Marker Inscription
(August 3, 1814 - March 29, 1898) North Carolina native William Cornelius Dalrymple served in the Texas Revolutionary forces and as a Texas Ranger during the 1830s. He married Elizabeth Wilbarger in Bastrop County, Texas, in 1840, and settled on the San Gabriel River in 1846. He served Williamson County as one of six commissioners to select the county seat, as Tax Assessor/Collector, and as State Representative in 1855 and 1857. In 1860 Texas Governor Sam Houston appointed him his aide-de-camp and Commander in Chief of the Texas Militia. In 1865 he served as State Senator and delegate to Texas' Constitutional Convention. (1995)
About this site
Dalrymple, William Cornelius is a historical marker in Georgetown, Williamson County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 237 historical markers documented in Williamson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 430 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.6248, -97.6761 near Georgetown. The nearest cataloged historic site is Taylor, John McQueen (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Fowler, D. D., House, McKnight--Ebb House, and Sillure, A. W., House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507015002. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
