Marker Inscription
(ca. 1802-March 13, 1874) After coming to Texas from Virginia about 1838, John Trueheart received a land grant for his service with Jack Hays' Rangers. He then began a partnership in a Galveston General Land Agency with Memucan Hunt and returned to Virginia for his wife Anne Tompkins (Minor) (1804-86) and their children. Trueheart family leadership is reflected in the city's Trueheart-Adriance Building and in several varieties of Oleander named for family members. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986
About this site
Trueheart, John Overton is a historical marker in Galveston, Galveston County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 283 historical markers documented in Galveston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 373 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.2936, -94.8145 near Galveston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Evergreen (cemetery), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dowell, Greensville S., Levi Charles Meyers Harby, and Hebrew Benevolent.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5167011583. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
