Colonel William C. Young
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N 33° 09.038 W 098° 44.454
14S E 524162 N 3668016
This pink granite marker is near the middle of Fort Belknap outside of Newcastle, TX.
Waymark Code: WM3N7D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2008
Views: 18
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Young, Colonel William C.
Address: SH 251, S of Newcastle
City: Newcastle
County: Young
Subject Codes: CV; ML
Year Marker Erected: 1963
Marker Location: Courthouse grounds
Marker Size: Civil War Memorials - (pink granite)
Marker Number: 1085
Marker Text:
County named for Texas Confederate
Colonel William C. Young
(1812-1862)
Tennessee lawyer, U.S. Marshall, frontier Texas Ranger, Annexation Convention member 1845, colonel Mexican War. During Civil War, raised and commanded 11th Texas Cavalry. Secured safety of northern Texas through capture of Forts Cobb, Washita and Arbuckle and negotiations with Comanches, Kiowas and Chickasaws. Fought Battle Chustenalah. Murdered in Red River cane "brakes" by renegades for testimony in Gainesville hanging. (Erected by the State of Texas 1963.)
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