Historical Marker
John Durst
Historical marker location:
Leona, Texas
( from Leona, take FM 977 about 2 mi. E to CR 142 (Durst Rd.), go N .5 mi. to gate on left, go W down dirt road .3 mi. to Durst Family Cemetery)
Marker installed: 1936
Came to Texas in 1821, owner of the Old Stone Fort in Nacogdoches in 1835. Moved to Leon County in 1844, his wife being the first Anglo-American woman resident of the county. Born in Arkansas, Feb. 4, 1797; died, Feb. 9, 1851.
His wife, Harriet M. (Jamison) Durst; born in Virginia, Feb. 5, 1807; died, September 23, 1885.