George Washington Glasscock

Born in Kentucky in 1810, G. W. Glasscock served in the Illinois militia in the Black Hawk War of 1832 in the same two units as Abraham Lincoln. Later he was Lincoln's business partner in flat-boating on the Sangamon River. In 1834, George came to Texas and settled in Zavala. As events unfolded in 1835, he quickly became involved in the Texas Revolution, fighting alongside Jim Bowie and Ben Milam in the Siege of Bexar. After independence, George was a surveyor and moved to the Williamson County area in 1846, where he opened the area's first gristmill and donated land for the county seat. He settled in Austin and became a state legislator and a prominent citizen. Georgetown and Glasscock County are named in his honor. (2014)

George Washington Glasscock is a historical marker in Austin, Travis County, dedicated in 2014. It is one of 336 historical markers documented in Travis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 641 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.2762, -97.7284 near Austin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Oakwood Cemetery (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Jacob Fontaine, Gen. George W. Terrell, and Major William Martin "Buck" Walton.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507017856. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.