; in 1836 the widow married Jacob Eberly. She and Eberly had a hotel in Austin by 1842, when Angelina Eberly discovered men secretly removing records from the capital. Firing a cannon, she started the Archives War, and rescued the original records of the Republic of Texas. Later she lived at Indianola. Her burial place and marker (3/4 mile NW) were destroyed in a flood in 1875. Recorded - 1978 Erected by Calhoun County Historical Commission 1978.
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Angelina Bell Peyton Eberly Historical Marker Location Map, Port Lavaca, Texas
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