FIRST -- Secretary of the Texas Navy, Texas State Cemetery, Austin TX
N 30° 15.918 W 097° 43.645
14R E 622414 N 3348868
The tombstone for Robert Potter, the first Secretary of the Texas Navy, one of many distinguished Texans at this historic cemetery
Waymark Code: WMTJDG
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2016
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The tombstone of Robert Potter, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, the first Secretary of the Texas Navy, and namesake of Potter County Texas, was erected by the state of Texas in the State Cemetery. It is listed in the Atlas an official state historic marker.
Robert Potter is buried on Republic Hill, Section C2, Row U, space 5.
The tombstone reads as follows:
ROBERT POTTER
A Signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence
First Secretary of the Navy of the Republic of Texas.
Born in Granville N. C. in 1800.
Died at what is now known as Potter's Point, Marion Co, Texas.
March 3, 1842
Erected by the State of Texas
[Back of headstone]
A Representative in the Legislature of the State of North Carolina
Member of the House from North Carolina
In the United States Congress
Senator in the Congress of the Republic of Texas
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 04/22/1836
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