Manuel Flores
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N 30° 38.981 W 097° 51.589
14R E 609248 N 3391332
This grey granite "gravestone" marker stands in a field next to CR 150, just a little bit north of SH 29, a bit southeast of Georgetown in Liberty Hill.
Waymark Code: WMPGR3
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/29/2015
Views: 7
Marker erected by the State of Texas
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Flores, Manuel
Address: CR 260
City: Liberty Hill
County: Williamson
Subject Codes: Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; rangers; military topics
Year Marker Erected: 1936
Marker Location: 2.5 mi. SE on SH 29, past US 183, 0.1 mi. N on CR 260
Marker Number: 9093
Marker Text:
In this vicinity, Manuel Flores, an emissary of the Mexican government, with a small group of men conveying ammunition to the Indians on the Lampasas River, was surprised by Rangers under Lieutenant J. O. Rice in May, 1839, and killed.
Erected by the State of Texas
1936
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