James Chance -- Texas State Cemetery, Austin TX
N 30° 15.919 W 097° 43.647
14R E 622411 N 3348870
James Chance, veteran of the War of 1812, is buried in the Texas State Cemetery in Austin
Waymark Code: WMTJFK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/29/2016
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The tombstone of James Chance, a veteran of the War of 1812 and an early Milam County pioneer during the Republic of Texas days, is located on Republic Hill, in Section (C1), Row U, space 11.
His tombstone reads as follows:
"JAMES CHANCE
1795 - 1863
His Wife
SARAH ANN (HARRELL) CHANCE
1800 - 1862
Both Emigrated from Hines County, Miss. in 1838 and
Died in Milam County, Texas.
James Chance served as a Private in Captain Isaac Townsend's Company, De Clouet's Regiment, Louisiana Militia, War of 1812"
Date Erected/Dedicated: reinterred in the State Cemetery in 1936
Who put it there? Private/Government?: State of Texas
Location/Address:
Texas State Cemetery
909 Navasota St
Austin, TX
County/Province: Travis
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