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Born in Kentucky. Arrived at Velasco, January 28, 1836 on the schooner Pennsylvania to fight for the freedom of Texas. A member of Captain Amasa Turner's company at San Jacinto. Died in Houston, December 24, 1839. "Kiss William for me and tell him Pappy will be there in the fall and stay with him and that he must be a good boy." From a letter Mr. Swearingen wrote to his parents in Kentucky.
Swearingen, William C. is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7572, -95.3795 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is Barr, Robert (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Thompson, Henry Livingston, Grieves, David, and Durham, William Daniel.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201010785. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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